Galaxy. I love everything about the Jawas and
truthfully, don't know why. This Mega Site is a
Shrine dedicated to thier greatness! UTINNI!!
Planet Tatooine, the harsh desert world that is the
home planet of Anakin and Luke Skywalker. Under
their full-body robes they are small creatures, with
shrunken faces and yellow eyes. Each Jawa is about a
meter tall, with tiny flexible hands and feet. Though
they may have evolved from rodents, scientists believe
they progressed to stand upright by raching for lichens
and fungi that grow on underground cave walls. For
their nourishment, Jawas aquire water by inserting
long, thin hoses down the stems of the funnel flower, a
flora native to Tatooine, and siphoning off the liquid.
Their diet is made up primarily of hubba gourd, a fruit
difficult for humans to digest. The name of which
translats to "the staff of life."
junk they find in the desert. Sometimes they even
"find" items that haven't been lost. Jawas are
proficient at repairing equipment. Jawa society is
divided into clans or tribes. Once a year, all the Jawa
clans meet at a giant swap meet in the great basin of
the Dune Sea, where they trade items, share stories,
and even barter sons and daughters as "marriage
merchandise." The Jawa culture is centered on
family. They take great pride in their clans. In fact,
their language includes 43 different terms to describe
relationship, lineage, and bloodline.
were first brought to Tatooine by Corellian
prospectors looking to mine the sands for
valuable ore. When Tatooine metal proved
to have no ore, the mines were shut down
and the miners abandoned most of their
equipment. The native Jawas reclaimed the
crawler vehicles, turning them into an
important part of their culture. If needed, an
entire Jawa clan, numbering in the hundreds,
can live inside a Sandcrawler. Their custom
though, is for half of the clan to reside
within rock-walled fortresses out in the
desert while the other half forms the
Sandcrawler crew. The interior of the
Sandcrawler is a convoluted warren that
befits the Jawas rodent origins. Much of it
has been gutted and refitted to meet their
needs.
