Jawas
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Intelligent but smelly scavengers of the desert, these rodent-like creatures
are natives of Tatooine. About a meter tall and constantly jabbering in their
own language, Jawas live in clans.
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To protect themselves from the fierce double suns of their planet, they wear
coarse, homespun cloaks with hoods; only their glowing eyes are visible.
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Jawas travel and live in bands, using giant, treaded sandcrawlers for mobility
and shelter. The crawlers can hold many dozens of Jawas as well as the
droids and other machinery that they scavenge, repair and resell to Tatooine
moisture farmers and others. Once each year before the storm season,
Jawas make a trek to the great basin of the Dune Sea for a huge, secret
rendezvous that becomes a great swap meet where they exchange news and
salvaged items.