Jawa

Class 2

Jawa

Appearances
10144 Sandcrawler 75059 Sandcrawler 75136 Droid Escape Pod

Parts
Part 30381 (1) Part 3626bpx314 (1) Part x375 (1) Part 973pss (1) Part 41879 (1)

A Jawa is a minifigure from the Star Wars theme, first released in 2005 and redesigned in 2014.

Description

The Jawa is reddish-brown and wears a short cape and hood. The Jawa is shorter than other minifigures because of its legs, which are smaller than the normal minifigure legs. They are also immobile; a hinge could not be added to them without increasing the size.

The torso of the Jawa is reddish-brown and has printing of a wrinkled robe and two straps running across the torso in an X pattern. One strap holds four pockets and one holds a single pocket.

The Jawa's head is all black, except for two bright yellow dots for eyes.

In 2014, two new Jawa torso designs were included in 75059 UCS Sandcrawler. One design had four pockets on the upper strap and two on the lower strap; the other design four on the upper and one large pocket on the lower strap. Both Jawa designs were also included in 75136 Droid Escape Pod in 2016.

In Video Games

The Jawa was a playable character in all of the Star Wars video games released. It had the ability to jump, and could crawl through chutes and spaces that other larger characters could not. It was also armed with an ion blaster, which temporarily shut down any droids that were hit by the blast. When enough studs had been collected, a "Super Zapper" could be purchased. The Super Zapper was more powerful than the standard ion blaster and had the ability to destroy droids.

Background

Jawas were scavengers native to Tatooine. They scoured the deserts of the planet for anything of value, mainly droids, and stored it in their Sandcrawlers. When they had collected enough items, they stopped near settlements and moisture farms and set up their captured droids and foraged equipment outside for selling. They were known for swindling money out of the customer by frequently selling faulty or outdated equipment. They were descended from the Kumungha, an advanced technological race, which had evolved into two different species: the Jawas and the Tusken Raiders. The Jawas had a tentative peaceful relationship with Tusken Raiders, though they preferred to stay away from them. They were also afraid of Krayt Dragons and sandstorms. Some traveled offworld, far from Tatooine. These Jawas, unlike their Tatooine counterparts, had red eyes and dressed in dark gray robes.

After recently crashing on Tatooine, the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO were observed by the Jawas. The latter ambushed and electrocuted the duo, temporarily shutting down their systems, and loaded them onto their sandcrawler. After fitting restraining bolts on the droids to keep them from leaving, the Jawas sold R2-D2 and C-3PO to Owen Lars to work on his moisture farm.

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

In the rebuilt galaxy, one Jawa was a Sith apprentice under Darth Devastator alongside Rey, Jar Jar Binks, Nubs, an Ithorian, Jyn Erso, Rose Tico, and Kit Fisto. The group appeared on Tatooine and attempted to secure the Cornerstone, then in the possession of Sig Greebling. However, through the intervention of Luke Skywalker Sig was able to evade the Sith. Traveling aboard the Dark Falcon, the Sith were assisted in their efforts to locate Greebling by the treacherous Han Solo.

After witnessing the power of his master's Separator weapon, the Jawa and their fellow apprentices-minus a defeated Jar Jar-traveled down to the planet he had recently reshaped. By this time the Jawa and the other Sith had tired of their master's obsession and attacked him as a group. Despite being outnumbered seven to one, Devastator was more than a match for his apprentices, all of whom were soon defeated. Devastator himself would be defeated by Sig but remained at large-as did at least some of his former students.

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Lego.com Description

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Jawas are small, hooded and robe-covered creatures from Tatooine with glowing yellow eyes. Aboard their massive sandcrawlers, they roam the desert planet’s dunes in search of abandoned or junked droids, vehicles, and other technology that they can scavenge and sell to local moisture farmers and other customers.