

Notes: Before Jack Purvis was hired for the job, he and R2-D2 actor Kenny Baker had just reached the final of the TV show Opportunity Knocks, as musical-comedy duo called the Mini-Tones.
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Jawa #5 - the son of one English truck drivers who worked for one of the production companies, Jawa #3 - Tiffany Kurtz (daugther of Star Wars Producer: Gary Kurtz) Jawa #3 - Melissa Kurtz (daugther of Star Wars Producer: Gary Kurtz) Jawa #2 - A French-Tunisian small person (name unknown) Scenes shot: Star Wars: A New Hope - Exterior Sandcrawler scenes including load R2-D2 on board and the droid sale to Owen larrs. Laying out the foundations (the original conception) Brandishing rudimentary Ion weapons or other types of equipment for restraining droids.

With large hoods hiding everything but the glow of their eyes, Jawas are commonly dressed in long brown robes, adorded with leather bandoliers and gun straps that criss cross over the shoulders. Thought to be a species evolved from rodent like creatures, Jawas commonly measure somewhere between 1.0 to 1.4 meters in height. As inhabitants of the desert world's such as Tatooine, they live onboard massive tank-like vehicles called Sandcrawlers, which protects them from sandstorms and dangers of other races like the Tusken Raiders. They have earned a reputation of being untrustworthly, thevies and selling defective goods with very little concern to the buyer.īeing characteristiclly skittish, Jawas mainly reisde in packs and (unless the odds are in their favor) are more likley to run away from a fight than generally start one. They are well known scavengers, droid traders and occupational chancers. Jawas are an alien species that appear in the Star Wars universe. Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Jawas from Star Wars Actors, costumes, locations & props
