Jawas
Jawas are dwarfish natives if Tatooine.
Tatooine is located in the Outer
Rim Territories
of space, the desert planet Tatooine
orbits two
suns, the binary stars known
as Tatoo I and
Tatoo II. Years before
the birth of Anakin
Skywalker, mining colonies searched
Tatooine
for precious minerals and ores.
Finding nothing
of value, many colonists fled
the planet.
Their abandoned mining equipment
and machinery
were claimed by the Jawas.
According to Jawa
folklore, the great Tatooine
desert known as the
Dune Sea was once a true ocean.
Ancient
fossel-bearing rock and eroded
canyons
seem to confirm the Jawas' stories,
but most
people find it impossible to
believe water
ever flowed on the planet's arid,
sand-
covered surface.