Boba Fett May Retcon What The Tusken Raiders Really Look Like
Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Book of Boba Fett episode 5
The Book of Boba Fett features a description of Jawas under their hoods and face wrappings that might retcon what Tusken Raiders truly look like. Both species are indigenous to the desert world of Tatooine, but neither one has been shown in either Star Wars continuity unmasked. With a potential common ancestral origin carrying over from the Legends continuity, the Star Wars canon timeline might have changed the initial implied appearance of Tusken Raiders by describing their distant relatives, the Jawas.
Although Tatooine is often overlooked and dismissed as an unimportant backwater world in-universe, the desert planet is one of the most pivotal locations in the Star Wars franchise, being the homeworld of Luke and Anakin Skywalker, a major hub for famous criminals, and the setting for some of the saga’s most important plotlines. Tatooine is also one of the most well-documented locations in both Star Wars continuities, with a storied history, a plethora of flora and fauna (most of which is deadly), and numerous sapient species, such as Jawas and Tusken Raiders.
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In The Book of Boba Fett “Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian,” Peli Motto mentions to Din Djarin that she once dated a Jawa, and she makes a point to describe them as having fur. If the Star Wars canon timeline adheres to the Legends continuity’s connection between Jawas and Tusken Raiders, the latter may have fur as well. This would, however, change the canon versions of both species from their Legends counterparts, since the original continuity implied a different appearance.
In Legends, Tatooine was once a world of oceans and
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