Star Wars' Tusken Raider Sign Language Was Created by CODA's Troy Kotsur
The sign language used by the Tusken Raider tribe in the Star Wars television series The Book of Boba Fett andThe Mandalorian was created by CODA star Troy Kotsur. The deaf actor has been recently making waves in Hollywood for raking up Best Supporting Actor awards at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards, the Golden Globes, and the Academy Awards for his role as Frank Rossi in the 2022 Best Picture winner CODA, a film about a deaf mother and father who struggle with their fishing business while raising a hearing-abled child. Kotsur became the first deaf actor to win an acting award in the history of the Oscars, but many may not have known that the actor contributed to one of the most popular media franchises.
Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, a spin-off television series of The Mandalorian, centers on the infamous titular bounty hunter who once hunted and captured Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back and was thought dead following the events of Jabba's demise in The Return of the Jedi. The new Star Wars series details the events directly after the original trilogy, showing the persistent mercenary barely escape the Sarlacc Pitt with his life. Stranded in the vast desert that encompasses the alien planet Tatooine, Boba Fett is rescued by a band of Tusken Raiders, a nomadic 'sand-people' who live a primitive but rich life among the dunes.
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Star Wars News Net reports that Academy Award-winning actor Troy Kotsur was instrumental in creating the sign language used by the Tusken Raiders in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. The Tuskens do not speak Basic — the Star Wars universe's version of English — but instead speak through their own unique
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