Tusken Raiders are a nomadic race who live on the planet Tatooine. George Lucas cited Bedouins as the inspiration for Tusken Raiders. They are depicted as xenophobic and are known to be highly aggressive in their interactions with other species. Young raiders are required to prove their adulthood in various physical activities.
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Tusken Raiders are a nomadic race who live on the planet Tatooine. George Lucas cited Bedouins as the inspiration for Tusken Raiders. They are depicted as xenophobic and are known to be highly aggressive in their interactions with other species. Young raiders are required to prove their adulthood in various physical activities, the hardest of which is the manhood ritual of hunting down a krayt dragon. The most revered member of a Tusken clan is the storyteller, who knows the life-story of every member of his clan, and also knows of the clan’s history. They briefly appear in Episode I: The Phantom Menace, taking shots at the Boonta Eve Classic Podracer pilots.
In Episode II: Attack of the Clones, set 22 years before Star Wars, they kidnap Anakin Skywalker’s mother, Shmi Skywalker, and torture her for a month. Anakin eventually finds her, but she is mortally injured and dies in his arms. In Star Wars Rebels Season 3, Episode 20, a group of Tuskens attack Ezra and Chopper when they land on Tatoonie to look for Kenobi successfully destroying their ship, but Ezra andChopper escape and the Tuskens end up getting killed by Darth Maul. The comic book series Star Wars: Republic explains that exiled Jedi Sharad Hett and his son A’Sharad. Hett lived among the TuskenRaids for many years.
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