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    Sandcrawler

    Sandcrawlers are huge treaded fortresses used by Jawas as transportation and shelter. The sand-pitted vehicles, many meters in height, are equipped with a magnetic suction tube for sucking droids and scrap into their cargo chambers.

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Appearances
  • Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode IV)
  • Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (Episode II)
  • Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Episode I)
  • Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
Locations
  • Tatooine
Dimensions
  • Length: 40.0m
species
  • Jawa

History

Anakin and a Jawa talk in front of Sandcrawlers

Sandcrawlers were a common sight on Tatooine, used by the planet’s native Jawas as homes, workshops and fortresses. These massive rolling vehicles trundled across the desert wastes in search of machinery that could be fixed up and sold to settlers. Those searching for something knew to check in with the Jawa tribes, whose knowledge of Tatooine’s badlands and desert flats was unequalled.

A Sandcrawler traversing the deserts on Tatooine

During the Galactic Civil War, the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 were found by a Jawa sandcrawler and sold to Owen Lars and his nephew Luke Skywalker. What seemed like a nice payday for the Jawas turned out to be their doom – Imperial troops tracked the sandcrawler and destroyed it.

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        Bad Motivator

        Luke nearly misses the opportunity to meet the trusty Artoo when his uncle purchases a different astromech from the Jawas. When the red astromech blows a motivator, though, Luke convinces his uncle to pick up the little blue unit, R2-D2.

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      Sandcrawler History Gallery

      • 8 Images
        • Growing up on Tatooine, Anakin Skywalker learned the ways of Jawas and came to respect their know...
        • A generation later, C-3PO and R2-D2 were marooned on Tatooine. The two split up, and Jawas ambush...
        • A magnetic tube descended from the sandcrawler’s belly, sucking Artoo up inside the vehicle. The ...
        • When Artoo’s systems restarted, he found himself inside a chamber filled with droids in various c...
        • The Jawa sandcrawler stopped at the farm owned by Owen and Beru Lars, where the Jawas herded the ...
        • Owen agreed to buy C-3PO, but passed on R2-D2, selecting an astromech called R5-D4 instead. As Lu...
        • After a brief argument, the Jawas agreed to a swap of astromechs: R2-D2 became Owen’s property, w...
        • The Jawas had no idea that R2-D2 was carrying data vital to the Empire, or that stormtroopers wer...
      • Growing up on Tatooine, Anakin Skywalker learned the ways of Jawas and came to respect their knowledge of the desert planet. When his mother Shmi was taken captive by Tusken Raiders, Anakin sought out the Jawa tribes, meeting in front of their sandcrawlers. The Jawas told him where Shmi might be being held.

      • A generation later, C-3PO and R2-D2 were marooned on Tatooine. The two split up, and Jawas ambushed Artoo in a lonely canyon, overloading his circuits with a shot from an ion blaster. They then carried the inert droid to a waiting sandcrawler.

      • A magnetic tube descended from the sandcrawler’s belly, sucking Artoo up inside the vehicle. The Jawas then boarded their rolling fortress and headed off into the night.

      • When Artoo’s systems restarted, he found himself inside a chamber filled with droids in various condition, surrounded by miscellaneous junk scavenged from the desert. Among the droids inside the vehicle’s belly was his friend C-3PO.

      • The Jawa sandcrawler stopped at the farm owned by Owen and Beru Lars, where the Jawas herded the droids in saleable condition out of the sandcrawler for inspection by Owen and his nephew, Luke Skywalker.

      • Owen agreed to buy C-3PO, but passed on R2-D2, selecting an astromech called R5-D4 instead. As Luke led R5-D4 away from the sandcrawler, the unfortunate droid blew his motivator.

      • After a brief argument, the Jawas agreed to a swap of astromechs: R2-D2 became Owen’s property, while R5-D4 went back into the sandcrawler.

      • The Jawas had no idea that R2-D2 was carrying data vital to the Empire, or that stormtroopers were scouring the desert searching for the lost astromech. The troopers tracked the droids to the sandcrawler, destroying it and slaughtering the Jawas inside. When Luke discovered the burnt-out vehicle, he realized his aunt and uncle were in terrible danger.

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      • Jawa

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        Jawa

        Jawas are meter-tall humanoids completely hidden behind rough, hand-woven robes. Their faces are concealed within the dark folds of a cowl, from which peer their sickly glowing yellow eyes. They comb the deserts of Tatooine in search of discarded scrap and wayward mechanicals. Using their cobbled-together weaponry, they can incapacitate droids and drag them to their treaded fortress-homes, immense sand-scarred vehicles known as sandcrawlers. They sell their hastily refurbished junk to moisture farmers who are hard-pressed to find a better selection elsewhere.

      • Tatooine

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        Tatooine

        Tatooine is harsh desert world orbiting twin suns in the galaxy’s Outer Rim. In the days of the Empire and the Republic, many settlers scratched out a living on moisture farms, while spaceport cities such as Mos Eisley and Mos Espa served as home base for smugglers, criminals, and other rogues. Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker both once called Tatooine home, although across the stars it was more widely known as a hive of scum and villainy ruled by the crime boss Jabba the Hutt.

      • C-3PO (See-Threepio)

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        C-3PO (See-Threepio)

        C-3PO longs for more peaceful times, but his continued service to the Resistance — and his knowledge of more than seven million forms of communication — keeps the worry-prone droid in the frontlines of galactic conflict. Programmed for etiquette and protocol, Threepio was built by a young Anakin Skywalker, and has been a constant companion to astromech R2-D2. Over the years, he was involved in some of the galaxy’s most defining moments and thrilling battles. Since the Empire’s defeat, C-3PO has served Leia Organa, head of a Resistance spy ring aimed at undermining the First Order.

      • R2-D2

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        R2-D2

        A reliable and versatile astromech droid, R2-D2 has served Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker, and Luke Skywalker in turn, showing great bravery in rescuing his masters and their friends from many perils. A skilled starship mechanic and fighter pilot's assistant, he has an unlikely but enduring friendship with the fussy protocol droid C-3PO.

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        Owen Lars

        Owen Lars continued his father Cliegg’s efforts to build his homestead into a productive farm, working alongside his wife, Beru. Helping with the dreary chores required to keep the farm profitable, Owen relies on his nephew, Luke Skywalker, whom the couple raised since birth. Like most moisture farmers on Tatooine, Lars is fiercely protective of his land and his family. When there is an intrusion on the tranquility of the Lars Homestead, Owen defends his home.

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        R5-D4

        A red astromech droid, R5-D4 thought he'd found a home when the Jawas sold him to Owen Lars, along with the protocol droid C-3PO. But R5's motivator blew as he rolled away from the sandcrawler, forcing the Jawas to take him back in exchange for R2-D2.

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