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Topics: Star Wars, TV And Film
The Tusken Raiders look horrifying without their masks in Star Wars, just pure nightmare fuel all-around.
That said it’s not much of a surprise, as if there’s one thing I’ve learnt from the Star Wars universe it’s if the person and/or creature are wearing a mask there’s usually a pretty good reason.
For the Tusken Raiders that's even more true, as they've given people nightmares since their first appearance in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
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Take General Grievous for example, or the Jedi Master Plo-Koon, or even Darth Vader, if there’s a mask on the face it’s best to not remove it if you want to sleep at night.
The Tusken Raiders though are on another level, and while The Book Of Boba Fett did a lot to humanise these once savage characters you still wouldn’t want to bump into them on a dark Tatooine night.
While there’s no canon look for their faces the version seen in Star Wars: Republic #62 looks utterly monstrous.
In the comic Anakin has a nightmare about them, likely still scarred by the death of his mother, and sees one with part of its face unobscured by the mask.
While it’s not the canon look for the Star Wars creatures it’s still not a nice image, though a Redditor speculates that “they are actually human-like and the “monstrous” image comes from cultural misunderstandings and biases from centuries of colonialism and imperialistic dogma.”
Another added “I truly think they look human. They can't be an alien race evolved for desert climates, because then they wouldn't need all that protective covering.”
Honestly they probably are human-like under the masks, but until a live-action project gives us a look we’ll never know for sure.
Perhaps if The Book Of Boba Fett got a second season we would have seen what they’ve got going on under there?