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- "It's fascinating to watch Twi'leks communicate through these head-tails."
- ―An artist on Twi'lek sign language
Sign language was a way of communicating that used gestures instead of voice to convey meaning.[1]
Lacking vocal cords, the Anomids of Yablari communicated with one another through a sophisticated and very subtle combination of hand and body language.[3] The Twi'lek people of Ryloth had developed a unique sign language using not their hands and arms, but their lekku, the fleshy appendages that hung from the back of their heads.[1] Being natural speakers of Tusken but knowing they at times needed to open discussions with other peoples, Tusken Raiders were known to use a type of sign language[4] known as Tusken Sign Language.[5]
History[]
- "I admit my skills are rusty, but…"
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, before translating Eeth Koth's sign language message
Cobb Vanth uses both sign language and his voice in an argument with a Tusken Raider
One type of sign language consisted in movements of or shapes made through the hands and arms. In one instance of its use in 21 BBY, Jedi Master Eeth Koth utilized sign language to provide the Jedi High Council with his hyperspace coordinates following his capture.[6] Prisoners in the Narkina 5 Imperial Prison Complex would use sign language to speach to each other through windows across the hallways.[7]
The former bounty hunter Boba Fett partially used Tusken Sign Language sign language to communicate with his Tusken Raider tribe.[8] A bounty hunter referred to as "The Mandalorian" utilized Tusken Sign Language to negotiate with two other Tusken Raiders.[4]
Appearances[]
- Choose Your Destiny: An Obi-Wan & Anakin Adventure (Indirect mention only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Grievous Intrigue" (First appearance)- Andor — "Narkina 5"
- Andor — "Nobody's Listening!"
- Guardians of the Whills (Mentioned only)
- Heir to the Jedi (Mentioned only) (First identified as sign language, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Heir to the Jedi audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Hunters: Battle for the Arena
- Hunters: Battle for the Arena audiobook
- The Mandalorian Junior Novel
- The Mandalorian Junior Novel audiobook
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian: The Manga
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger"
- The Mandalorian 5
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
- The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel
- The Mandalorian Season 2 1
- The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" (In flashback(s))
- The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine" (In flashback(s))
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 33 (Databank A-Z: Admiral Kilian–Kowakian)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 58 (Databank A-Z: Tusken Raiders–Captain Typho)
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- "The Gunslinger" Episode Guide | The Mandalorian on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Do You Speak Bocce?" — Star Wars Insider 206
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Star Wars: Alien Archive
- ↑ Guardians of the Whills
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger"
- ↑ The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Grievous Intrigue"
- ↑ Andor — "Nobody's Listening!"
- ↑ The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine"
