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The term "Jawa" was co-opted from the Star-Wars films by Americans deployed to the middle east while serving in the armed forces. JAWA is a slang term used throughout the united States military; referring to any any person living in, or descended from Middle-Eastern countries. predominantly (but not exclusively) Muslim majority nations. *Although less common; it can also refer to Jews from Israel / the desert. Jawa is a racial epithet for the "Sand-People". and pretty much any group who's women cover their hair or heads. The reasoning behind the joke is: In the Syfy films, Jawas are unintelligible; always shouting gibberish at one another as they run around in the sand. They're constantly fighting each other for salvaged or stolen junk. & Regardless of the heat; they're always wearing full body robes resembling dresses. *(similar to the thobe, Shalwar, Izar or Bisht Muslim men wear; or the sheitels, hijab, Niqab, Burqa, Khimar, & Al-amira that woman in the middle east wear)
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