Are there any Tusken Raider Jedi?
It is highly debated as to if there were any real Tusken Raider Jedi. What we do know is that any Tusken Jedi that there were have been heavily de-canonized and pushed into Star Wars Legends.
The Tusken Raider Jedi
The Tusken Raiders of Tatooine are a formidable race of nomadic tribes that are spread far and wide across the sands of the Dune Sea.
The mainstream canon is guilty of sidelining parts of the Tusken Raider origins which has led to part of their story turning into legend. One such being the Tusken Raider who became a Jedi and then a Sith Lord.
Sharad Hett was a famous Jedi Master who exiled himself on Tatooine. He became disillusioned with his life as a Jedi after the loss of his family. Sharad Hett embraced the culture of the Tusken Raiders.
Sharad Hett’s son A’Sharad, trained as a Jedi after his father’s death and fought in the Clone Wars. He was a survivor of Order 66.
He grew up in the Tusken culture, living as one of the Sand People. A’Sharad Hett entered the Jedi Order while still wearing the Tusken Raiders traditional head wrappings
However, Obi-Wan forced him off Tatooine in shame after a duel, and he was captured by the Yuuzhan Vong. He emerged from the Vong’s clutches a changed man, and he took the…
