Jawas were the first alien species introduced in Star Wars back in 1977, yet Lucasfilm has been hesitant to show what lurks under their hoods. The meter-tall sentient species was seen kidnapping R2-D2 in George Lucas' A New Hope, and since then they've appeared in several other Skywalker Saga installments. More recently, Din Djarin had his Razor Crest torn apart by a gang of Jawas in Disney+'s The Mandalorian season 1. Like Din, Jawas make an effort never to show their faces, but Legends material, as well as visual depictions, have solved some of the ongoing mystery.
Despite Jawa Juice—a drink at the Galaxy's Edge theme park—named after them, no one really knows what Jawas actually look like. While they have been presented as humanoids in canon, Star Wars Legends made them out to be devolved, rodent-like humans that carried a very potent smell. Native to desert planets like Tatooine, the scavengers travel the land in Sandcrawlers to scavenge for supplies. In A New Hope, a group of Jawas sold C-3PO and R2-D2 to Owen Lars and Luke Skywalker. The greedy little species made a living off of looting ships for scraps.
