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- "It looks like the Sandpeople did this, all right. Look. There's gaffi sticks, bantha tracks."
- ―Luke Skywalker
A gaderffii stick, also known simply as a gaderffii or gaffi stick, was a bladed club used by the Tusken Raiders.[6] They were used to jab and pummel their victims.[7] The bent end of a gaderffii, called the traang in Tusken, could be doused with sand bat venom, which had paralyzing properties.[8] Though a primitive weapon, it was nevertheless extremely deadly in the right hands.[9] The weapon also served as a tool for more mundane tasks, such as cleaning the teeth of a bantha.[10]
History[]
A Tusken Raider wielding their gaderffii stick.
While Luke Skywalker was searching for the wandering astromech droid R2-D2 in the Jundland Wastes, he got an uncomfortably close look at the gaderffii of a bellicose Tusken named A'Koba.[5]
In 5 ABY,[11] while on Tatooine, former bounty hunter Boba Fett trained in the use of the gaderffii stick after he joined the ranks of a Tusken tribe. After leading the raid on a Pyke repulsortrain, Fett earned the right to wield a gaderffii stick of his own, which he crafted himself in the Gaderffii stick workshop. He used a branch of a wortwood tree that he found in the desert and made it with the help of a craftsman, who utilized a Tusken Adze.[4]
He carried this stick on his back[10] in 9 ABY[12] as Din Djarin left Mos Pelgo following his exploits in aiding the townspeople.[10] Fett would later wield the weapon on Tython against stormtroopers with brutal efficiency, easily piercing through and even outright shattering their armor with it.[9] Fett later attempted to utilize it while being attacked by Krrsantan.[13] Later, he used the weapon to kill Cad Bane.[14]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gadgets and Gear
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
"Melee and Ranged Weapons" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑
Tusken Raiders in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
Gaderffii Stick in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ "Rites" — From a Certain Point of View
- ↑ 9.0 9.1
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 14: The Tragedy"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Mandalorian — "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
- ↑
"A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 225 states that flashback events of "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine" took place five years after the events of Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope, corresponding to 5 ABY according to Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" and "Chapter 16: The Rescue" to 9 ABY. The events of Chapters 1–16 must therefore also take place in 9 ABY.
- ↑ The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa"
- ↑ The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor"
