How Troy Kotsur helped The Mandalorian develop Tusken Raider sign language

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The actor's Star Wars contributions are being pointed out following his Best Supporting Actor victory for CODA. “I did research on the culture and environment of Tusken Raiders,” Kotsur, who is deaf, told The Daily Moth. “I researched on the desert called ‘sand people.’ That is what Luke Skywalker calls them, ‘sand people.’ Anyway, my goal was to avoid ASL. I made sure it became Tusken Sign Language based on their culture and environment."