Looking for Computer Parts store run by Jawas

[Kamran]

Colin McGregor wrote:
> --- Kamran <linuxdarkstar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> James Knott wrote:
>>> Kamran wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Alas I was refused entrance on the grounds I am
>> part of the general 
>>>> public.  This is why need more computer parts
>> stores run by Jawas.
>>> What are "Jawas"
>> http://www.starwars.com/databank/species/jawa/
> 
> I recognized the reference instantly, the small
> creatures who would trade/deal in almost any sort of
> used hardware ... such as robots.
> 
> Jawas also served as good target practice for Imperial
> Stormtroopers in the first (or is that the fourth?)
> Star Wars movie... They were used as target practice
> because they had been dealing in used hardware, namely
> robots wanted by the Empire.
> 
> I trust it was the first role that you were thinking
> of rather than the second ...
> 
> 
> Colin McGregor

Definitely the first.  However apparently according to the Star Wars 
site Jawas are a bit shady not unlike some of the computer dealers I 
have dealt with in the past.
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