Dantooine

"Dantooine. They're on Dantooine."

- Leia Organa, lying about the loction of the Rebel base

Dantooine was a planet within the Galactic Empire.

When Princess Leia Organa was on the Death Star, the Grand Moff Tarkin threatened to destroy Leia's home planet of Alderaan if she did not provide him with the location of the Rebellion's secret base. Leia then named this planet as the location of the base, but Tarkin nevertheless ordered that the destruction of Alderaan go forward, as, in his words, Dantooine was "too remote to make an effective demonstration." Tarkin relayed Leia's information to other Imperial forces, who visited the planet only to find that it did once host a Rebel base, but it had since been abandoned. Upon learning this, Tarkin ordered Leia's immediate execution.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope