Lars homestead

The Lars Homestead was the home of the Lars family for at least three generations.

Description
It was a moisture farm, with 63 separate vaporators scattered on the property. The Lars Farm was located on the outskirts of the Jundland Wastes far removed from the closest city, Anchorhead. The homestead itself was mostly underground, to keep it cool, and always provided enough room for the Lars family. It had a garage where the family has kept its vehicles, from landspeeders to T-16 Skyhoppers.

History
It was originally owned by Gredda and Lef Lars, then their son Cliegg Lars, and after that, Cliegg's son, Owen and Owen's wife, Beru. Shmi Skywalker was buried there in 22 BBY and later Cliegg himself, c. 19 BBY. In 0 BBY, when Owen purchased two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 from a Jawa sandcrawler, he did not know one of them held the secret plans for an imperial superweapon and that the Empire was looking for them. The Lars' Homestead was burned to cinders when Imperial stormtroopers found out the droids had been purchased by people who lived there. Sadly, Owen and Beru were killed, but the droids were safe &mdash; for a while &mdash; in the care of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker. The Farm was burned down and its occupants (Owen and Beru) were burned and most likely executed in 0 BBY by Stormtroopers looking for information or the location of R2-D2 and C-3PO.

Luke allowed the alien Throgg to take possession of the farm after he left Tatooine. This angered Huff Darklighter, who had the Anchorhead Municipal Council pass an anti-alien landowner tax. Unable to pay it, Throgg sold the farm to Jula Darklighter.

Before the Clone Wars, two tombstones – one of Edern Lars and one of Shmi Skywalker – were to be seen outside the vicinity. However by the early Galactic Civil War, they were probably removed.

Behind the scenes
After filming the Attack of the Clones in 2000, the Lars homestead scenery was left there, and is still visited by the tourists in the Tunisian desert.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * The Last One Standing
 * Old Wounds
 * Sandstorm
 * Adventure in Beggar's Canyon
 * Star Wars Empire: Darklighter
 * The Princess Leia Diaries
 * Star Wars Empire: Betrayal
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
 * Skippy the Jedi Droid
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
 * Marvel Star Wars 31: Return to Tatooine
 * Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Shadows of the Empire
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novelization
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * Tatooine Ghost