Anchorhead/Legends



Anchorhead was one of the oldest settlements located on the planet Tatooine that was established in 4,200 BBY. Originally a mining outpost, Anchorhead was abandoned and resettled many times, as each mining company came to discover the poor quality of the ore located there. The companies would abandon their equipment each time, due to the prohibitive costs of transporting them off-world, and the indigenous Jawas would take them as their own. This gave rise to the use of Sandcrawlers, mobile smelting machines, as mobile homes for the Jawas.

Revan and his companions landed there on Tatooine to find a Star Map tohelp them find The Star Forge's location. During their time there, they battled Tusken Raiders, a Krayt Dragon, and the Bounty Hunter Calo Nord.

By the time of the Galactic Empire, Anchorhead, along with other settlements on Tatooine, had become permanently populated. It could be found a few miles east of the Lars' Homestead, south of the now-bustling spaceport of Mos Eisley. Anchorhead itself primarily consisted of moisture farmers.

Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo stopped their to evade the Empire on their quest to find a piece of Alderaan art, Killik Twilight.

Tosche Station lay on the outskirts of town.

Behind the scenes
In A New Hope, Luke asks his uncle, Owen Lars, if he can see some of his friends there. In a deleted scene, Luke can be seen there with Biggs Darklighter, who would later fight alongside Luke in the Battle of Yavin.

In the LucasArts game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, Anchorhead is described as a town in which those sympathetic to the Rebel Alliance can walk out in the open, and it is noted that "If there was any town on Tatooine that was the farthest from Imperial rule, Anchorhead would be the one."

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, mentioned in dialogue, scenes deleted.
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided