Dune Sea/Legends

"What a desolate place this is."

- C-3PO

The Dune Sea was a vast, sandy desert that stretched across the surface of Tatooine. In the Tatooine navigation system, it was located in the planet's first quadrant.

History
The Dune Sea on Tatooine was once the bed of an inland sea. Extreme temperatures and lack of water made the area inhospitable to most lifeforms. A Human could dehydrate after about thirty minutes from overexposure. The Dune Sea was home to the sarlacc that lived in the Great Pit of Carkoon. In the Tatooine navigation system, it was located in the planet's first quadrant.

During the time of the Infinite Empire, a Rakatan star temple was built in a cave in the Eastern Dune Sea. Revan and his companions found the map being guarded by a krayt dragon and used its information to discover Lehon.

Jabba's Palace was located just beyond the southwestern border of this desert. During his time on Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi lived in a hut in the Jundland Wastes that was also located near the southwestern edge of the Sea.

Following the escape of the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO from their clutches, the Galactic Empire conducted a search of the entire planet. During their search in the Dune Sea, they discovered a small cell of Alliance to Restore the Republic soldiers and wiped them out, as well as a Tusken Raider camp nearby.

In 22 ABY, Tahiri Veila and Anakin Solo survived its harshest deserts, a krayt dragon, and a sarlacc, and exercised their growing Force powers.

Behind the scenes
The real world location for the Dune Sea is the Grand Dune in Tunisia and Yuma Desert in California.

It is also believed to be inspired by Frank Herbert's planet Arrakis from the Dune series.

The Dune Sea appears in a map in the 2004 video game Star Wars: Battlefront. During the Historical Campaign, the battle on the map appears as an Imperial mission, although the game's story is secondary continuity, according to Leland Chee, the keeper of Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Holocron continuity database.

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Old Wounds
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition