Tatooine

"Well, if there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from."

- Luke Skywalker, to C-3PO

Tatooine was a desert planet located in the Outer Rim Territories. The planet was part of a binary star system. Due to the lack of surface water, many residents of the planet instead drew water from the atmosphere via moisture farms.

Tatooine was the homeworld of Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One, and his son Luke Skywalker. Anakin's former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, also resided on the planet after the Clone Wars ended, going by the name Ben Kenobi. The Hutt Clan maintained a presence on Tatooine as well, with Jabba the Hutt owning a palace in the desert.

Tatooine gained the notice of the Empire during the Galactic Civil War when a escape pod carrying two droids in possession of top-secret information launched from the starship Tantive IV and landed on the sandy Outer Rim world.

Description
"What a desolate place this is."

- C-3PO

Tatooine was a planet located in the Outer Rim, a region of the galaxy far removed from its core. Because it orbited two suns, Tatooine was opressed by a scorching climate. The whole planet was covered in harsh deserts, and only a small part of its northern hemisphere could sustain intelligent life. The planet was filled with many natural hazards including sudden sandstorms and carnivorous krayt dragons. Due to the absence of surface water, those who lived on Tatooine had to draw moisture through the dry air.

History
In the last decades of the Galactic Republic, Tatooine was home to a Human slave named Shmi Skywalker and her son, the young Anakin. The year the latter was nine, Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo escaped the capture of her homeworld by the Trade Federation, and she took refuge on Tatooine with her companions and protectors, including the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Skywalkers befriended Amidala's party, and the young slave ended up participating in a podrace to help his new friends obtain a new T-14 hyperdrive generator for their damaged starship. After discovering that Anakin Skywalker would make an exceptional recruit for the Jedi Order, Master Qui-Gon Jinn managed to obtain his freedom, and the Queen's party left Tatooine with the boy. After participating in numerous adventures, including the Invasion of Naboo, the former Tatooinian slave joined the Jedi Order under Kenobi's tutelage.

Ten years later, Tatooine hosted another major event in the saga of the Skywalker family. Anakin Skywalker, now a gifted but unruly Jedi student, sensed that his mother, who had stayed on Tatooine and gotten married, was in terrible pain. Skywalker returned to the desert world in the company of Amidala, who was now a senator of the Republic and the young Jedi's secret lover. It transpired that Shmi Skywalker had been captured by Tusken Raiders and was detained in one of their camps. When Skywalker finally discovered his mother's location, he arrived too late, and she died in his arms from the consequences of the Tuskens' mistreatments. Enraged, the young Jedi slaughtered the entire Tusken tribe. That act of brutality, which took place on Tatooine, would later have serious consequences, as it was the first step of Anakin Skywalker's fall to evil. Shortly after the incident, the Clone Wars broke out, and the tortured Tatooinian Jedi became a major player of that pan-galactic conflict.

Three years after the start of the war, Skywalker fell to the dark side and joined the Sith, old adversaries of the Jedi who had long planned to take over the galaxy. The Galactic Empire, a new regime established to replace the Republic, started to hunt all Jedi. Skywalker's former master Obi-Wan Kenobi went into hiding on Tatooine, bringing the infant son of the fallen Jedi with him. On the desert expanses of Tatooine, Kenobi hoped that he could keep young Luke from his father's evil influence. Kenobi entrusted the boy to Shmi's stepson, Owen Lars, and his wife Beru.

Inhabitants
"Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master."

- Darth Maul, to Darth Sidious

There existed only a few port cities on Tatooine, including Mos Espa and Mos Eisley. Beside those cities, which attracted many criminals, most settlers of Tatooine operate moisture farms in the expanse of the desert.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
 * Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * Lords of the Sith
 * Tarkin
 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
 * A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * Escape from Darth Vader
 * Epic Yarns: A New Hope
 * The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * Star Wars 2: Skywalker Strikes, Part II
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 1: Vader
 * Star Wars 4: Skywalker Strikes, Part IV
 * Star Wars 5: Skywalker Strikes, Part V
 * Star Wars: Commander
 * Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
 * The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
 * Return of the Jedi Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
 * Epic Yarns: A New Hope
 * The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * Star Wars 2: Skywalker Strikes, Part II
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 1: Vader
 * Star Wars 4: Skywalker Strikes, Part IV
 * Star Wars 5: Skywalker Strikes, Part V
 * Star Wars: Commander
 * Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
 * The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
 * Return of the Jedi Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!