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Where was Star Wars filmed? Real and fantastic tataouine

How I got to the planet Tatooine - the same one from Star Wars December 11th, 2015

I personally have been to the planet Tatooine.

Tatooine (outer territories, Arcanis sector, distance from the center of the Galaxy - 43,000 light years, desert planet revolving around a double star) is one of the most significant locations in the Star Wars universe and appears in the frame of almost every part of the fantastic film saga. Anakin Skywalker (aka the legendary Lord Darth Vader) was born on this planet, his son Luke, the chosen one and the new hope of the Jedi Order, grew up here, and the great Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi hid here for a long time from spies of the Empire. It was on Tatooine that we first saw the fastest starship in the galaxy - the Millennium Falcon and its crew.

Located in the outer territories, far from the main galactic routes, Tatooine is a favorite planet for smugglers and gangsters of all stripes. For centuries, Tatooine has been the site of orbital showdowns between various gangster groups, so that the surface of the planet is literally littered with the debris of ancient spaceships, buried under desert sands.

Tatooine in the movies.

The real Tatooine.

But Tatooine was not always a desert. The flourishing planet was devastated by the orbital bombardment of the Rakata Empire, which, long before the advent of the Jedi Order, tried to conquer the Galaxy using the dark side of the force. The local population of Tatooine, the technologically advanced humanoid race of the Kumumga, was defeated and then set back in development for millennia and was divided by the time the planet was re-discovered by the Old Republic into two peoples, the ruthless sand nomads Tuskens and the small Jawas traders.

The next few unsuccessful attempts The colonization of Tatooine left huge mobile fortresses on its surface - sand crawlers, which the Jawas successfully use for their purposes, as well as mines, moisture farms, spaceports and several large settlements. Modern Tatooine is ruled by the Hutts, powerful gangsters and crime lords who have turned the desert world into a hub of criminal activity and smuggling.

It has long been no secret that Tatooine is the name of a real city in Tunisia, and George Lucas used the Sahara Desert as the location for filming. Almost all locations filmed in Tunisia, thanks to the dry climate, have been perfectly preserved despite the decades since the films were released - and have become popular tourist attractions. One of these places is the scenery of the Mos Espa spaceport, located near the city of Nefta (fifteen kilometers from the Algerian border), which can be seen in the “first” part of the Star Wars saga. Episode I: The Phantom Menace."

The trip to Tatooine begins on the former route of the legendary Paris-Dakar rally marathon.

From the point of view of the Siberian off-road, the Paris-Dakar route has absolutely nothing to surprise us with. Nothing at all. It shakes exactly the same as in the “loaf” in the vastness of the Yashkinsky district, for example. And driving on sand, consider it the same as driving on snow.

The first “attraction” on the way is Mount Camel.

Somewhere right here, right next to it, the dark lord of the Sith Darth Maul, the student of Darth Sidious, landed (from now on I will occasionally use footage from the film “Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace” for clarity and comparison).

The same mountains and even this same road can be seen.

And here is the desert of Tatooine. The Mos Espa spaceport is right behind me.

Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen of the planet Naboo Padmé Amidala and Gungan Jar Jar Bingx enter the settlement of Mos Espa.

It was right here. I'm standing in almost the same place.


Let's continue to compare cinema and reality.

In fact, finding “familiar” places, real and real, was just a thrill.

Street cafe - Akim's tavern.

Now it's empty.

The house with turrets is the shop of the Toydarian Watto, a cunning and gambling junk dealer, owner of the slave boy Anakin Skywalker.

Preserved as if alive.

The scenery built here served as the “foreground”; everything else, including the perspective, was drawn using computer graphics.

By the way, a short episode of Anakin Skywalker’s return to Tatooine with Amidala for the next part of the Star Wars saga was filmed in the same location. Episode II: Attack of the Clones." Here it is - Watto's shop.

You can see that this time they worked on the second, “drawn” plan with less diligence. This is not even “three de” graphics, but “a hearth painted on canvas.”

Let's continue to admire the views of Tatooine.

From the inside, the scenery looks like skeletons. Filming of the interiors of the premises was clearly carried out separately, in the pavilion and in the studio.

The painfully familiar doors of Tatooine. Psshhh. Psshhh.

In the photo the area seems deserted and abandoned - in reality it is not so. There are a wild number of tourists rushing around with photographic equipment, and in order to take a “picture without people” you have to wait patiently for quite a long time.

Tatooine's calling card is the legendary GX-8 moisture eliminators or, simply put, moisture condensers.

The technology of the distant future is made from ordinary electrical "consumables"...

And painted plywood.

Local Jawas quickly sell sapphires. In fact, these are salt crystals colored with potassium permanganate. But still, it’s a beautiful thing as a souvenir, especially since it costs mere pennies.

If you didn't bring your Jedi Robe with you, you can rent one for a few standard galactic credits. For selfies. Along with a lightsaber.

In such a dry climate, the town of Mos Espa will stand for many more decades, but there is another problem - a giant dune is slowly but surely approaching the scenery.

So, if you want to see Tatooine with your own eyes, you need to hurry up.

GPS coordinates of the scenery of the Mos Espa settlement:
33°59"39"N, 7°50"33"E

Panoramas of the surrounding area (click to enlarge and see everything).

All photos in this post (except, of course, stills from the movie) are mine and taken with my own hands. On the phone. Some people don't believe it. :)

And in just a week, the long-awaited film directed by J. J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh episode of the Star Wars saga, will be released in Russia. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a direct sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi", as well as the beginning of the third trilogy.

May the force be with you.

IMDb Mos Eisley, Tatooine

Tunisia is the most famous Star Wars filming location. This is where George Lucas filmed the beginning of A New Hope - the desert planet Tatooine on which he was born main character classic trilogy Luke Skywalker. Luke's house is located in the Sidi Driss Hotel (Matmata town), Mos Espa was filmed near it, where Qui-Gon Jinn met Anakin (Episode I: The Phantom Menace), the city and spaceport of Mos Eisley and its cantina, in which Han Solo shot first.

Shutterstock Djerba Island, Tunisia

But Tatooine was not only filmed in Tunisia. For some of the scenes with the landscapes of this planet, Lucas chose national park"Death Valley", located in California and Nevada between the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Rebel base on Yavin IV - Guatemala

IMDb Massasi Outpost on Yavin IV

Another location from A New Hope. Having escaped from the Death Star, Luke and his comrades went to the rebels on Yavin IV in order to deliver the blueprints for the Empire's formidable weapon. To film the base, Lucas used the ruins of Tikal - ancient city Mayan Indians, part of the Guatemala National Park. It is on the tops of the thousand-year-old pyramids that the rebel sentries stand. The same location appeared in one of the trailers for The Force Awakens.

Shutterstock Tikal National Park, Guatemala

Another rebel base - on the planet Hoth from the fifth episode of The Empire Strikes Back - was filmed in Norway near the village of Finse. There Lucas found the Hardarger Jokulen glacier for landscapes of a snowy planet.

Planet Endor - California

IMDb Planet Endor - Home of the Ewoks

Much of the ground-based scenes in the final episode of the classic trilogy, Return of the Jedi, take place on the moon of the gas giant Endor, where the funny Ewok creatures, similar to Gummi Bears, live.

Shutterstock Redwood National Park, California

The forests of this planet were filmed in national park"Redwood", located in California (USA). And Lucas came up with the name for the Ewoks by analogy with the local tribe of Miwok Indians.

Planet Naboo - UK

IMDb Planet Naboo - homeworld Jar Jar Binks and Princess Amidala

The home world of Jar Jar Binks, Queen Amidala, and Chancellor Palpatine finds itself in the thick of the action in the first episode of the saga, The Phantom Menace. Landscapes of this planet were filmed near London, in the Whippendell Woods forest. There, not far from Watford, is the Leavesden Studios, the location where the Harry Potter films (and, of course, Star Wars) were filmed.

Shutterstock Whippendell Woods near Watford

But in order to film the royal palace of Theed, the seat of the head of the human population of Naboo, Lucas and his team had to go to Seville (Spain), where the Plaza de Espana building built for the Iberian-American Exhibition of 1929 is located. It is among its colonnade that Padmé and the matured Anakin from the second episode of “Attack of the Clones” walk.

Planet Kashyyyk - Guilin, China

IMDb Kashyyyk - Chewbacca's Homeworld

The home world of Chewbacca and other representatives of the Wookiee race is shown very little in the films of the saga - only a few scenes in the third episode of "Revenge of the Sith". True, Lucas intended to film Return of the Jedi on Kashyyyk, but he liked the Ewoks more.

Shutterstock Guilin, China

But for the sake of these few shots, the Star Wars film crew had to go to Guilin, China and visit Thailand - it’s a little hot there for fur-covered Wookiees, but incredibly beautiful.

Planet Mustafar - Italy

IMDb The Fire World of Mustafar

The fiery world of Mustafar, where one of the most tragic battles of the saga took place between Obi-Wan Kenobi and the already converted dark side Forced by his apprentice Anakin Skywalker, who took the name Darth Vader.

Shutterstock Volcano Etna, Italy

It is clear that the Jedi and the Sith fought not among real lava flows, but in a pavilion. And the location for Mustafar’s landscapes was Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily.

Planet Jakku - UAE

IMDb Planet Jakku

The seventh episode of Star Wars also begins on a desert planet - only this is not Tatooine, but Jakku. According to the canon of the saga, a year after the Battle of Endor, this planet became the site of a new battle between the rebels and the troops of the empire (an addition to the game is dedicated to it) Star Wars: Battlefront"), during which a Star Destroyer fell to the surface.

Shutterstock Desert near Abu Dhabi, UAE

This destroyer was rummaged through by Daisy Ridley's character Rey in the trailers for The Force Awakens. And the sandy landscapes of Jaku were filmed in a real desert near Abu Dhabi.

Rebel base from The Force Awakens - UK

IMDb Rebel Base from The Force Awakens

The trailers and videos for the seventh episode showed a new rebel base. Where it is located in the film is still unknown, but on our planet you can see it if you get to the Royal Air Force base in Berkshire, England (RAF Greenham Common military base).

Shutterstock Abandoned military base in English Berkshire (RAF Greenham Common military base)

Once upon a time during the Cold War, this base was actively used, but now it has turned out to be abandoned and only thanks to filmmakers it has not been lost on the map of England.

Island from The Force Awakens - Ireland

IMDb Unknown location from The Force Awakens

The plot of “The Force Awakens” will apparently remain unknown to the general public until the film’s premiere on December 17. And it is still unknown what role this island plays in the saga.

Shutterstock Ruins of a 7th century monastery on the island of Skellig Michael, 12 km off the southwest coast of Ireland

And it was filmed on the real island of Skellig Michael (Skellig Michael or Michael's Rock), located 12 km from the southwestern coast of Ireland. On the island there are also the ruins of a monastery, which dates back to the 7th century.

Location

External territories, Arcanis sector. The distance from the center of the Galaxy is 43,000 light years. A desert planet orbiting a binary star located in the outer territories away from the main galactic routes. The planet is a good place for smugglers and gangsters. The yellow stars around which Tatooine revolves are called Tatoo I and Tatoo II. The planet has 3 satellites. For centuries, Tatooine was the site of orbital showdowns among various gangster groups. The surface of the planet is literally littered with the wreckage of ancient spaceships buried under the desert sands. Tatooine was colonized several centuries ago. On the planet, in addition to colonists of different races and nationalities, there are also aborigines: the fussy and annoying Jawa people, and the aggressive Tusken nomads. Animal life is extremely diverse. The form of government is complete anarchy, only the king of the underworld, a representative of the Hutt race, Jabba the Hutt, has any power, but in fact Tatooine is completely independent of the Republic, and later the Empire. There are 3 cities on the surface, as well as a huge number of farms for extracting moisture and growing fruits, called deb-deb and pica. Tatooine is the home world of Anakin Skywalker, the future Sith Lord Darth Vader, and also the home of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker's mentor. Tatooine rotates around its axis in 23 standard hours, and around the sun in 304 local days. From time to time, strong sandstorms occur on the surface of the planet, forcing all residents to hide in their homes and shelters. On this planet is going a large number of racing fans who come to watch exciting swoop racing.

Story

The planet got its name “Tatooine” from the consonant name of the Jawas (one local people) - “Tah doo Een e”. Tatooine is a desert planet orbiting the binary star Outer Rim near the worlds of Ryloth and Piroketh, approximately 43,000 light-years from the galactic core. Tatooine is a planet that occupies a strategic location at the intersection of several hyperspace routes, but is far from the center of the galaxy and the Galactic Republic. Tatooine is a place of orbital showdowns between various gangster groups. The surface of the planet is littered with the wreckage of ancient spaceships buried under the desert sands. The yellow stars that make up the system are called Tattoo 1 and Tattoo 2. The planet has three satellites.

Tatooine belonged to the Rakata Empire. It was so long ago that neither living nor electronic memory knew when the attack on the Empire took place. The planet once had large oceans and a jungle world, but as a result of orbital bombardments towards Rakata, the biosphere was destroyed. According to scientists, it was then, after global climate change, that the only intelligent species on the planet has split into two subspecies - the annoying, fussy Jawas and the furious nomadic Tuskens, commonly called sand people. The Sand People are a race of nomadic warrior tribes who reject any attempts at trade (and even simple communication), they are hostile to all strangers. Jawas, on the other hand, are diminutive scavengers more interested in trading than fighting. Their language is terribly difficult to understand and their culture remains a mystery.

1000 years before the rise of the Empire, the Old Republic declared the planet suitable for colonization, but almost 900 years passed before the planet was repopulated. In 100 years before the Battle of Yavin, the colonization ship Royal Widow crashed, causing the cities of Mos Eisley and Bestine to be founded on the planet. Shortly thereafter, in 95 BBY, the second wave of colonists founded Fort Tusken, which was destroyed by the Sand People a year later. It was from this event that the Sand People began to be called Tusken bandits.

The Corellian Mining Industry (just like the Old Republic in the past) began developing local ore, but for the same reasons abandoned its intentions. After the destruction of the Tatu III orbital station, many crawlers were abandoned to their fate. The abandoned crawlers were used for their needs by the Jawas, who served as mobile fortresses and a means of earning money.

Modern Tatooine is ruled by the Hutts. These are powerful gangsters and crime bosses who have turned the desert world into a hub of criminal activity. Gambling, smuggling and slavery are commonplace in a harsh world that brings criminals and bounty hunters from all over the galaxy to the planet. Tatooine is also famous for its dangerous race, the Boonta Eve Classic, held near Mos Espa on Boonta Eve.

Tatooine's surface is an almost endless monotonous sea of ​​sand, washed by the intense energy of two yellow suns. They are occasionally interrupted by rocky canyons once carved by the oceans. The heat during the day is unbearable and the nights are cold. The air is dry and the soil is scorched. Sometimes you can see strange fogs that appear in places where sand dunes abut rocky cliffs. Nothing outside the cities lasts long. People rarely move without an armed escort, and those who went into the sands never returned.

The unusual concentration of magnetic ores in the planet's mantle, which interacts with Tatooine's intense planetary magnetic field, fluctuating winds and atmospheric concentrations create a zone of relative coolness in a small area of ​​the planet. This temperate zone, where temperatures rarely exceed 43 standard degrees, was inhabited by people. The official capital of Tatooine is Bestine. It is located approximately 200 kilometers west of the Mos Eisley space port, located on the edge of the Dune Sea. There are also other settlements on the planet: Mos Espa, Mos Enta, Mos Gamos.

During early colonization, the first settlers (miners and investors), abandoning their mines and equipment, began to leave the planet. But not everyone could afford a return ticket from Tatooine. And those who had to stay began to engage in moisture farming - creating moisture farms (condensing water from the air using dehumidifiers) and using the resulting moisture to irrigate crops such as deb-deb and pica, or to sell it to survive. When the Hutts arrived on Tatooine, they breathed into the planet new life, providing jobs in their criminal business and creating a basis for trade.

The animal life of Tatooine, despite such a very arid climate, is extremely diverse: banthas, rontos, dewbacks, eopies, djerbas, womp gerbils, worrts, scarriers, sand flies, bone beetles, rock leeches, dune lizards, sand snakes, scalmites, feathered lizards , sandskippers, meevites, and the sarlacc (a giant sessile invertebrate with a trap-mouth) that takes a thousand years to digest its prey. There are also krayt dragons on Tatooine. Many hunt them for the priceless stomach stones known as dragonballs, but few survive.

The planet has a lot of vegetation, such as the hubba gourd, which is the main food source for the Jawas and Sand People.

Two multiple orbital exoplanets discovered using the method of timing the transits of two central stars

There are more than two dozen filming locations for the Star Wars saga in Tunisia. Most of them appeared only in episodes as landscapes of the fantastic desert planet Tatooine; they are of no interest to ordinary tourists (not fans).

In the first part of this article we will talk about the five most interesting places filming In the second part, we’ll talk about which of them you can see on organized excursions, and where you’ll have to go on your own.

1. Matmata, Sidi Driss Hotel

The Tunisian town of Matmata is famous for the underground houses of the Berbers. In one of these underground houses, the filming of “Episode 4: A New Hope” took place in 1976. The Sidi Driss Hotel, set up in several Berber underground houses in 1969 (7 years before filming), was chosen for the filming location.

Scenes were filmed here in the house of Lars Owen, Luke Skywalker's adoptive uncle. After filming, the hotel owner got rid of some of the scenery; at that time the film had not yet become ultra-popular, and there was no real value in these decorations.

In 1995, a French Star Wars fan named Philippe Vanney restored almost the entire set. Now the hotel is operational, you can book a room there, prices are affordable - from $25 per night.

In 2002, scenes from “Episode 2: Attack of the Clones” were filmed here. How did all the staff fit in here? It’s hard to imagine, because the film crew consisted of 250-300 people.

Obi Wan's Cabin and is located 2.5 kilometers north of the Adjima pier. Ask the taxi driver to drive along the road along the coast to the north, look carefully to the left, the house white don't miss it (see photo next to it, click on photo to enlarge).

Cantina in Mos Eisley(smugglers bar) is located in the very center of Ajim. This building is now in poor condition. It's difficult to find; there are no good landmarks around. You can either hope that the taxi driver will know his location, or use Mobile Internet and Google.Maps, the house is marked on this map.

Region

outer ring

Sector System Circulation period

23 standard hours

Rotation period

304 local days

Number of suns Number of moons Physical data Water Surface

desert with rare rocks, canyons and cliffs.

Climate

usually extremely hot and almost unbearable. Temperatures reach above 65.5 C, except in one area where they rarely exceed 43 C, but can drop below zero at night.

Social data Main Population Population Attractions

Mos Eisley spaceport, Jabba the Hutt's palace, Janland Sands, Lars' moisture farm, Obi-Wan Kenobi's home and the Great Sinkhole of Carkoon.

Affiliation

Tatooine- a fantastic planet from the epic film "". It is located at the intersection of many hyperspace routes, and therefore many traders use the Mos Eisley spaceport as a transfer station. Far from the watchful eyes of the Empire, Tatooine became a haven for various kinds of adventurers - smugglers, mercenaries, bounty hunters, as well as for the king of the underworld - Jabba the Hutt. Only a few small settlements and farms (such as Anchorhead and Bestine) are scattered across the barren surface of the planet. The owners of other territories remain local peoples - Jawas and sand people, as well as strange life forms living in remote areas. In this desolate and inhospitable world, a significant part of the events of the first, second, fourth and sixth episodes of the saga takes place. Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker grew up on Tatooine.

The planet is named after the real city of Tataouine in Tunisia, in which the fantastic Tatooine was filmed. The scenery continues to stand next to the village today and attracts many tourists who want to see the filming locations.

Location

External territories, Arcanis sector. The distance from the center of the Galaxy is 43,000 light years. A desert planet orbiting a binary star located in the outer territories far from the main galactic routes. But the planet is a good place for smugglers and gangsters of all stripes. The yellow stars around which Tatooine revolves are called Tatoo I and Tatoo II. The planet has 3 satellites. For centuries, Tatooine has been the site of orbital showdowns between various gangster groups, so that the surface of the planet is literally littered with the wreckage of ancient spaceships buried under the desert sands. Tatooine was officially colonized several centuries ago; in addition to colonists of different races and nationalities, there are also aborigines on the planet: the fussy and annoying Jawa people, and the aggressive Tusken nomads. Animal life is extremely diverse. The form of government is complete anarchy, only the king of the underworld, a representative of the Hutt race Jabba the Hutt, has any power, but in fact Tatooine is completely independent of the Republic. and later - the Empire. There are 3 cities on the surface, as well as a huge number of farms for extracting moisture and growing fruits, called deb-deb and pica. Tatooine is the home world of Anakin Skywalker, the future Sith Lord Darth Vader, and also the home of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker's mentor. Tatooine rotates around its axis in 23 standard hours, and around the sun in 304 local days. From time to time, strong sandstorms occur on the surface of the planet, forcing all residents to hide in their shelters and homes. The planet also attracts a large number of racing fans who come to watch exciting swoop racing.

Story

The planet got its name “Tatooine” from the consonant name Jav - “Tah doo Een e”. Tatooine is a desert planet orbiting a binary Outer Rim star near the worlds of Ryloth and Piroketh, approximately 43,000 light-years from the galactic core. Tatooine is very old world, occupies a strategic location due to the intersecting multiple hyperspace routes, although it is located far from the center of the galaxy and the Galactic Republic. However, it occupies a good place for smugglers and gangsters of all stripes. As a result, Tatooine was the site of orbital showdowns between various gangster groups, so that the surface of the planet was literally littered with the wreckage of ancient spaceships buried under the desert sands. The yellow stars that make up the system are called Tattoo 1 and Tattoo 2, respectively. The planet has three satellites.

In the distant past, which neither living nor electronic memory knows when it happened, Tatooine belonged to the Rakata Empire. The planet once had large oceans and a jungle world, but as a result of the Rakata's orbital bombardments, the biosphere was destroyed. Probably then, after global climate changes, according to scientists, the only intelligent species on the planet was divided into two subspecies - the annoying, fussy Jawas and the furious Tusken nomads, usually called sand people. The most dominant of these, the Sand People are a race of nomadic warrior tribes who reject any attempts at trade or even simple communication, and are hostile to all outsiders. Jawas, on the other hand, are diminutive scavengers more interested in trading than fighting. Their language is terribly difficult to understand, their culture remains a mystery.

Tatooine was discovered by the Republic 5,000 BC. In 4,200 BC, orbital scanning revealed substantial underground ore deposits, and various private companies began mining the planet. Colonists began to arrive on the planet - the so-called first wave. Outpost Anchorhead (Anchor Head) is the first settlement on Tatooine, built by the Cherka Corporation, for ore mining and the only one that survived to modern era. There are rumors that the ore on Tatooine is not standard. The companies denied this, but the force of the denials only added weight to the rumors. In the end, it was discovered that the ore has specific magnetic properties. The mines were abandoned, Tatooine was forgotten. Apparently for this reason the planet was not properly registered by the Old Republic.

1000 years before the rise of the Empire, the Old Republic declared the planet suitable for colonization, but almost 900 years passed before the planet was repopulated. In 100 BC, the colonization ship "Royal Widow" crashed, thereby founding the cities of Mos Eisley and Bestine on the planet. These modern settlers are the second wave. Shortly thereafter, in 95 BBY, colonists founded Fort Tusken, which was destroyed by the Sand People a year later. It was from this event that the Sand People began to be called Tusken bandits.

The Corellian Mining Industry, like the Old Republic in the past, began developing local ore, but for the same reasons abandoned its intentions and after the destruction of the Tatu III orbital station, many crawlers were abandoned to their fate. The abandoned crawlers were used for their needs by the Jawas, who served as mobile fortresses and a means of earning money.

Modern Tatooine is ruled by the Hutts, powerful gangsters and crime bosses who have turned the desert world into a hub of criminal activity. Gambling, smuggling and slavery are common in the harsh world, bringing criminals and bounty hunters from all over the galaxy to the planet. Tatooine is also famous for its dangerous race, the Boonta Eve Classic, held near Mos Espa on Boonta Eve.

Tatooine's surface is an almost endless, monotonous sea of ​​sand, washed by the intense energy of twin yellow suns, occasionally interrupted by rocky canyons once carved by the oceans. The heat during the day is unbearable and the nights are cold. The air is dry and the soil is scorched. Sometimes you can see strange fogs that appear in places where sand dunes abut rocky cliffs. Nothing outside the cities lasts long. People rarely move without an armed escort, and those who went into the sands simply did not return.

The unusual concentration of magnetic ores in the planet's mantle interacting with Tatooine's intense planetary magnetic field, constantly changing winds and atmospheric concentrations, create a zone of relative coolness in a small area of ​​the planet. This temperate zone, where temperatures rarely exceed 43 standard degrees, was inhabited by people. The official capital of Tatooine, Bestine, is located approximately 200 kilometers west of the space port of Mos Eisley, located on the edge of the Dune Sea. There are also other settlements on the planet: Mos Espa, Mos Enta, Mos Gamos.

During early colonization, as mentioned above, the first settlers - miners and investors, abandoning their mines and equipment, began to leave the planet, but not everyone could afford a ticket back from Tatooine. Those who were forced to remain began to engage in moisture farming - creating moisture farms (condensing water from the air using dehumidifiers) and using the resulting moisture to irrigate crops such as deb-deb and pica, or to sell it to survive. When the Hutts arrived on Tatooine, they breathed new life into the planet, providing jobs in their criminal businesses and creating a basis for trade.

The animal life of Tatooine, despite such a very arid climate, is extremely diverse: banthas, rontos, dewbacks, eopies, djerbas, womp gerbils, worrts, scarriers, sand flies, bone beetles, rock leeches, dune lizards, sand snakes, scalmites, feathered lizards , sandskippers, meevites, and the sarlacc, which is rumored to take a thousand years to digest its prey. There are also krayt dragons on Tatooine. Many hunt them for the priceless gizzard stones known as dragonballs, but few survive.

There is also some vegetation on the planet - the hubba gourd - which is the main source of food for the Jawas and sand people.

Tatooine - uninteresting world for the casual traveler. Maybe this will change if space ways will prove profitable, but for now it is an inhospitable place that should be avoided.

Historical dates

  • 2,000,000 BC - Beggar's Canyon (Beggar Canyon) was formed.
  • 5000 BBY - Tatooine is discovered by the Old Republic.
  • 4,200 BBY - Anchorhead outpost founded.
  • 3,956 BBY - Revan arrived in Tatooine while searching for the Star Forge.
  • 1100 BC - rediscovery of the planet by the Old Republic.
  • 700 BC - B'omarr monks build a monastery.
  • 550 BC - Bandit Olkhara used a monastery of monks as his hideout.
  • 100 BBY - The Royal Widow crashed on the planet, founding of Mos Eisley.
  • 99 BB - the capital of Tatooine, Bestin, was founded.
  • 96 BBY - Droid Uprising, Fort Tusken founded.
  • 95 BC - the destruction of Fort Tusken by the Sand People, the Sand People began to be called the “Tusken Bandits.”
  • 93 BBY - Anchorhead revived.
  • 85 BBY - Mos Eisley is inhabited by humans and Rodians.
  • 80 BC - founding of Mos Espa by Humans and Rodians.
  • 70 BBY - destruction of Tatu III station, sand crawlers take over the Jawas.
  • 65 BBY - The Hutts arrived on Tatooine.
  • 60 BBY - Merle Tosh established Tosh Station on the outskirts of Anchorhead.
  • 32 BBY - Anakin Skywalker became a local legend in Mos Espa, being the only person ever to win the Bunta Classic race.
  • 22 BBY - Shmi Skywalker is captured by Tusken bandits, Anakin Skywalker returns to Tatooine, feeling his mother's pain. Shmi Skywalker dies. Anakin destroys an entire Tusken village in anger.
  • 19 BBY - Obi-Wan Kenobi hides on Tatooine, trying to save little Luke Skywalker.
  • 0 ABY - Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca leave the planet.
  • 4 after ABY - Boba Fett brought Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, to Jabba the Hutt's palace. Luke, Leia, Chewie and Lando return to Tatooine to save Han. Jabba the Hutt dies at the hands of Leia Organa.
  • 8 ABY - After their marriage, Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo travel to Tatooine to restore the Alderaanian painting and the key hidden within.
  • 12 after BB - “Eye of Palpatine” stopped on the planet.
  • 14 after BB - Jaden Korr visited the planet twice.
  • 22 after ABY - Jedi trainees Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila arrived on the planet in search of the truth about Tahiri's parents.

Cities

  • Anchorhead
  • Bespin(capital)
  • Mos Eisley
  • Mos Gamos
  • Mos Enta
  • Mos Espa
  • Fort Tusken

Links

  • Tatooine (Russian) on Wookieepedia: Wiki about Star Wars

Literature

  • Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, softcover, 1997. George Lucas, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, Laurent Bouzereau, ISBN 0-345-40981-7
  • Star Wars: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, 1st paperback printing, 1995. Kevin J. Anderson (editor of anthology). ISBN 0-553-56468-4
  • Star Wars: Tales from Jabba's Palace, 1st edition, 1995. Kevin J. Anderson (editor), ISBN 0-553-56815-9
  • Star Wars, Darksaber, 1st paperback printing, 1995. Kevin J. Anderson, ISBN 0-553-57611-9
  • The Essential guide to Planets and Moons (Star Wars), 1st edition, by Daniel Wallace, Scott Kolins. 1998. ISBN 0-345-42068-3

Notes