Summary
- Tatooine, the most famous planet in Star Wars, features prominently in key moments of the franchise's history.
- The barren desert world, ruled by the Hutt Clan, is a place of lawlessness and haunting beauty.
- Revisited in multiple storylines, Tatooine remains integral in the evolving narrative of the Star Wars universe.
The planet Tatooine has appeared 23 times in the Star Wars galaxy, Tatooine's twin suns made an otherwise barren world feel alien and exciting.
Run by the cruel Ponda Baba's arm in the crowded Mos Eisley cantina, there was barely a thirty-second pause before people went back to their drinks. It is made up solely of desert so dry that moisture farming is a lucrative business. Despite this, there is a haunting beauty to Tatooine. This is due to where it was filmed. Tatooine was mostly filmed in Tunisia, although it was partially filmed in Death Valley. As such, it isn't surprising that Star Wars continues to return to it.
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23 Obi-Wan Kenobi Delivers Luke Skywalker To His Aunt & Uncle
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
In Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Tatooine appears very briefly. After the devastating Order 66, Pé Amidala dies in childbirth of heartbreak. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Bail Organa choose to separate her and Anakin Skywalker's twin children in the hopes that keeping them apart would keep Darth Vader from learning of their existence. At the end of the movie, there is a brief scene where Obi-Wan hands Luke Skywalker off to his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen.
22 Rey Skywalker Buries Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
At the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rey Skywalker goes to Tatooine to pay tribute to her Jedi Master, Luke Skywalker. She buries both Luke's and Leia's lightsabers on Luke's homeworld. This is also where she sees Luke's and Princess Leia Organa's Force ghosts and chooses to take the last name of her mentors in a final rejection of her cruel grandfather.
21 Darth Maul Draws Ezra Bridger To Tatooine
Star Wars Rebels Season 3, Episode 20 "Twin Suns"
In Star Wars Rebels, Darth Maul tracks Obi-Wan to Tatooine. However, he doesn't know where his old enemy is living. In a desperate attempt to complete his years-long quest for revenge, he uses a shard of a destroyed Sith holocron to reach out to Ezra Bridger. He activates Ezra's holocron, causing it to repeat Obi-Wan's final warning to the surviving Jedi. Ezra decides to search for Obi-Wan to warn him of Darth Maul's designs against him, also hoping to bring the old Jedi into the Rebellion. Maul uses Ezra to track Obi-Wan, and Obi-Wan kills Maul once and for all.
20 Obi-Wan Kenobi Watches Over A Young Luke Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Episode Featuring Tatooine |
Reason |
|---|---|
Episode 1, "Part I" |
Establishes Obi-Wan's life on Tatooine |
Episode 5, "Part V" |
Shows Luke sleeping to foreshadow Reva's hunt |
Episode 6, "Part VI" |
Reva's hunt for Luke and Obi-Wan's purposeful ending |
Tatooine appears a few times throughout Obi-Wan Kenobi. It is where Obi-Wan is introduced, pretending to be Ben Kenobi as he watches over Luke. The show also reveals that Luke's Uncle Owen wasn't happy about Obi-Wan's presence, fearing that the exiled Jedi would draw too much attention. The show returns to Tatooine at the end as Obi-Wan saves Luke from Reva and returns to exile.
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19 Boba Fett Struggles To Take Over Jabba The Hutt's Empire
The Book Of Boba Fett
Episode Featuring Tatooine |
Tatooine's Purpose |
|---|---|
Episode 1, "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" |
Boba Fett has flashbacks of the Sarlacc and the Tuskens and struggles to earn respect as the new daimyo. |
Episode 2, "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine" |
Boba has more flashbacks of being accepted by his Tusken tribe, while he faces more disrespect in the present. |
Episode 3, "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa" |
Boba and Fennec Shand recruit the Mods and uncover the mayor's ill intentions after Boba is attacked. |
Episode 4, "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" |
Boba has flashbacks of creating his alliance with Fennec and prepares for war against the Pykes. |
Episode 5, "Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian" |
Din Djarin arrives on-world, seeking a new ship from Peli Motto, and is recruited by Fennec to help Boba. |
Episode 6, "Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger" |
Din Djarin recruits Cobb Vanth and Freetown to help Boba, but Cad Bane puts Vanth out of commission just before the Pykes destroy Garsa Fwip's Sanctuary. |
Episode 7, "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor" |
Boba and his allies wage war against the Pykes in Mos Espa and earn the victory. |
The Book of Boba Fett takes place almost entirely on Tatooine. After Boba Fett survives the Sarlacc pit, he chooses to stay on Tatooine. Eventually, with the help of Din Djarin and Fennec Shand, he takes over control from the Hutts, pushing out the Pyke Crime Syndicate and becoming the new daimyo of Jabba's old territory.
18 Din Djarin Reluctantly Mentors A Rookie Bounty Hunter
The Mandalorian Season 1, Episode 5 "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger"
In "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger," Din Djarin and Grogu are forced to land in Mos Eisley to repair the Razor Crest. They meet Peli Motto, who conducts the repairs. He takes on a bounty hunting job with a young, unfamiliar hunter, Toro Calican, to pay for the repairs, but things go sideways when the bounty hunter they were sent to capture, Fennec Shand, tells Calican that Mando has a bigger bounty on his head than she has on hers. Calican shoots Shand and kidnaps the Child, but he is hunted down and killed by Mando.
17 Din Djarin Goes To Tatooine In Search Of A Mandalorian Ally
The Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 1 "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
In The Mandalorian season 2 premiere, Din Djarin meets Marshal Cobb Vanth of Mos Pelgo for the first time. Despite not being a Mandalorian, Cobb Vanth wears Boba Fett's armor because it helps him protect Mos Pelgo. The two almost come to blows over it, with Din Djarin insisting that Vanth take off the armor. However, they are interrupted by a krayt dragon that has been terrorizing the town. Vanth agrees to hand over the armor in exchange for Din Djarin's help defeating the krayt dragon, which the two successfully do together.
16 Din Djarin Is Surprise-Attacked & Gains A New enger
The Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 2 "Chapter 10: The enger"
After the incident with Cobb Vanth and the krayt dragon, Din Djarin heads back toward Mos Eisley, and he is surprise-attacked by bandits trying to kidnap Grogu on the way there. However, he dispatches them easily and returns to Mos Eisley to find Peli Motto playing cards with Dr. Mandible. As it turns out, Dr. Mandible knows someone who has information about a Mandalorian covert. Din Djarin agrees to transport the frog man's wife to Trask to meet with him in exchange for the information.
15 Boba Fett & Fennec Shand Kill Bib Fortuna
The Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 8 "Chapter 16: The Rescue"
In a post-credits scene after The Mandalorian season 2 finale, Fennec Shand and Boba Fett storm Jabba the Hutt's old palace, which has now been taken over by Bib Fortuna. Shand goes in first, quickly taking out Bib Fortuna's goons. Boba Fett then goes in and kills Bib Fortuna and sits on his throne, thus setting up and teasing The Book of Boba Fett with a surprise announcement that confirmed its release for December 2021.
14 Din Djarin & Grogu Pick Up R5-D4 For A Trip To Mandalore
The Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 2 "Chapter 18: The Mines Of Mandalore"
In "The Mines of Mandalore," Din Djarin and Grogu stop at Peli Motto's place on Tatooine in hopes of getting a replacement IG memory circuit. They arrive right after she's swindled a Rodian with the help of some Jawas on Boonta Eve, so she is able to immediately ask them if they have the part. Unfortunately, the Jawas have nothing. Peli offers Din Djarin the cowardly R5-D4 instead, who he begrudgingly accepts.
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