Tatooine
Sign in to saveTatooine ( ) is a fictional desert planet that appears in the Star Wars franchise. It is a beige-colored, desolate world orbiting a pair of binary stars, and inhabited by human settlers and a variety of other life-forms. The planet was first seen in the original 1977 film Star Wars and has been seen or mentioned in a substantial number of Star Wars theatrical films and television series since.
Key facts
- Fictional location.name
- Tatooine
- Fictional location.image
- Tatooine (fictional desert planet).jpg
- Fictional location.caption
- The planet Tatooine, as seen in Star Wars (1997 special edition)
- Fictional location.series
- Star Wars
- Fictional location.last
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (2023)
- Fictional location.creator
- George Lucas
- Fictional location.genre
- Science fiction
- Fictional location.type
- Desert planet
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Mos Espa
- Named after
- Tataouine
- Population
- 200000
- Diameter
- 10465
- Orbital period
- 304
- Image
- Tatooinecity.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tatooine
- different from
- Dantooine
- manifestation of
- desert planet
- media franchise
- Star Wars
- set in environment
- desert
- rotation period
- 34
- water as percent of area
- 1
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Development
- Film appearances
- Description
- Inhabitants
- Flora and fauna
- Locations
- Settlements
- Spaceports
- Desert locations
- Appearances
- Films
- Television
- Licensed parodies
- Video games
- Theme park attraction
- Similarity to real planets
- Influence
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Tatooine ( ) is a fictional desert planet that appears in the Star Wars franchise. It is a beige-colored, desolate world orbiting a pair of binary stars, and inhabited by human settlers and a variety of other life-forms. The planet was first seen in the original 1977 film Star Wars and has been seen or mentioned in a substantial number of Star Wars theatrical films and television series since.
It is the home planet of the protagonist of the original Star Wars Trilogy, Luke Skywalker, and of his father, Anakin Skywalker (who later became Darth Vader). It is also the planet where Obi-Wan Kenobi takes up residence under the name "Ben Kenobi" in order to watch over Luke during the former's exile following the events of Order 66 and Anakin's fall to the dark side. Shots of the binary sunset over the Tatooine desert are considered to be an iconic image of the film series, along with the greatest sunset scenes in cinematic history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tatooine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.