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43-550: Tatooine ( / ˌ t æ t u ˈ iː n / TAT -oo- EEN ) 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 to date featured in a total of seven Star Wars theatrical films, three live-action television series, and four animated series. It

86-535: A greenhouse gas itself. Higher atmospheric pressures increase the range in which the water can remain liquid. The concept has become a common setting in science fiction , appearing as early as the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and Frank Herbert 's 1965 novel Dune . The environment of the desert planet Arrakis (also known as Dune) in the Dune franchise drew inspiration from the Middle East , particularly

129-488: A sparse desert and are captured by small scavenger creatures called Jawas . When the robots are sold on to human settlers, protagonist Luke Skywalker is introduced as a young man living with his aunt and uncle on a farm. The hostility of the arid desert environment is emphasised by the depiction of sandstorms and the heat of the binary stars, as Luke watches a twin sunset over the sand dunes. Humans are constantly threatened by violent bandit creatures called Tusken Raiders . As

172-513: Is a prominent example of a desert planet in the Solar System . A 2011 study suggested that not only are life-sustaining desert planets possible, but that they might be more common than Earth-like planets. The study found that, when modeled, desert planets had a much larger habitable zone than ocean planets . The same study also speculated that Venus may have once been a habitable desert planet as recently as 1 billion years ago. It

215-466: Is also predicted that Earth will become a desert planet within a billion years due to the Sun 's increasing luminosity. A study conducted in 2013 concluded that hot desert planets without runaway greenhouse effect can exist in 0.5 AU around Sun-like stars. In that study, it was concluded that a minimum humidity of 1% is needed to wash off carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but too much water can act as

258-827: Is dominated by the Hutts , a clan of gangsters and crime lords. Since Tatooine was beyond the reach of the Galactic Republic , the Hutts presided over the lawless planet with little outside interference. When the Galactic Empire subsumed the Old Republic, the new regime established only a token presence on Tatooine, which left Jabba the Hutt 's reign unchallenged until his death during the events depicted in Return of

301-410: Is located near key hyperspace routes, making it a smuggler and gangster haven; debris from shipwrecks also provides resources for scavengers. Annual sandstorms wipe out landmarks and make nomadic life dangerous, with the planet's populations clustered into distinct settlements. A small Imperial presence brings the planet an additional source of water, its most precious commodity. Though tasked to enforce

344-620: Is mentioned as "Bestine township" in the 1976 novelisation Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker and is featured prominently in Star Wars Galaxies video games. In the Expanded Universe , there is also a separate planet named Bestine . Mos Pelgo briefly known as Freetown, was a town located in the northern hemisphere of the planet Tatooine. Seen in both Star Wars: The Old Republic : Knights of

387-410: Is most common in the production of television series since networks and channels often must be mindful of how viewers, critics, or censors will react to programming. There may be a fear of losing ratings, being punished by fines or otherwise, or having trouble finding advertisers. Concerns about running time may also cause scenes to be removed or shortened. In feature films, scenes may be cut to reduce

430-503: Is not actually mentioned in the final screenplay of Star Wars —Lucas was still working on his fourth draft while scouting locations, and adapted the name from a town in southern Tunisia called Tataouine (French spelling, or Tataween spelling in Tunisian Arabic ). Certain scenes filmed on Djerba were subsequently deleted from the final cut of the film in order to improve the narrative pace. The most significant material cut

473-492: Is the case with, for instance, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Serenity . Scenes are often removed from films and television shows at the request of a studio or network, or to reduce running time, to improve narrative flow, or that some may be offensive. The studio or network planning to air or distribute it may be uncomfortable with a certain scene. It may ask for it be altered, removed, or replaced. That

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516-461: 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 his exile following the events of Order 66 and Anakin's fall to the dark side. Shots of the binary sunset over

559-503: The Star Wars sequel trilogy film The Force Awakens (2015) has been noted as being very similar to Tatooine. In August 2019, rapper Kanye West announced that he was designing prefabricated homes inspired by the settlements on Tatooine seen in A New Hope to serve as low-income housing . His prototypes in Calabasas, California were torn down after he was cited for not obtaining the proper permits and receiving complaints about

602-558: The Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf , as well as Mexico . Dune in turn inspired the desert planets which prominently appear in the Star Wars franchise, including the planets Tatooine , Geonosis , and Jakku . Deleted scene A related term is extended scene , the longer version of a scene that was shortened for the final version of the film. Often, extended scenes are included in collections of deleted scenes or are referred to as deleted scenes themselves, as

645-593: The real universe gained pace in the early 21st century. In 2015, the US space agency NASA published an article which stated that many of the newly discovered astronomical bodies possessed scientifically confirmed properties that are similar to planets in the fictional Star Wars universe. Among them, the planets TOI 1338 b , Kepler-16b and Kepler-453b have been likened to Tatooine because they have been discovered orbiting binary star systems. These planets are known as circumbinary planets . The desert planet of Jakku in

688-505: The "gumdrop-shaped" structures. On July 5, 2020, West tweeted a photograph of similar structures being built to promote his presidential campaign . The desert planet of Kerona in Space Quest I is a reference to Tatooine. Desert planet A desert planet , also known as a dry planet , an arid planet , or a dune planet , is a type of terrestrial planet with an arid surface consistency similar to Earth 's deserts . Mars

731-521: The Clones (2002), an older Anakin returns to Tatooine to search for his mother, Shmi, who has been kidnapped by Tusken Raiders. The prequels depict a vast expanse of desert with jagged rock formations. Tatooine features once more in the final prequel film, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005); in the closing scene, Obi-Wan Kenobi takes the infant Luke Skywalker and delivers him to his adoptive parents on

774-654: The Eternal Throne and The Mandalorian . Two major spaceport locations have been shown on Tatooine: Tatooine is mostly a desert environment. Characters in the films make reference to the deserts by name: the Jundland Wastes , a rocky region, is the location of the Tusken Raider attack in Star Wars (1977), and the neighboring Dune Sea (the basin of an ancient ocean) is the setting for Jabba

817-504: The Galaxy 's feature film also featured not only a handful of regular deleted scenes but also two spoof "Really Deleted" scenes. YTV s ZAPX sometimes makes "deleted scenes" that are not genuine deleted scenes but random scenes of the movie with footage of the program's host, Simon, inserted into the clip, for that purpose. On the DVD for UHF , "Weird Al" Yankovic provides commentary of

860-930: The Hutt's palace has the Rancor pit inside the palace. Also situated in the Dune Sea is the Great Pit of Carkoon , the lair of the deadly omnivorous Sarlacc creature. Tatooine also appeared in the theme park attraction Star Tours - The Adventures Continue in Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando , Florida and Disneyland Park in Disneyland Resort in Anaheim , California . The discovery of exoplanets in

903-609: The Jedi . In fact, during the reign of the Empire, some Tatooinians were skeptical that, should the Rebellion actually reach their planet, that the Empire would even bother to put up a fight to hold on to it. The planet gained notability in what is an unknown galaxy as the homeworld of Luke Skywalker. Because Tatooine features so prominently in the Star Wars film series, a wide range of locations has been represented on-screen. Although

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946-577: The Tatooine desert are considered to be an iconic image of the film series, along with the greatest sunset scenes in cinematic history. In his early drafts of the Star Wars story, author George Lucas changed the names of planets and characters several times. In his early treatment , Lucas opened the story on the fourth moon of the planet Utapau , the home of a young warrior called Annikin Starkiller. In Lucas's rough draft, The Star Wars (1974),

989-563: The Tatooine moisture farm while he goes into hiding by residing in the Junland Wastelands which are in Tatooine's mountainous areas, thus explaining his first appearance in that location in Episode IV . Tatooine is featured in the climax of the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars in which Anakin and his Padawan apprentice Ahsoka Tano return Jabba the Hutt's kidnapped son to his palace. Tatooine again appears briefly at

1032-640: The Tunisian island of Djerba with them and were impressed by the desert landscape and the unusual architecture, and selected Tunisia to provide the desert planet setting. Lucas was also keen to shoot at the Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmata , a decision which extended the shoot, and consequently the budget, by a day. Filming in Tunisia began on March 22, 1976, and immediately ran into difficulty: the region

1075-416: The ad break and to avoid exceeding the stricter running time limits. Though the quality of the initial and the final cuts of a film is subjective, a scene or version of a scene in a film may have an adverse effect on the film as a whole. It may slow the film down, provide unnecessary details or exposition, or even explain points that should be implied or said more subtly. It is common to remove such scenes at

1118-421: The alien band in this scene in the style of swing musician Benny Goodman , and arranged with unusual instrumentation to convey an other-worldly sound. Tatooine features once again in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi , in which the story's heroes return to Tatooine to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt , a fearsome gangster who dominates the criminal underworld on Tatooine. When the prequel trilogy revived

1161-412: The editing level, but they may be released on the home video release, as a bonus feature. There are at least a few examples, including a number of the deleted scenes on the DVD release of the sequel film Serenity (in fact, the audio commentary on the DVD's deleted scenes collection quite often mentions the plot or the tension being disrupted or slowed by including a scene or too much expositional as

1204-479: The end of The Rise of Skywalker , when Rey visits the remains of the Lars moisture farm. Located in an unknown galaxy's desolate Outer Rim, Tatooine orbits a pair of binary G-type stars , Tatoo I and Tatoo II. The planet's indigenous lifeforms such as the womp rat , bantha , Sarlacc , and Krayt dragon are well-adapted to its arid climate. Though its proximity to the suns makes life difficult, it

1247-958: The escaping droids land in a desert on the planet Aquilae; in later drafts the planet again takes the name of Utapau. Prior to production, early artwork commissioned by Lucas from conceptual illustrator Ralph McQuarrie show robots lost on a desert world, scorched by twin suns and mysterious, masked Tusken Raiders riding large horned Banthas . George Lucas originally envisaged filming the Utapau/Tatooine scenes in Algeria (inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni 's 1975 film The Passenger ), Libya or Iran , but these locations were rejected by 20th Century Fox . When production began on Star Wars , production designers John Barry and Robert Watts scouted for filming locations in Morocco and Tunisia . Lucas, accompanied by producer Gary Kurtz visited

1290-449: The film franchise in 1999, the action returned to Tatooine for Episode I: The Phantom Menace as the setting for the childhood of Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker. Living as a slave in another spaceport, Mos Espa , Anakin competes in pod races , long-distance airborne races across the desert. The Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn meets Anakin after making an emergency landing on the planet, and helps him win his freedom. In Episode II: Attack of

1333-590: The film progresses, various leading characters are introduced to the story in scenes set on Tatooine: Obi-Wan Kenobi , Han Solo and Chewbacca . Later Tatooine scenes take place in Mos Eisley , a gritty bustling spaceport on the planet which is a centre of smuggling and organised crime. One of the most celebrated scenes in the Star Wars saga is in the Mos Eisley cantina, a shady saloon populated by exotic alien species. Composer John Williams wrote music for

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1376-474: The film quality may or may not be the same as in the rest of the film, but that may depend only on how much post-production editing was done. Additionally, deleted scenes of animated films may not be in the form of a fully animated scene but instead be included in the form of an animatic or a blooper form, as is the case with the deleted scenes on the DVD release of Pixar 's Toy Story and Finding Nemo . The DVD release for The Hitchhiker's Guide to

1419-560: The film, Luke Skywalker , who resides with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru at the Lars Homestead . The region is dangerous, with kidnappings by Tusken Raiders being a major problem, as shown in Attack of the Clones (2002), when Luke's father Anakin, lost his mother to Tusken Raiders. In the original film, Luke also mentions Tosche Station (or Toshi Station ), which was a mechanical repair shop featured in scenes that were deleted from

1462-496: The final cut of the original 1977 film. In the deleted scenes, Luke meets his young friends and bids farewell to Biggs Darklighter , who is about to leave to the Imperial Academy. The Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi is also in self-imposed exile near that region, although his house is remote from other houses, as he is hiding under the alias Ben. Bestine is the "capital" of Tatooine; although it does not appear in any films, it

1505-462: The law, stormtroopers often overlook crime; an efficient black market also enables the procurement of illegal goods. Human settlers often become moisture farmers and live in subterranean dwellings in order to survive. Pipe systems distribute most of the harvested moisture to indoor crops supplying food for the farmers. Rare water sources such as springs in badlands (e.g. Beggar's Canyon) provide hydration for hermits and Tusken Raiders. The planet

1548-404: The length of the film's final cut, sometimes in order to include more screenings of a film each day when released theatrically. In television serials, however, running time becomes an even greater concern because of the strict timeslot limitations, especially on channels supported by advertisements, and there may be only 20 minutes of actual show per half-hour timeslot. Depending on the station and

1591-620: The main reason for the scene's removal from the final theatrical cut. Another well known example is the cocoon sequence in the film Alien . The scene added a lot of information about the fate of several crew members and new information on the life cycle of the creature, but it was ultimately deleted, as it was thought to slow down and to disrupt the tension of the end of the film. Deleted or extended scenes may be in any of several different formats. They may or may not feature finished special effects (especially in science fiction and fantasy films in which visual effects are more expensive), and

1634-433: The particular format of the show, that may or may not include opening credits or closing credits; many ad-supported stations now "squish" the closing credits or force them into a split-screen to show more advertising. Most programs are in either a half-hour or a one-hour timeslot. That forces producers of television serials to break up the acts in a manner that will (hopefully) make the viewer want to continue watching after

1677-407: The planet is sparsely populated, settlements of varying size have provided the settings for many scenes in Star Wars films. The first settlement to be shown is Anchorhead where many human settlers on Tatooine pursue a difficult agrarian existence on remote " moisture farms " in the desert, collecting water vapor from the atmosphere to grow crops. Among these moisture farmers is the young hero of

1720-530: The rocky canyon scenes featuring Jawas and Tusken Raiders . When crews returned to Tunisia to film for the Star Wars prequel films in 1998, locations at Onk Jemal (Ong Jmal) in Tozeur , Ksar Ouled Soltane and Ksar Hadada , Ghomrassen were used for Tatooine scenes. Abandoned sets for the filming have been left in the desert but can be visited. Tatooine originally featured in the 1977 film Star Wars , and

1763-525: Was a series of scenes set in the township of Anchorhead which served to introduce the characters of Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter . Lucas asked film editor Richard Chew to cut these scenes as they had been likened to " American Graffiti in outer space" by Fox executives (in reference to Lucas's 1973 film). Footage filmed at Sidi Bouhlel in Tunisia was combined with 1977 second unit filming at Death Valley National Park in California to create

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1806-520: Was experiencing its first heavy rainfall in seven years, which disrupted the setting of an arid desert planet. The Matmata hotel consisted of a troglodyte dwelling in a large hole in the ground. Combined with shots at Chott el Djerid , near Nefta , this formed the setting for the Lars homestead and moisture farm. The landing site for C-3PO and R2-D2 's escape pod was filmed in sand dunes at La Grande Dune, near Nefta, and exterior shots of Mos Eisley spaceport were shot on Djerba. The name Tatooine

1849-469: Was the first planet to be seen in the film franchise. In the opening scene, the planet and two of its moons are seen in space against a sea of stars, forming the backdrop of a space battle which sets in motion the events of the film. Two robots, C-3PO and R2-D2 , jettison in an escape pod from a captured spaceship, the Tantive IV , and land on the surface of Tatooine. The droids lose their way in

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