Tatooine

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Tatooine


Region	Outer Rim Territories
Sector	Arkanis Sector
System	Tatoo System
Suns	Tatoo I and Tatoo II
Class	Arid rock
Moons	Ghomrassen, Guermessa, Chenini
Population	200.000
Distance from Core	43,000 light years
Rotation Period	23 standard hours
Orbital Period	304 local days
Diameter	10,465 kilometers (6,498.765 miles)
Climate	Arid
Surface Water	1%
Points of interest	Bantha Plains Beggar's Canyon B'omarr Monastery The Cage Dune Sea Great Pit of Carkoon Sand People's (Trusk) Base Jundland Wastes Krayt Graveyard Lake Anre Valley of the Spirits
Official Languages	Huttese Galactic Basic Standard Jawaese Tusken
Major Cities	Bestine (capital) Anchorhead Fort Tusken Mos Eisley Mos Entha Mos Espa Mos Gamos

[edit] Overview

Tatooine is a planet in a binary star system (the two suns are named Tatoo I & Tatoo II), inhabited by poor locals who are mostly moisture farmers. The planet has been the site of repeated and failed attempts at colonization. The planet was under the stranglehold of the Sith for thousands of years. The planet also was the area of many battles during the Great Sith Wars which occurred 4,000 years before the Phantom Menace. During the prequel-era, it was ruled for a long period by the Hutts, being beyond the reach of the Galactic Republic. After the fall of the Republic, the Galactic Empire established a token presence on Tatooine, but the crime lord Jabba the Hutt still retained control of the planet.

Tatooine has several sizable settlements, the largest of which is the spaceport Mos Eisley, widely known for its rough-and-tumble nature and pervasive criminal underworld. Other settlements include Bestine (the nominal capital of the planet, where the Empire's government is located), Anchorhead, Tosche Station, Mos Entha, Wayfar (near Jabba's Palace), and Mos Espa, home of a sector-famous podracing track.

Because Tatooine is not a member of the Republic, Republic Credits are rarely used by merchants on the planet, who preferred to use the Huttese currency system, which consists of (in descending order of value) Peggats, Truguts and Wupiupi.