Tatooine

Astrological

Region: Outer Rim Territories
Sector: Arkanis Sector
System: Tatoo system
Suns: 2: Tatoo I and Tatoo II
Moons: 3: Ghomrassen, Guermessa, Chenini
Distance from Core: 43,000 light years, 13,183 parsecs
Rotation period
23 standard hours
Orbital period: 304 local days

Physical

Class: Arid rock
Diameter: 10,465 kilometers (6,498.765 miles)
Climate: Arid
Primary terrain: Total desert, some oases, mesas, buttes, "dune seas", canyons
Formerly: oceans, rainforests
Surface water: 1%

CHARACTERISTICS

Tatooine was a desert world in a binary star system in the Arkanis Sector of the Outer Rim Territories. It was inhabited by poor locals who mostly farmed moisture for a living. Other activities included used equipment retailing and scrap dealing. The planet was on the 5709-DC Shipping Lane, a spur of the Triellus Trade Route, which itself connected to the Sisar Run. The planet was not far from the Corellian Run. It had its own navigation system. However, it would still play a role in galactic events, serving as the home of Anakin Skywalker. It was here that Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn recognized Anakin's potential to become a Jedi and where he introduced him to Obi-Wan Kenobi, his future master and mentor. Tatooine was also the home of Anakin's son, Luke, where he lived until his early adulthood.

GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY

Tatooine is thought to have been one of the oldest planets in known space and was composed of a molten core with a rocky mantle and silicate rock crust. Fossil records suggest Tatooine was once covered in large oceans, which dried up, leaving behind many geological formations including Beggar's Canyon, formed around 2,000,000 BBY. Other notable geological features included the Dune Sea, an enormous desert, Mushroom Mesa, a vast formation of giant standing stones, and the Jundland Wastes, a rocky region.
Because Tatooine orbited two suns, Tatoo I and Tatoo II, the planet was covered in deserts and rock formations, while the days were extremely arid and bright. In fact, it was so brightly lit by the suns from space it could appear to be a star itself. This was the case for the people who discovered Tatooine as they first thought Tatooine was in fact a star until explorers landed and discovered that it was a desert planet. Due to the extreme conditions, only a relatively mild region of its northern hemisphere was habitable, and less than 1% of the planet was covered in surface water.

POPULATION

The inhabitants of Tatooine included many different species from many parts of the universe, as can be seen in the multiple bars and cantinas in the cities. Most creatures on the planet love to gamble on nearly everything, especially podracing. This may attest to the fact that the planet has long been controlled by the Hutts.