Tatooine

Tatooine ( 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 been seen or mentioned in a substantial number of Star Wars theatrical films and television series since. Despite being a relative backwater planet in the Star Wars canon, Tatooine plays a significant role in the franchise's Skywalker Saga and other attached storylines, being the birthplace of Anakin Skywalker (later known as Darth Vader) as well as the planet on which the protagonist of the original trilogy, Anakin's son Luke Skywalker, was raised. Following the events of Order 66 and Anakin's fall to the dark side of the Force, the newborn Luke is secretly exiled to Tatooine with the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi, who takes up residence on the planet under the name "Ben Kenobi" in order to watch over Luke. 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.