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|image=[[File:EbonHawkAnchorhead.jpg]]
|name=Anchorhead
|constructed=*[[4200 BBY]]<ref name="SoT">''[[Secrets of Tatooine]]''</ref>
*[[93 BBY/Legends|93 BBY]] (reestablished)<ref name="SoT" />
|destroyed=
|rebuilt=
|builder=
|mayor=
|planet=[[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]<ref name="SWG">{{SWG|An Empire Divided}}</ref>
|moon=
|continent=
|location=80 kilometers south of [[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]]
|climate=
|interest=*[[Anchorhead Base]]<ref name="RA">''[[Star Wars: Rebel Assault]]''</ref>
*[[Junix's Joint|Anchorhead Cantina]]<ref name="KotOR">''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''</ref>
*[[Anchorhead community center]]<ref name="LSatSoM">''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]''</ref>
*[[Anchorhead droid shop]]<ref name="KotOR" />
*[[Docking Bay 32]]<ref name="KotOR" />
*[[Honwoo's repair shop]]<ref name="TLAotH">''[[The Long Arm of the Hutt]]''</ref>
*[[Hunting Lodge]]<ref name="KotOR" />
*[[Sidi Driss Inn]]<ref name="TG">''[[Tatooine Ghost]]''</ref>
*[[Sennex Slave Bunker]]<ref name="SWG:DE">{{SWGcite|exp=SK|type=general|Darklighter Estate|Tatooine}}</ref>
*[[Tosche Station/Legends|Tosche Station]]
*[[The Weary Traveler]]<ref name="DLTRoDV">''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''</ref>
|population=700 {{C|0 BBY}}<ref name="GG7:13">''[[Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley]]'', p. 13</ref>
|affiliation=*[[Czerka Arms/Legends|Czerka Corporation]]
*[[Hutt Cartel]]
*[[Moisture farm/Legends|Moisture farmers]]
*[[Anchorhead Municipal Council]]
*[[Citizens' Militia]]
*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]
*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]<ref name="GG">{{SonyCite|url=content.jsp?page=Friday%20Feature:GCW%20Guide|text=Friday Feature: GCW Guide|archivedate=20051020035036}}</ref>
*[[Alliance of Free Planets]]
*[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]
*[[Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire]]}}
{{Quote|Look, I can take you as far as Anchorhead. You can get a transport there to Mos Eisley or wherever you're going.|Luke Skywalker, to [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]|<ref name="Episode 4">{{Film|IV}}</ref>}}
'''Anchorhead''' was one of the first settlements on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]. Abandoned and resettled many times, it lost significance until it was only a minor outpost for several nearby [[Moisture farm/Legends|moisture farms]] where youths such as [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] and his friends spent much of their free time. The [[Jawa/Legends|Jawas]] often referred to Anchorhead as "Old City New". Anchorhead was part of the [[Great Chott salt flat/Legends|Great Chott salt flat]] region.

==History==
{{Quote|Mos Eisley flourished after building starports as a viable alternative to Anchorhead, which many people at the time thought was too expensive.|[[Mayor/Legends|Mayor]] [[Mikdanyell Guh'rantt]], to a spacer|Star Wars Galaxies}}
===Settlement===
Anchorhead was one of the oldest settlements on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] Tatooine. Located nearly 80 kilometers from [[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]], it was originally a [[Mining/Legends|mining]] outpost. It was abandoned and resettled many times, as each mining company came to discover the poor quality of the ore located there. The most notable of the mining operations was carried out by [[Czerka Arms/Legends|Czerka]] Corporation in [[3956 BBY]].

The companies would abandon their equipment each time, due to the prohibitive costs of transporting it off-world. The indigenous Jawas would take this abandoned equipment as their own. This gave rise to the use of [[Sandcrawler/Legends|Sandcrawlers]]—mobile smelting machines—as well as mobile homes for the Jawas.

===Old Republic===
[[File:Anchorhead.jpg|thumb|left|Anchorhead during Revan's time]]
The [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Revan/Legends|Revan]] and his companions landed at Anchorhead in 3956 BBY. They hoped to locate a hidden [[Star Map]], a technological remnant of the [[Infinite Empire]], which would help them find the [[Star Forge]]. At the time, Czerka Corporation's mining operations were going poorly, as the ore was substandard and word was getting out. Though [[Motta]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] established a [[Swoop racing/Legends|Swoop racing]] track and the [[Ithorian/Legends|Ithorian]] [[Fazza Utral]] built a hunting lodge, attracting other forms of business to fill company coffers wasn't working, either. Worst of all, ore shipments were being intercepted and destroyed by frequent [[Tusken Raider/Legends|Sandpeople]] attacks. Revan offered his assistance, and was able to earn the Tusken Raiders' trust, enough to negotiate with them. They would not agree to stop the attacks, but the Sand people did agree to ''reduce'' them, and to free some of their prisoners, including several Jawas and [[Mission Vao]]'s brother, [[Griff Vao]].<ref name="KotOR" />

Sometime after the ore operations ended, Czerka began a secret weapons research program on the planet. Czerka suddenly pulled out sometime during the [[Cold War (Galactic Republic&ndash;Sith Empire)|Cold War]], leading the settlement to become a hive for smugglers and other criminals.

By the rise of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], it had been resettled, but [[City/Legends|cities]] like Mos Eisley and [[Mos Espa/Legends|Mos Espa]] had been built, and stripped the settlement of its preeminence.

===Galactic Empire===
[[File:AnchorheadSWG.jpg|thumb|250px|The town of Anchorhead during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]].]]
By the time of the Galactic Empire, Anchorhead, along with other settlements on Tatooine, had become populated again. It could be found a few miles east of the [[Lars homestead]], south of the now-bustling [[Spaceport/Legends|spaceport]] of Mos Eisley. Anchorhead itself primarily consisted of [[Moisture farmer/Legends|moisture farmers]]. It was governed by the [[Anchorhead Municipal Council]]. The city became a place where many youth, including [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] and his friends, loved to visit and hang out.<ref name="Darklighter">''[[Star Wars: Empire: Darklighter]]''</ref>

Sometime after Biggs Darklighter left Tatooine, there was much unrest among the Tusken Raiders. They even raided the outskirts of Anchorhead.<ref name="EP4NOVEL">[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]]</ref> Anchorhead itself contained a dozen [[Pourstone/Legends|pourstone]] stores, two cantinas (including [[The Weary Traveler]]), a market, and [[Tosche Station/Legends|Tosche Station]] on the outskirts of town.

During the Galactic Civil war, the [[Anchorhead Base]] located in a canyon near the city served as a training facility for [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance ]] pilots. The base was destroyed during the [[Battle of Tatooine (Galactic Civil War)|Battle of Tatooine]].<ref name="RA" /> After the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]], the city itself eventually became a Rebel Alliance stronghold.<ref name="GG" />

Circa [[1 ABY/Legends|1 ABY]],<ref name="TRoD">{{SWG|The Ruins of Dantooine}}</ref> Anchorhead hosted a large [[Life Day/Legends|Life Day]] celebration. A group of [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiees]], including [[Kkatamik]], traveled to the city in order to spread the ideals of Life Day.<ref name="SWG:WLD">{{SWGcite|exp=JtL|type=event|Wookiee Life Day}}</ref>

In [[8 ABY/Legends|8 ABY]], Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo stopped there to evade the Empire on their quest to find a piece of Alderaan art, ''[[Killik Twilight]]''.<ref name="TG" />

==Inhabitants==
The following individuals were residents or visitors of the city in the time after the Battle of Yavin: [[Vardias Tyne]], [[Alger]], [[Borra Setas]], [[Laze Loneozner/Legends|Laze Loneozner]],<ref name="SWG" /> [[Cuan Talon]], [[Janus]], and [[Sorna]].<ref name="SWG:SK">{{SWG|Starter Kit}}</ref> Rebel Alliance military staff included [[Aaph Koden]], [[Nitra Vendallan]], [[Jarad Gastin]],<ref name="SWG" /> [[Carh'la Bastra]] and [[Droma Ordo]].<ref name="SWG:SK" />

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Anchorhead_distance.jpg|thumb|200px|Anchorhead, from [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Episode IV's'']] deleted scene]]
In [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''A New Hope'']], Luke asks his uncle, [[Owen Lars/Legends|Owen Lars]], if he can see some of his friends there. In a deleted scene, Luke can be seen there with [[Biggs Darklighter/Legends|Biggs Darklighter]], who would later fight alongside Luke in the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]]. These scenes were filmed at [[Sidi Jemour]] in [[Djerba]], [[Tunisia]].

In the [[LucasArts]] game ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]'', Anchorhead is described as a town in which those sympathetic to the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] can walk out in the open, and it is noted that "If there was any town on Tatooine that was the farthest from Imperial rule, Anchorhead would be the one."<ref name="SWG" /> With the release of the "[[W:c:swg:Update Notes: 15 December 04|Publish 11.5]]" on [[December 14]], [[2004]], Anchorhead was the host of the yearly in-game event known as the Wookiee Life Day.<ref name="P11.5">{{SonyForumsCite|url=swg/board/message?board.id=swgpatchnotes&message.id=375|text=Update Notes - December 14, 2004 - Publish 11.5|archivedate=20050314221053}}</ref> The Life Day event was later completely revamped and moved to other cities the subsequent years.<ref name="CLD">{{SonyCite|url=players/news_archive.vm?id=67531&month=122007|text=Celebrating Life Day|archivedate=20111024011104}}</ref>

In another game, ''[[Star Wars: Rebel Assault]]'', Anchorhead Base is where pilot [[Rookie One]] trains on the [[T-16 skyhopper/Legends|T-16 skyhopper]]. The base's main hangar opens into [[Beggar's Canyon/Legends|Beggar's Canyon]], which served as a perfect flight training route.

==Appearances==
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*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne]]'' {{Codex}}
*[[Star Wars (1998) 7|''Star Wars'' (1998) 7]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (1998) 10|''Star Wars'' (1998) 10]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (1998) 11|''Star Wars'' (1998) 11]] {{Flash}}
*''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''
*''[[The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi]]''
*{{Tales|15|Sandstorm (comic)|Sandstorm}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|4|The Final Exit}} {{Mo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4|story=The Final Exit}} {{Mo}}
*[[Empire 8|''Empire'' 8]]
*''[[A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Force Commander]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Rebel Assault]]''
*''[[Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice]]''
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]] {{1st}}
*{{Film|IV}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 1|''Star Wars'' (1977) 1]]
*[[Droids (1986) 6|''Droids'' (1986) 6]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: A New Hope]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Jedi's Honor]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 2|''Star Wars'' (1977) 2]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Tatooine Manhunt]]''
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Three|story=Tatooine Manhunt}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Imperial Entanglements (West End Games)|text=''Imperial Entanglements''|story=A Bazaar Encounter}}
*{{Journal|3|Droid Trouble}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Rebel Force: Renegade]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 17|''Star Wars'' (1977) 17]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 27|''Star Wars'' (1977) 27]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 31|''Star Wars'' (1977) 31]] {{Mo}}
*{{SWG|An Empire Divided}}
*{{SonyCite|url=en_US/players/content.vm?page=All%20Roads%20Lead%20to%20Jabba&resource=features|text=All Roads Lead to Jabba|archivedate=20060213090006}}
*''[[Tatooine Sojourn]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Long Arm of the Hutt]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (unabridged audiobook)|''X-Wing: Rogue Squadron'' unabridged audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|4|Starter's Tale}} {{Flash}}
*''[[Tatooine Ghost]]''
*[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']] {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Rebellion]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell]]'' {{Mo}}}}

==Sources==
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*''[[Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 2]]''
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]''
*[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (first edition)|''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'']]
*''[[The Star Wars Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi]]''
*''[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley]]''
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook]]''
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine]]''
*''[[The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*[[Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Star Wars Screen Entertainment]]''
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal]]''
*[[Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope'', Second Edition]]
*[[Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi'', Second Edition]]
*[[Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)]]
*''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*''[[Alien Encounters]]''
*''[[The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''
*{{InsiderCite|32|Rebel Pilot Reunion}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays]]''
*{{InsiderCite|35|Anchorhead: The Lost Scenes}}
*''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''
*{{InsiderCite|41|The Evolution of Star Wars: Exploring the Lost Cut}}
*''[[C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid]]''
*''[[Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Quick Reference Guide]]''
*{{SonyCite|url=content.jsp?page=Galactic%20Civil%20War%20-%20Compiled%20Update|text=Galactic Civil War - Compiled Update|archivedate=20050303172810}}
*{{SonyCite|url=content.jsp?page=Friday%20Feature:GCW%20Guide|text=Friday Feature: GCW Guide|archivedate=20051020035036}}
*{{SonyForumsCite|url=swg/board/message?board.id=swgpatchnotes&message.id=375|text=Update Notes - December 14, 2004 - Publish 11.5|archivedate=20050314221053}}
*{{SonyCite|url=content.jsp?page=Wookiee%20Life%20Day|text=Wookiee Life Day|archivedate=20050115172851}}
*''[[Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide]]''
*''[[Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide]]''
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*{{InsiderCite|112|Obi-Wan Kenobi: Wizard of the Desert}}
*{{InsiderCite|128|A Blu Hope!}}
*''[[The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic Explorer's Guide]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia]]''
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]
*{{SWE|groups|tuskenraiders|Tusken Raiders}}
*''[[Far Horizons]]''
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==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{SWGWiki|Anchorhead}}

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