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|image=[[File:ArtooThreepioTatooine-ANH.png]]
|name=Western Dune Sea
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|destroyed=
|location=[[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]<ref name="ItWoSWT">''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy]]''</ref>
|terrain=
|fauna=*[[Bantha/Legends|Banthas]]<ref name="SWG">{{SWG|An Empire Divided}}</ref>
*[[Dewback/Legends|Dewbacks]]<ref name="SWG" />
*[[Dragonet]]s<ref name="SWG" />
*[[Dune lizard/Legends|Dune lizards]]<ref name="SWG" />
*[[Rock beetle]]s<ref name="SWG" />
*[[Squill (creature)|Squills]]<ref name="SWG" />
*[[Zucca boar]]s<ref name="SWG" />
|flora=
|poi=*[[Alkharan Bandit Camp]]<ref name="SWG:JPRB">{{SWGcite|exp=SK|type=general|Jabba's Palace : Reelo Baruk|Tatooine}}</ref>
*[[Rock Beetle Refuge]]<ref name="SWG:JPP">{{SWGcite|exp=SK|type=general|Jabba's Palace : Porcellus|Tatooine}}</ref>
*[[Sand Splitter Cave]]<ref name="SWG:JPRY">{{SWGcite|exp=SK|type=general|Jabba's Palace : Ree-Yees|Tatooine}}</ref>
*[[Squill Sanctuary]]<ref name="SWG:JPP" />
*[[Tusken Village]]<ref name="SWG:TV">{{SWGcite|exp=AED|type=poi|Tusken Village|Tatooine}}</ref>
*[[Valarian Outpost]]<ref name="SWG:JPRB" />
*[[Valarian Strategic Command Bunker]]<ref name="SWG:JPJTH">{{SWGcite|exp=SK|type=general|Jabba's Palace : Jabba The Hutt|Tatooine}}</ref>
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{{Quote|What a desolate place this is.|[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]|Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope}}
The '''Western Dune Sea''' was a quadrant of the [[Dune Sea/Legends|Dune Sea]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]. This area was separated from the [[Northern Dune Sea/Legends|Northern Dune Sea]] by the [[Jundland Wastes/Legends|Jundland Wastes]] and the [[Great Mesra Plateau/Legends|Great Mesra Plateau]].<ref name="ItWoSWT" />

==History==
[[File:Kraytbones.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] near the skeleton of the Western Dune Sea [[krayt dragon/Legends|krayt dragon]] skeleton.]]
{{Quote|But old Ben lives somewhere out on the fringe of the Western Dune Sea. He's kind of a local character.|[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)}}
During the [[Battle of Tatooine (Galactic Civil War)|Battle of Tatooine]] in [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], the [[Escape pod/Legends|escape pod]] of [[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] and [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] launched from the [[Tantive IV/Legends|''Tantive IV'']] landed in the Western Dune Sea, nearby the [[Jundland Wastes/Legends|Jundland Wastes]].<ref name="ItWoSWT" /> The escape pod landed in the eastern limb of the Western Dune Sea, with R2 setting the coordinates 40 kilometers south of its intended target.

While R2-D2 managed to leave the Western Dune Sea to reach the Jundland Wastes, C-3PO was picked up by a [[Jawa/Legends|Jawa]] [[Sandcrawler/Legends|sandcrawler]] in the Dune Sea, near the skeleton of a [[krayt dragon/Legends|krayt dragon]].<ref name="ItWoSWT" /> The [[Desert Sands]] unit of [[Desert stormtrooper/Legends|desert stormtroopers]] was later tasked to localize the escape pod in the Western Dune Sea and capture its passengers.<ref name="WtDWT:TST">{{Shortstory|story=When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale|book=Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina}}</ref>

[[File:Search_for_droids_TCG.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Desert stormtrooper/Legends|Sandtroopers]] find the [[Escape pod/Legends|escape pod]] that fled the [[Tantive IV/Legends|Tantive IV]].]]
In [[1 ABY/Legends|1 ABY]],<ref name="SWG_timeline">{{SWG_timeline}}</ref> [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]]'s [[beast master]] [[Malakili/Legends|Malakili]] recruited a spacer to get a sample of DNA from the Western Dune Sea krayt dragon skeleton. The skeleton was supposed to belong to an ancient krayt dragon more powerful than any other dragon and Jabba wanted to use the DNA in experiments.<ref name="SWG:SR">{{SWGcite|exp=SK|type=class|Legacy|Shock Rods|Tatooine}}</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
The video game ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]'' incorrectly places Jabba's Palace, the Great Pit of Carkoon and [[Ben Kenobi's hut]] in the Western Dune Sea.<ref name="SWG" />

==Appearances==
*[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Darth Plagueis (audiobook)|''Darth Plagueis'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*''[[The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Tethan Battle Adventure]]''
*''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novelization]] {{1st}} {{1stID}}
*{{Film|IV}}
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' junior novel]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 1|''Star Wars'' (1977) 1]]
*{{Shortstory|story=When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale|book=Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina}}
*''[[Star Wars Missions 10: Showdown in Mos Eisley]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 11: Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids]]''
*{{SWG|An Empire Divided}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|''Shadows of the Empire'' novel]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire (audiobook)|''Shadows of the Empire'' audiobook]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire (junior novelization)|''Shadows of the Empire'' junior novelization]]
*''[[Tatooine Ghost]]''

==Sources==
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]''
*''[[The Star Wars Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley]]''
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine]]''
*[[Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal]]''
*[[Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*''[[Secrets of Tatooine]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''
*{{FFCite|8|TAT5, ''Mos Espa''}}
*{{FFCite|74|TAT46, ''Obi'Wan's Home''}}
*''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I]]''
*''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones]]''
*''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy]]''
*[[Star Wars: Complete Locations (2005)|''Star Wars: Complete Locations'']]
*{{SWArchive|url=episode-iv/explore/visualguides/chp04_picview/pictureviewer.html?imgNum=33&world=episode-iv|text=Visual Guide Chapter 4: Artoo's Mission, Image 33|nobackup=1}}
*{{SWArchive|url=episode-iv/explore/visualguides/chp06_picview/pictureviewer.html?imgNum=1&world=episode-iv|text=Visual Guide Chapter 6: Lost in the Desert, Image 1|nobackup=1}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*{{FFGTCG|set=Edge of Darkness|cardname=The Tatooine Crash}}
*{{SW|url=news/the-world-of-star-wars-kenobi|text=The World of ''Star Wars: Kenobi''}}

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Deserts]]
[[Category:Dune Sea locations]]