Western Dune Sea/Legends
- "What a desolate place this is."
- ―C-3PO
The Western Dune Sea was a quadrant of the Dune Sea on Tatooine. This area was separated from the Northern Dune Sea by the Jundland Wastes and the Great Mesra Plateau.[1]
History
- "But old Ben lives somewhere out on the fringe of the Western Dune Sea. He's kind of a local character."
- ―Luke Skywalker
During the Battle of Tatooine in 0 BBY, the escape pod of C-3PO and R2-D2 launched from the Tantive IV landed in the Western Dune Sea, nearby the Jundland Wastes.[1] 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 sandcrawler in the Dune Sea, near the skeleton of a krayt dragon.[1] The Desert Sands unit of desert stormtroopers was later tasked to localize the escape pod in the Western Dune Sea and capture its passengers.[8]
Circa 1 ABY,[9] Jabba the Hutt's beast master 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.[10]
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.[2]
Appearances
- Darth Plagueis (Mentioned only)
- Darth Plagueis audiobook (Mentioned only)
- The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Tethan Battle Adventure
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization (First appearance) (First identified as Western Dune Sea)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
- Star Wars (1977) 1
- When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
- Star Wars Missions 10: Showdown in Mos Eisley
- Star Wars Missions 11: Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids
- File:SWG logo sm.png Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- Shadows of the Empire novel
- Shadows of the Empire audiobook
- 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 Technical Journal
- 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
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 8 (TAT5, Mos Espa)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 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
Visual Guide Chapter 4: Artoo's Mission, Image 33 on StarWars.com (content obsolete and backup link not available)- Visual Guide Chapter 6: Lost in the Desert, Image 1 on StarWars.com (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- File:StarWarsLCG Logo.png Star Wars: The Card Game – Edge of Darkness (Card: The Tatooine Crash)
The World of Star Wars: Kenobi on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 File:SWG logo sm.png Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
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- ↑ When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
- ↑ File:SWG logo sm.png Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
- ↑ Script error: No such module "SWGcite".