Western Dune Sea/Legends

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"What a desolate place this is."
―C-3PO[src]

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

C-3PO near the skeleton of the Western Dune Sea krayt dragon skeleton.
"But old Ben lives somewhere out on the fringe of the Western Dune Sea. He's kind of a local character."
―Luke Skywalker[src]

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]

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Sandtroopers find the escape pod that fled the Tantive IV.

In 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

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
  8. ↑ "When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale"—Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
  9. ↑ According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "SWGcite".
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