Due to the absence of surface water, those who lived on Tatooine had to draw moisture through the dry air. Rain was incredibly rare on Tatooine, coming once a year, decade, or century.
We now know that Tatooine used to be covered in water, and we also know that the Tusken Raiders occupied the planet before the waters dried up. What we don't know, however, is how it came to happen, but we can safely assume that it happened long, long before any of the stories we know about.
Tatooine is usually very hot during the day and cold at night. During the day the temperature can get as hot as 130°F! Tatooine is also known for its brutal sandstorms. So how do Luke and the other inhabitants of Tatooine survive in this extreme weather?
A moisture vaporator, also known as a vapor spire, was a device used on moisture farms to capture water from a planet's atmosphere. They were typically found on desert planets such as Tatooine where surface water was scarce.
In the old Expanded Universe, Tatooine was once a lush world with large oceans and a world-spanning jungle, but it was bombarded from space by an alien race known as the Rakata; their weapons fused the dust of the surface into silica, which over time broke down into sand, creating the Tatooine seen in the movies.
These mountain-tops, though, were rained on almost incessantly. However, the surface of Kamino was not always subject to constant rain, as such was in a Separatist attack to gain a DNA sample of Jango Fett.
Coruscant and the Core Worlds states that one of the instructions for the WeatherNet is "The rain may never fall until after sundown, and by eight the morning fog must disappear", concluding "the government said that's how conditions are on Coruscant." These are all lyrics, or paraphrased lyrics, from the title song of ...
To ensure that it stayed a secret, Dooku erased all records of the planet Kamino from the Jedi Archives, along with thirty-seven additional systems, including Dagobah and Dromund, that Sidious had judged to be of potential value to the Sith—this all being done after having publicly renounced and left the Jedi Order.
In 25,793 BBY, the Rakatan Infinite Empire invaded the planet, conquered and enslaved its native inhabitants and then abducted many to their other conquered worlds. After a terrible plague weakened the Rakata, the Kumumgah eventually rebelled and managed to drive the Rakata off the planet.
Description. Tatooine is a desert planet in a binary star system. It once had large oceans full of marine based life and a world-spanning jungle, but this biosphere was destroyed when the myopic Rakata razed the planet, drying up its riverbeds and boiling away its oceans.
Tatooine's average day lasts 23 standard hours, and its year consumes 304 local days.
In 22 BBY, a funeral was held for Shmi Skywalker Lars at the Lars moisture farm on Tatooine. The funeral followed her death one month after being kidnapped and held hostage by Tusken Raiders.
Planets with oxygen-rich atmospheres, referred to as "Type I atmospheres," included Naboo, Tatooine, and Coruscant, among many others.
Early history
Sometime in Tatooine's history, the whole planet became a desert by unknown means when the oceans dried away. Much later, it would be colonized by early settlers and explorers, who mistook the planet for a third sun owing to its highly reflective silicate surface.
Tatooine(opens in a new tab) (named after Luke and Anakin Skywalker's dusty home planet), which features warm, fresh notes of juniper and desert shrub.
Obi-Wan was around 38 when he arrived on Tatooine, so the aging was much quicker. As for Owen and Beru Lars, they were there their entire lives.
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Most of the upper lower class, and middle class people on Tatooine would have used Sonic showers. Sonic showers used the barest minimum of water and soap which than vibrated the dirt of your skin. It was the most common means of cleaning one's body that existed on Tatooine.
According to Star Wars lore, Tatooine is supposed to have a diameter of 10,465 kilometers, compared to the 12,742 kilometers of Earth.
Tatooine: This is the planet where we fell in love with pod racing and first met young Anakin Skywalker. The sandy planet is between two suns and as such is a dry desert planet.
The harsh desert planet of Tatooine that Luke longs to leave for a life of adventure is nearly indistinguishable from Rey's home of Jakku.
The young Jedi survived Order 66 as a youngling. He tracked down Obi-Wan on Tatooine, hoping the Jedi master would help him. Obi-Wan sadly turned the Jedi away and Nari eventually was killed by the Inquisitors and hung in the town square for everyone to see.
Anakin Skywalker is the son of Shmi Skywalker, born without a father through the Force. He is the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the father-in-law of Han Solo, and the maternal grandfather of Ben Solo.
Four of the squad's five members were immune to the Order 66 mind control due to either their status as genetically defective clones or extensive cybernetic implants, and they were thus deeply confused by the situation, having witnessed the murder of Jedi Master Depa Billaba at the hands of her own troops.
Count Dooku of Serenno, also known by his Sith name Darth Tyranus, or simply as Dooku, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, created by George Lucas.