Editing Tatooine (section)

==Description==
[[File:SW binary sunset.png|thumb|275px|[[Luke Skywalker]] stares at the Sunset on Tatooine.|alt=]]
Located in an unknown galaxy's desolate Outer Rim, Tatooine orbits a pair of [[binary star|binary]] {{nowrap|[[stellar classification#Class G|G-type]]}} [[star]]s,<!--and has three moons, [[Ghomrassen]], [[Guermessa]] and [[Chenini]]--> {{not a typo|Tatoo}}&nbsp;I and {{not a typo|Tatoo}}&nbsp;II.{{sfn|Anderson|1995|p=15}} The planet's indigenous lifeforms such as the [[womp rat]], [[bantha]], [[Sarlacc]], and [[Krayt dragon]] are well-adapted to its arid climate. Though its proximity to the suns makes life difficult, it is located near key hyperspace routes, making it a smuggler and gangster haven; debris from shipwrecks also provides resources for scavengers. Annual sandstorms wipe out landmarks and make nomadic life dangerous, with the planet's populations clustered into distinct settlements.{{sfn|Anderson|1995|p=15}}

A small Imperial presence brings the planet an additional source of water, its most precious commodity. Though tasked to enforce the law, [[Stormtrooper (Star Wars)|stormtroopers]] often overlook crime; an efficient [[black market]] also enables the procurement of illegal goods. Human settlers often become [[moisture farmer]]s and live in [[subterranea (geography)|subterranean]] dwellings in order to survive.{{sfn|Anderson|1995|pp=17–8}} Pipe systems distribute most of the harvested moisture to indoor crops supplying food for the farmers. Rare water sources such as springs in [[badlands]] (e.g. Beggar's Canyon) provide hydration for hermits and Tusken Raiders.{{sfn|Anderson|1995|pp=20–1}}
The planet is dominated by the [[Hutt (Star Wars)|Hutts]], a clan of gangsters and crime lords. Since Tatooine was beyond the reach of the [[Galactic Republic]], the Hutts presided over the lawless planet with little outside interference.  When the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]] subsumed the Old Republic, the new regime established only a token presence on Tatooine, which left [[Jabba the Hutt]]'s reign unchallenged until his death during the events depicted in ''Return of the Jedi''. In fact, during the reign of the Empire, some Tatooinians were skeptical that, should the [[Rebel Alliance|Rebellion]] actually reach their planet, that the Empire would even bother to put up a fight to hold on to it<!--One of Luke's friends, in the deleted scenes of A New Hope, uses this argument to dismiss Luke's seeing a space battle in orbit above them-->. The planet gained notability in what is an unknown galaxy as the homeworld of Luke Skywalker.{{sfn|Anderson|1995|p=14}}