Obi-Wan Kenobi Deepens Tatooine's Ocean History
Warning: Spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 1.
Based on Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 1, Star Wars seems to be making Tatooine’s history as an ocean-covered planet canon. Despite being in the Outer Rim territories, Tatooine has been one of the most important locations in Star Wars. The desert planet was the birthplace of Anakin Skywalker and the homeworld of Luke Skywalker. In addition, Tatooine was a center for criminal activity, attracting characters like Jabba the Hutt, Han Solo, Boba Fett, and Din Djarin. Since he was watching over Luke, Obi-Wan also spent much of his exile on Tatooine between Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: A New Hope. Although Obi-Wan briefly appeared in Star Wars Rebels, Obi-Wan Kenobi is giving viewers their first live-action look into Obi-Wan’s activities during that time.
However, Tatooine once looked drastically different than it did before the beginning of the Skywalker Saga. According to the Star Wars Extended Universe (EU), Tatooine was once a tropical world covered in large oceans and rainforests. Then the Rakata, an alien race, attacked Tatooine, using weapons that caused the planet’s oceans to dry and soil to turn into sand. This eventually converted Tatooine from a jungle to its familiar desert climate. When Disney bought Lucasfilm though, the Star Wars EU was determined to no longer be canon.
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However, The Book of Boba Fett reintroduced this piece of Tatooine’s history into Star Wars canon. When describing the planet, a Tusken Raider mentioned that the planet had changed greatly “since the oceans dried.” This means that although Tatooine’s environment may have changed due to natural events rather than
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