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Planet: Tatooine
System: Tatooine
Sector: Arkanis
Terrain: Desert, 1% water
Zones: Mos Eisley, Bestine, Anchorhead, Tosche Station, Mos Entha, Wayfar, and Mos Espa


Description:
Tatooine is a desert world in a binary star system (the two suns are named Tatoo I & Tatoo II), inhabited by poor locals who mostly farm moisture for a living. The planet has been the site of repeated and failed attempts at colonization. During the prequel-era, it was ruled for a long period by the Hutts, being beyond the reach of the Galactic Republic. After the fall of the Republic, the Galactic Empire established a token presence on Tatooine, but the crime lord Jabba the Hutt still retained de facto control of the planet. Notable geological features include the Dune Sea, an enormous desert, and the Jundland Wastes, a rocky region. Despite the planet's extreme aridity, some forms of life do thrive on Tatooine, including the rodent-like womp rat, elephant-like bantha, and the enormous, fearsome krayt dragon.

Tatooine is also home to two apparently native sentient bipedal species: Jawas, pygmy-like mechanical scavengers, and Tusken Raiders, also known as Sand People, who are mysterious, reclusive, and extremely hostile to outsiders. Both races wear fully-concealing robes that keep their true forms hidden from outsiders (It's stated in the Expanded Universe that Jawas are rodent-like, and it is vaguely hinted that the Jawas and Sand People share a common ancestor).

Tatooine was once a member world of the pre-Republic Infinite Empire. It once had large oceans and a world-spanning jungle. This biosphere was destroyed by an orbital bombardment by the Rakata that "glassed" (that is, fused the silica in the soil into glass, which then broke up over time into sand) the planet and boiled its oceans away.

Oryn ate her meager breakfast in silence and washed her bowl out in the cracked metal sink. They would have to go buy supplies today and as she mentally calculated how many credits she should bring with her another thread of thought intruded.

It was a frequent thought between both the women, leaving the studio and buying a nicer place, somewhere else, possibly even offworld. Then there was the option to go to corellia and join the jedi there. They had talked about it many times and had always came to the same conclusion. The time just wasn't right.

Yet she felt as though something was different this morning as she looked up at the orange and pink hued sky. There was a feeling of change permeating the air, and it was almost intoxicating. Absently, she brushed some hair from her olive toned face before standing up to go nag Xelia to hurry up.

Oryn handed her a bowl of porridge before speaking, "We need to do some supply shopping today, but I think it would be best if we packed up our things and brought them with us."

She paused and sat back down on a crumbled wall, "I think today is the day we leave this place. I'm not sure why or where...but something feels different."

"OK kid, we're here... Stop doin that!" Janx relaxed from the controls and looked annoyedly at the youth in the seat next to him, who was floating a dimond in the air. "If you keep that up, I'm stealing it." He paused and changed the subject with a bright smile. "Welcome to Tatooine, farthest point from the bright center of the galaxy. The only people here are those who are either hiding from somthing or are to poor or stubborn to get off." He set down slowly outsite a small settlement.
He turned to the boy and smiled warmly. "Now get out."

Jokmo was shaken from his meditation by the captain's exlamation. He caught the crystal as it fell and looked out of the cockpit to gaze at the endless sea of nothing. One thing was for sure, he would be bored. He got up and picked up his pack. "Thanks for the ride, Captain. It was fun learning something this old could still fly." With a smile and a salute, he trotted off the ramp.

He was staggered by the sudden wall of heat. He had never been in the deep cooker, but he guessed this was how nerf stew felt. At least it was wet.

(Mira stars her ignistion key as well)

"I wasn't planning to go alone in the first place"

Just before he left he sensed another force sensitive around, but it was very fleeting and didn't last so he ignored it and continued leading the way, using the force to guide him toward, two very strong force auras.

"You don't know who Darth Magnus is!? Darth Magnus was the last Sith Lord. He virtually destroyed us. A great Jedi, Master Zaricon, fell in battle with his wife who had become suduced once again by the Darkside, and Lord Magnus. The Sith Lord was even worse than the Emporer I heard. But those were only rumors. I myself have heard the stories, and we felt his iron grip even on Kamino. But Master Zaricon defied Magnus even to the very last. When he died he let himself die because he felt that he had nothing to live for anymore because of the betrayel of his wife. I know not how Magnus was finally defeated. But he was once a Jedi, but he felt the Jedi were limiting his potential. I don't think he ever saw himself as evil, but evil he was and evil he will stay. But tht is a story for the Jedi Chronicler to tell you. Not some idiot Master who doesn't really know what he is talking about." the tall alien gave a slight chuckle and fell silent.