All 7 Planets In The Star Wars Original Trilogy Explained - Screen Rant

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Summary

Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's homeworld, has a rich history and was ruled by the Hutts, becoming Jabba's power base. Boba Fett aims to restore its fortunes.
Alderaan, Princess Leia's homeworld, was tragically destroyed by the Death Star. It was a founding member of the Old Republic and became a committed opponent of the Empire.
Yavin 4 served as the Rebel Alliance's main base in A New Hope, while Hoth was their second base in The Empire Strikes Back.

The Star Wars original trilogy introduced viewers to so many iconic planets, and here's all you need to know about them all. It's impossible to overstate the creativity of George Lucas, the mastermind behind Star Wars. The galaxy he introduced viewers to was wonderfully immersive, and every world felt as though it had its own rich history and heritage. He would only continue expanding the Star Wars galaxy map throughout the original trilogy, and it has continued growing ever since.

The Star Wars prequel trilogy focused on worlds in the Galactic Core, notably Coruscant. Surprisingly, though, many of the planets seen in the original trilogy are situated on the Outer Rim, but there's a good reason for this; the Empire's might was centered on the Core, and the Rebel Alliance grew on the fringes, far from the Empire's reach. For all that's the case, though, many of these planets have proved to be increasingly important to Star Wars lore, and countless secrets of their history. Here's everything you need to know about the planets seen in the Star Wars original trilogy.

This list will omit Coruscant, which is only briefly seen in the Star Wars Special Editions but is really a world featured in the prequels.

7 Luke Skywalker's Homeworld

Tatooine

Seen In	A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett

The first Star Wars movie (later called A New Hope) opens in orbit around the desert planet of Tatooine. Luke Skywalker may have believed his homeworld to be the planet farthest from the galaxy's bright center, but it didn't take long for Lucas to reveal he was wrong; Tatooine was ruled by the Hutts, and it had become the power base of Jabba himself. Luke returned to Tatooine in Return of the Jedi, and by the time he left, Jabba was dead.

The Mandalorian returned to Tatooine five years after Return of the Jedi, revealing the planet had suffered after Jabba's death. Mos Eisley fell into disrepair, the cantina now deserted and the spaceport run by Din Djarin's friend Peli Motto. The Mandalorian season 2 and The Book of Boba Fett both focused on the relationship between Tatooine's human inhabitants and the Tusken Raiders who had lived there for millennia; it shone a light on the bigotry and prejudice that bubbled beneath the surface of the prequels. Boba Fett became Tatooine's crime boss in The Book of Boba Fett, and it remains to be seen whether he can restore its fortunes.

Star Wars has confirmed that Tatooine was not always a desert world. In The Book of Boba Fett, one Tusken chieftain referred to the drying of Tatooiine's vast oceans long ago, confirming there has been dramatic climate change. This was supported in From A Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, which contained an unexpected short story from the sarlacc's viewpoint, which confirmed the creature first arrived on Tatooine when it was a jungle world.

6 Princess Leia's Homeworld

Alderaan

Seen In	A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi

Alderaan was technically only seen from orbit in A New Hope, because the planet was tragically destroyed by the Death Star. Star Wars has rarely visited Alderaan, but it has nonetheless confirmed the planet's importance in galactic history; Alderaan was a founding member of the Old Republic 20,000 years before the Skywalker saga, and its ancestral monarchhy were respected across the galaxy. The Clone Wars changed Alderaan, however, as revealed in EK. Johnston's novel Queen's Hope:

"The heart of Alderaan had changed. It was still a peaceful planet with no large weaponry to speak of, but it was organized. The ships in the royal fleet had more teeth; their officers had seen more hardship.

The lungs of Alderaan had changed. They still lived for art and beauty, but they manufactured more practical items now, and in larger quantities. The people were still dreamers, but their dreams stretched beyond the limits of the atmosphere.

The world of Alderaan had changed. It was still a beautiful place that hid treacherous cliffs and forgotten crevasses, but it was quietly filling up. Refugees from all over the Republic came there to find their way again, or to stay. It was more cosmopolitan, more creative. More dangerous to those who stood for evil."

Alderaan has rarely been visited in Star Wars canon, with the most notable except being the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV show. This finally revealed aspects of Leia Organa's childhood on Alderaan, prior to her being kidnapped by agents of the Imperial Inquisitors. More of her story is told in Claudia Gray's Leia: Princess of Alderaan, which explores some aspects of the Alderaanian monarchy.

5 The Rebel Alliance's Main Base

Yavin 4

Seen In	A New Hope

Situated in the Outer Rim, Yavin 4 is the jungle-covered fourth moon around the gas giant of Yavin. The Massassi ruins on this planet served as a perfect staging post for the Rebel Alliance in A New Hope, although naturally the rebels had to flee after the destruction of the Death Star. The history of those ancient temples is something of a mystery in Star Wars canon; they've been linked to several Sith Lords (notably Exar Kun, a Dark Lord canonized through Solo: A Star Wars Story), but they may in fact be far older. Some comics have hinted they were tied to a precursor of the Sith, the Ordu Aspectu, who flourished roughly 20,000 years ago.

4 The Rebel Alliance's Second Base

Hoth

Seen In	The Empire Strikes Back

The Rebel Alliance settled on the ice planet Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. Most of the planet is covered by glaciers, and a third by frigid oceans; Hoth has never been home to any intelligent life, although it has some 15 different subspecies of Tauntauns, used by the rebels for transport across the icy wastes. The Rebel Alliance chose Hoth precisely because it had no notable history or heritage, meaning it was one of the last worlds the Empire would ever visit looking for them. Probe droids did discover the rebels, however, with Darth Vader himself leading the assault. Some years later, there were rumors the New Republic converted Hoth into a prison for some of the worst Imperial offenders.

3 Lando Calrissian's Gas Giant

Bespin

Seen In	The Empire Strikes Back

An important gas giant on the Outer Rim, Bespin contains a vast reservoir of the rare and costly tibanna gas - a precious hyperfuel. Lando Calrissian won the Bespin harvesting and refinement operation at Cloud City, and worked as administrator until the Empire arrived in force. Although Cloud City is the most notable site of interest, there are at least two other structures; the fuel depot and refueling station Chinook Station, and the Ugnaught city of Ugnorgrad. According to the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker junior novelization, Bespin became a haven for rebels - in open rebellion to the First Order during Kylo Ren's brief reign.

2 Master Yoda's Secret Hideout

Dagobah

Seen In	The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Clone Wars

A planet rich in the Force, Dagobah is located in the Sluis sector of the Outer Rim. Dagobah had long been known to the Jedi - an academic paper discussing its vergence was published during the High Republic Era - but it never became a major site of pilgrimage. In part this may be because of its inhospitable wildlife and dangerous diseases, which are known to have killed off members of at least one exploratory expedition. Yoda himself was led to Dagobah by the Force Ghost of Qui-Gon Jinn, and he chose the planet as his place of exile during the Dark Times of the Empire's reign.

Yoda was able to hide on Dagobah because of a powerful dark side vergence there, the cave Luke explored in The Empire Strikes Back. Yoda's own presence held the vergence in check; after his death, one short story in From A Certain Point Of View: Return of the Jedi revealed it expanded. Supreme Leader Snoke took Kylo Ren there for training some years later, and Kylo Ren destroyed the cave.

1 Site of the Final Battle Against the Empire

Endor

Seen In	Return of the Jedi, Star: Wars The Rise of Skywalker

A remote moon in the Endor system of the Outer Rim territories, Endor is noted both for its forests and sentient species such as the Ewoks, the Dulok, and the Yuzzum. In the past, raisers occasionally visited Endor to hunt Ewoks for their fur and make Ewok Jerky. The Empire decided Endor was remote enough to build the Second Death Star in this system, and occupied Endor, placing a shield generator on the Forest Moon.

The Rebel Alliance liberated Endor in Return of the Jedi, and seem to have maintained strong relations with the Ewoks over the next few decades; at one point, C-3PO is known to have been sent to negotiate an end to an Ewok Civil War. Decades later, a First Order vessel was sent to the Endor system for unknown reasons, possibly indicating a Resistance base there. The ship was destroyed using the Holdo Maneuver, an appropriate end to the Star Wars saga as Ewoks once again watched Palpatine's defeat.

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