Little things that I notice that goes invisibly by for a lot of people. I never presume who has noticed and who hasn't... Where Han told Ben and Luke to meet him to leave. Docking bay 94. We barely have that many piers here in Seattle, which is a major port. Granted, things have been retconned so that Tatooine is in Hutt space, so it's probably a major transfer point for smuggled goods, slaves, and other illicit transport. In the original context, though...?
"If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from."
It was a minor planet in the Outer Rim Territories. It had been discovered and settled late, due to initial scans mistaking it for a third star in the system, its albedo was so high. It wasn't until closer surveys that it was discovered to be planet -- albeit a barely-hospitable one. There was a mining venture there early on, but it didn't pan out, the mining company withdrew and left their mobile-smelter crawlers behind, which the Jawas took over (I do not like the implications of the low-headroom control room in The Mandalorian -- unless it was originally crewed by Ugnaughts). And the people who couldn't afford to leave stayed behind as subsistence farmers. Jabba set up there because no one cared. The Republic had no presence there, the Empire had no presence there. It was under everyone's radar.
Per dialogue in the deleted scene of Luke's reunion with Biggs, the "academy" referred to was some sort of Outer Rim merchantmarine academy, not an Imperial academy. Biggs wasn't a starfighter pilot -- he was second mate on a freighter. And he wasn't "going to wait around to be drafted into Imperial service", since, as he said, the Empire was nationalizing trade in the core systems and it was only a matter of time until they turned their attention to the Outer Rim.
I look to boom-and-bust towns in the Old West as a model for Tatooine. It's a planet that had its heyday and was then almost entirely forgotten, but the remnants from that time are still all over, due to the preservative effect of the the desert environment. Fort Tusken, the B'omarr monestary, even the sprawling and largely deserted outskirts of Mos Eisley, most of the residents and activity more concentrated to the old town center.
I would have liked the Special Edition to give the town a bit more activity, and I like the presence of the Outrider... but I think George should have been a little more restrained -- maybe not quite so much activity, ya know?
"If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from."
It was a minor planet in the Outer Rim Territories. It had been discovered and settled late, due to initial scans mistaking it for a third star in the system, its albedo was so high. It wasn't until closer surveys that it was discovered to be planet -- albeit a barely-hospitable one. There was a mining venture there early on, but it didn't pan out, the mining company withdrew and left their mobile-smelter crawlers behind, which the Jawas took over (I do not like the implications of the low-headroom control room in The Mandalorian -- unless it was originally crewed by Ugnaughts). And the people who couldn't afford to leave stayed behind as subsistence farmers. Jabba set up there because no one cared. The Republic had no presence there, the Empire had no presence there. It was under everyone's radar.
Per dialogue in the deleted scene of Luke's reunion with Biggs, the "academy" referred to was some sort of Outer Rim merchantmarine academy, not an Imperial academy. Biggs wasn't a starfighter pilot -- he was second mate on a freighter. And he wasn't "going to wait around to be drafted into Imperial service", since, as he said, the Empire was nationalizing trade in the core systems and it was only a matter of time until they turned their attention to the Outer Rim.
I look to boom-and-bust towns in the Old West as a model for Tatooine. It's a planet that had its heyday and was then almost entirely forgotten, but the remnants from that time are still all over, due to the preservative effect of the the desert environment. Fort Tusken, the B'omarr monestary, even the sprawling and largely deserted outskirts of Mos Eisley, most of the residents and activity more concentrated to the old town center.
I would have liked the Special Edition to give the town a bit more activity, and I like the presence of the Outrider... but I think George should have been a little more restrained -- maybe not quite so much activity, ya know?
