Dune Sea

The Dune Sea, known as the Great Dune, was a vast stretch of desert on the Outer Rim planet of Tatooine. The Great Pit of Carkoon, which contained a creature known as the sarlacc, was located in the Dune Sea. The Western Dune Sea was where the Mos Espa Grand Arena was located. The palace of Jabba the Hutt and the home of Obi-Wan Kenobi were located outside the Dune Sea.. A Leviathan krayt dragon also prowled the dunes near Mos Algo, ambushing any who attempted to explore too far from the abandoned settlement.

Archaeological evidence suggested that, long before the Imperial Era, the Dune Sea had been a sea that Tatooine's two suns, Tatoo I and Tatoo II, dried up. According to Jawa folklore, the Dune Sea was once a genuine ocean. Although many colonists found it hard to believe that water had once flowed abundantly on Tatooine, ancient fossil-bearing rocks and eroded canyons seemed to back up the Jawas' tales.

Two monitors inside the Niki-Bon Travel Agency on Coruscant showed an image of the desert and read "DUNE SEA" in Aurebesh.

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