This article argues that the Star Wars franchise has a tendency to overuse familiar planets like Tatooine and Coruscant, neglecting the vast potential for diverse and unexplored worlds.
After 47 years, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has finally given the franchise a chance to figure out how to avoid the so-called “Tatooine Trap.” The galaxy far, far away is vast and diverse – there are hundreds, if not thousands, of species and planets to explore and discover. That’s part of Star Wars’ charm; each new location offers a new environment, a new history, and new lore, building up the Star Wars mythos and creating endless new possibilities for storytelling.
Interestingly (or annoyingly), however, many of Star Wars’ planets are very one-note, boasting only one type of landscape, one type of climate, or one type of settlement. Coruscant is a city planet, and so there is only a city. Tatooine is a desert planet, so there is only the desert. Endor is a Forest Moon, so it only consists of the forest, and we return to these planets often. But in such a massive galaxy, wouldn’t it make more sense to have planets with a more diverse array of environments, too? Skeleton Crew certainly seems to think so. The Star Wars Galaxy Often Feels Maddeningly Small Close How many times has Star Wars returned to Tatooine? Yes, it’s the birthplace of Anakin Skywalker. Yes, Luke Skywalker grew up there. Yes, it’s the site of Jabba the Hutt’s palace. But how necessary was it for shows like The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett to be so focused on Tatooine as well? I often think that the Star Wars galaxy is frustratingly small. Yes, Star Wars is a franchise built on nostalgia, but the nostalgia for places like Tatooine is becoming too much; too overwhelming. Why stick to the planets we already know, and limit those worlds to only one type of landscape or cityscape, when they could have a little more fun designing new worlds? Coruscant is another such place, though I can understand the need to return there, as it’s the galactic capital, but the point still stand
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