Every Desert Planet in Star Wars (Canon)

Let's talk about every planet or moon that is covered in deserts like Tatooine, Geonosis, Jakku, and more!
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[@RoderickR07]

*_"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."_* *_- Anakin Skywalker_*

[@SKRicochet]

Li Shenron it’s an older meme, sir, but it checks out.

[@joeabdi1626]

Li Shenron I will make it legal

[@paperman8583]

*"I AM YOUR FATHER!"* - *Anakin skywalker*

[@sharksuperiority9736]

No one likes sand

[@nikojanatuinen631]

Master Skywalker, there are too many of them, what are we going to do?

[@LastManFilmsUS]

Why do u think he built the death star?

[@lresser6759]

Dew it

[@Brunozamp]

I don't like sand!

[@Orto-jj2di]

Shouldve said " where are we going go?"

[@jeffreygrant3383]

You did this to spite Anakin, didn’t you?

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

I for one think that there's still potential for desert planets in Star Wars. A battle in a Grand Canyon sized ravine would be impressive to see. (I also just realized that Alex forgot Ryloth.)

[@notsoundgenoff]

There was a Star Wars: Battlefront II (original) custom fan-made map that was exactly as you describe -- a battle in a dusty ravine, with AT-ATs on one side, and a rebel cell on the other.

[@dodadamm]

I dont think Ryloth is a desert planet, it has jungles

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@Justin O. True

[@dodadamm]

@Justin O. @Mit Whit Gaming Bit late of a response from me, sorry, but I think a short story in the ebook version of Tarkin+New Dawn set on Ryloth had mention of Jungles. Which is, a) pretty obscure, and b) must be really really limited to the equator, cause we deffinately see a desert climate and terrain on most of the planet. But if Savereen passes, I think so does Ryloth, that short was a bit weird, placing the jungle + mountain close to the capital. :)

[@esteluznante360]

I would have included Kessel, it seemed a very hostile planet for life in both Rebels and Solo.

[@vizprave6721]

Yeah but there are parts of Kessel which have lush green forests

[@PerovNigma]

2:20 Just noticed part of the debris looks like a B1's head. Also, I hate to be a nitpicker but you missed Mandalore.

[@dragoncyclone_4421]

Interesting

[@oguzsevim2079]

Mandalore is a Rainforest Planet(Originally)

[@pietropietro5466]

@@oguzsevim2079 but tatooine was once a fertile planet too

[@PerovNigma]

@@oguzsevim2079 I was thinking of its portrayal in _Star Wars The Clone Wars,_ where it was made into one due to war.

[@timcooke9429]

Antarctica is technically a desert, so by extension i think that would make Hoth a desert world too

[@NovoCognition]

Hoth wouldn't qualify because a desert is an area where it rarely snows, rains, hails, etc. Blizzards and snowfall are quite common on Hoth so it is not a desert.

[@KingOfLesbia]

Moraband will always be Korriban to me it's the most intresting desert planet in star wars as long they bring back sith force ghosts. Hopefully no more tatooine or tatooine clones for awhile I'd like to see more non desert planets introduced into cannon it would be awsome to see less earthlike planets and get something way more alien looking with colors you wouldnt normally see in nature on earth

[@thescauldron8436]

There’s also Concord Dawn, Atollon, and maybe Parnassos (I forgot if Parnassos is a desert planet or if it is just rocky and barren)

[@Blackpearlmatt]

Shouldn’t Hoth and Mandalore be here too? As well as Malachor?

[@Blackpearlmatt]

Justin O. Interesting point you brought up about snowfall, I didn’t actually think of that. It’s just Hoth looks to be based off of Antarctica which in itself is a desert

[@murtazarizvi368]

i think sand planets are too much of a focus in the movies. tatooine was understandable but WTF take jakku? and the new one in 9

[@paris5663]

@@murtazarizvi368 yea. The new one is called pasanaa. I personally don't have an issue with some planets being similar or the same, considering irl there are plenty of planets that are very much just like each other.

[@dtdimeflicks6708]

Hoth is definitely a desert planet.

[@colmcille4388]

George Lucas: makes a giant galaxy with beautifal unique planets Disney: "I like sand"

[@isaiahnunez1796]

If Anakin ever visited the planet Crait; *"I don't like salt, it's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."*

[@johnnynepa2000]

Watching your video from my class room

[@cajh8359]

In canon, the construction of the first Death Star was under command of Director Krennic. It moved under Tarkin's control only a short time before the Battle of Scarif.

[@LastManFilmsUS]

If u want to get technical, deserts can be snow or frozen too. So Hoth, Rhen Var, Orto Plutonia and more are desert planets as well.

[@Thebrinkofchaos1]

This is outrageous, It’s unfair...I don’t like sand.

[@jacobwright180]

Jacob same

[@masterskywalker3734]

I don't like sand its course irritating rough and it gets everywhere- Anakin Skywalker

[@Bidoofus]

All of your videos combined provide almost as much knowledge as Wookiepedia. Probably.

[@sparklyqueen12]

No

[@Bidoofus]

@@sparklyqueen12 You really replied to a 2 year old comment to correct an obviously uneducated opinion... 💀

[@Doncut97]

"My first day as a member of the 501st... it was hot, it was sandy, chaotic. Nothing at all like the simulations on Kamino. Of course that's pretty much the way it was for all of us, wasn't it? All that breeding, all those years of training... it doesn't really prepare you for all the screaming or the blood, does it? Frankly I'm still amazed we ever made it through the first hour, never-mind the first day."

[@moonbender95]

If a planet can support little or no rain, or other means of precipitation, it's considered a desert. Savareen, seemed to be quite a case, having an Ocean that big, means that it have storms that can support heavy rain, so it shouldn't be theoretically a desert planet. You should instead insert Hoth. Hoth have ice storms yes, but they are caused by temperature and pressure difference, not precipitation. Yes I'm a nerd

[@HH60gPaveHawk]

Concur. Deserts aren't "cannot support life", they're "less than 10 inches of precipitation a year" by current geologic definitions

[@NovoCognition]

Well if there is no strong wind or currents then despite the sizes of the oceans the planet could still be seen as a desert world.

[@Compucles]

@@NovoCognition In that case, it would still rain over the oceans themselves.

[@NovoCognition]

@@Compucles ; True but just the oceans, not the land masses. Making it a partial desert word.

[@apfelkuchen4399]

And now we have also Pasaana in Ep 9 and Arvala in the Mandalorian

[@ArmorFrogEntertainment]

If you think about it, Earth is basically an ocean planet

[@NovoCognition]

I think Earth would need it's surface to be 90% or more covered in water to be an ocean plant instead of about 3/4 plus the extreme biome diversity which is extremely rare in both Star Wars and to our current knowledge IRL, making more of a continental or multi-biome world. However there was a time billions of years ago where this was the case.

[@Thebrinkofchaos1]

3:34 Cough cough...Korribon...cough cough.

[@elijahwatson3474]

Since canon but Moraband is the modern name.

[@SKRicochet]

How many -tooine planets are there??

[@mikeycham3643]

To say nothing of Ords

[@darinstaley1993]

And -rann. As in Alderann and Talorann

[@joethahobo]

Tatooine, Dantooine, Klatooine, Im sure theres more but thats the only ones i can think of

[@dodadamm]

Is we are at similiar planet names, Dagobah and Xagobah

[@GuanoLad]

I remember Ventooine mentioned once. Probably not even part of the EU Legends it was so long ago and obscure.

[@StuartLugsden]

Don't forget about about snow and jungle planet. And I hope Rian's trilogy shows new alien world. More like Umbara, stuff from Futurama and other alien films.

[@DylanDude]

Hopefully more fitting with the overall tone and pace this time.

[@thesmiler6405]

If the trilogy ever gets made

[@twstf8905]

Wouldn't Hoth qualify? It's just as much a wasteland as Antarctica! The Canon bio on Wookiepeeia says that Mandalore is a, "breathable but inhospitable desert planet." (previously agricultural,) (Glad you mentioned Abafar lol I'm hoping for the next standalone/backstory movie to be, "Colonel Meebur Gascon, a Star Wars Story.")

[@NovoCognition]

Hoth wouldn't qualify because a desert is an area where it rarely snows, rains, hails, etc. Blizzards and snowfall are quite common on Hoth so it is not a desert.

[@twstf8905]

@@NovoCognition The definition, according to Wikipedia, is; A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF THE POLAR REGIONS WHERE LITTLE PRECIPITATION OCCURS AND WHICH ARE CALLED POLAR DESERTS OR "COLD DESERTS". Deserts can be classified by the amount of precipitation that falls, by the temperature that prevails, by the causes of desertification or by their geographical location. In other words, whether there's snow on the ground or not, if it's an arid, barren wasteland, inhospitable to life, it's considered a, "Desert." HOTH would fall into that category! (I can't believe I'm in a KZbin comment section argument with a first grader!)

[@NovoCognition]

@@twstf8905 ; First of all, you did not understand my comment. Precipitation DOES happens quite frequently on Hoth enough for it to not be called a desert or an arid planet, maybe in some areas but definitely not all of it. In both "The Empire Strikes Back" and a plethora of many other visual visits to Hoth it is seen with Blizzards which are a form of Precipitation, not just rain. Second of all, you no nothing about me, my age, or how much education/academic experience I have. That final sentence is undeniable rude and uncalled for when I have not done anything to purposefully anger you and is sign of if not physical then mental and physiological immaturity. I could be 30 years older then you with a PHD for all you know and you could be 10 years old or 90 for all I know. I had a civil disagreement and you decided to overreact over something of little importance for either of our lives. Now to not fuel that unnecessary fire, I will turn the other cheek and ask for both of us to at the very least agree to disagree and both act mature and responsibly. Is that okay with you?

[@Panzernator]

Using these videos to make a list to use in Stellaris for my planet names. Keep it up man!

[@JohnnyElRed]

It would be cool to see a video of every known ecumenopolis in the galaxy, like Coruscant and Nar Shadda.

[@thesmiler6405]

Eckhart's Ladder made a video for that

[@CeedeeableOne]

I still wish they'd had kept the idea of turning Jakuu into a shallow swamp land. Those desert planets are far too many in number

[@MCLegoboy]

I think you might be missing some. Ilum: Unless the rumors are true and Ilum and Starkiller Base are one in the same because Starkiller does have a lot of trees, I'd argue that Ilum is a desert in the same vain that Antarctica is a desert. Just because it's snowy doesn't mean it's not a desert. If we count Ilum, we count Orto Plutonia: Yes there's life, but again, it seems very inhospitable, and we don't ever see anything on it other than the Talz and their creatures. (But much like the behind-the-scenes stuff, then what are they burning for fire?) Hoth: Kind of iffy, but again, life doesn't seem to live on the surface. Tauntauns must live in caves like the Wampas in order to survive the nights. Mandalore: It became a desert after years of war. People have to live in domed cities. Well, they don't have to, but your chances of survival is better in them than out. Quarzite: If we follow the same logic as the Wellspring of Life and Crait, I'd argue that the planet is a desert because life is more supported below the surface because the pressure of the atmosphere above. Zardossa Stix: It's a moon, but it is a desert one. Malachor: Because it's a weird force planet with nothing on it. It's a wasteland. Maybe Agamar: Canon and Legends have different interpretations. Canon has it being very rocky.

[@DimoB8]

6:54 Vader wants to know the planets location so he can blaze it from orbit!

[@wildsmiley]

Backwater worlds in Star Wars are the best worlds. Tatooine is my favorite Star Wars planet but Cloud City is my favorite location, if that makes sense.

[@thesmiler6405]

Coruscant is my favorite

[@Awesomest915]

I just wanna mention the fact that there are 2 pairs of opposing factions in Star Wars who’s homeworlds appear to be opposites of each other in terms of biome, those being Ach-To (Jedi) & Moraband (Sith) and Kamino (Clones) & Geonosis (Battle Droids).

[@ratchetbear5916]

I think we need to have a conversation as to what a desert it. A desert is a landmass that suffers from a cronic lack of rainfall. Although sand deserts are the typical and traditional kinds of deserts, large areas of ice that also see little/no rainfall are also deserts. Also their is a strong correlation between the amount of rainfall a area sees and the amount of life it supports, deserts are not classified as such based on the amount of life they support in their respective geographical biome.

[@darthbane5676]

Thanks for the shoutout.

[@Charles36.]

Good my friend goooood. Love your videos

[@jamesdavis9036]

0:29 Actually, a desert is any area of land that recieved very little or no rainfall. Fun fact, Antarctica is technically a desert

[@AshanBhatoa]

To all the people pondering on whether Hoth is a desert. Technically you can have *Polar Deserts* (also known as Cold Deserts or Ice Deserts) they are vast regions of land which fall under the ice cap climate. They are covered in ice shields, ice fields, ice caps and sometimes glaciers. Since these environments exist at *sub-zero* temperatures there is no *Liquid Water* and a thin blanket of snow layers on the Surface. Therefore Hoth could be considered a Polar Desert but not a Desert.

[@TyrannoNoddy]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Mandalore, especially since in Rebels Season 4 we actually are in the deserts and Sabine described how years of warfare did this to the planet

[@IgorSalaj3578]

My most favorite desert planets from Star Wars will always be Tatooine, Korriban, Ryloth, Kessel, Bonadan, and Geonosis.

[@andrewrichens5733]

Deserts are defined as areas that receive less than 10 inches of rain per year so places like krayt definitely count as deserts despite having subterranean lakes

[@viewyevening8719]

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[@gavinsmiley9377]

I always heard deserts defined as an absence of water not life. Which is why much of Antarctica is considered desert, so maybe Hoth, Illum, Orto Plutonia and other ice planets should be here.

[@henrymattson1086]

I'd argue that Parnassos, despite once being lush and having a known ocean, is a desert planet after the nuclear event that ruined the surface. Also, Utapau is a desert on the surface, if not in the sink-holes.

[@murtazarizvi368]

it was understandable in OT coz of cgi limitations but with PT we also got geonosis. but come ST its always 1 desert. jakku and again in 9

[@darthbong800]

What chance would you give the Yuuzhan Vong being made canon and in what format would be best live action or animation. Love the show

[@markhansolo8636]

Could you do one about every Gas Planet? Surely there are more Gas planets than Yavin and Bespin?

[@jacobbretzin8563]

if Antarctica counts as a desert, Hoth should also count

[@DjJoe666]

The definition of a desert is based around its precipitation and humidity For all we know it actually snows on Hoth.

[@NovoCognition]

Hoth wouldn't qualify because a desert is an area where it rarely snows, rains, hails, etc. Blizzards and snowfall are quite common on Hoth so it is not a desert.

[@NovoCognition]

@Justin O. It may still not be cannon but in legends there were geothermal vents that were scattered across the planet, these probably vaporized the nearby snow and ice.

[@thunderdevils2272]

What about parnasos. It definitely seemed quite deserty in most places from the descriptions

[@ikbengek71]

Thunder Devils It sure was a desert planet

[@julianthornley5322]

Kia ora from New Zealand can't wait for you to get to world's like Hoth

[@VicenteGomesPinto]

I really would like to see another loreplay of Kyle Katarn's games, Dark Forces 2, Jedi Knight 2 and Jedi Academy (ok, he's only a NPC on this last one, but it's a great game) :)

[@tylerferron9019]

Sweet! I love dessert planets!

[@saltysnowflake5832]

-Original desert planet -Orange desert planet -Desert planet with star destroyers -Desert moon with wizards -Las Vegas desert planet -Desert planet with water -Desert planet with old men -red desert planet -Evil Desert planet -Shiny desert planet -White Desert planet -Pirate desert planet -Rebel desert planet -Book desert planet -Idek -Pretty boring planet -The rest of them are boring

[@HeatMyShorts]

0:56 Nice wheels, man!

[@vadernationbrovn7098]

The ocean is a desert with its life underground and the perfect disguise above.

[@ajack913]

Holy crap. So basically Naboo, mandalore, courescant and yavin are like the only non desert planets

[@thesmiler6405]

Endor, Kamino, Scarif, Alderaan, Bespin, Dagobah

[@Diamondfist1]

The definition of a desert for climate purposes is one that receives an average of less than 10% average annual precipitation, and a mean average temperature of around 64 degrees Fahrenheit for a hot desert, and 32 or around 26 degrees Fahrenheit for a cold desert. Antarctica is an example of a cold desert.

[@robinhyperlord9053]

Needs more ice, forest, woodland, grass, city, swamp, town, and neutral.

[@DJFreeway-DJDeltoid-DJZales]

I like grassland planets

[@DJFreeway-DJDeltoid-DJZales]

Just feels calming

[@alexfont5489]

Great video! You didn't mention Utapau though.

[@myyklmax]

Though it is technically an ice planet, any environment that is considered hostile and life threatening can be a desert. Thus HOTH fits the definition of a desert a planet. It had only 2 native species...Tontons and Yetibeasts (carnivores)

[@lanceshadow5582]

Do all the city planets in canon/legends!

[@victorbastos9741]

Hey great videos man, I'd really like to see one about the nautolan species ( kit fisto's species)

[@Steve_Hickman]

Vjun was featured in one of the Jedi Knight games, and was home to one of Vader's castles.

[@skipper2407]

How about hoth and the Ice planet in the clone wars?

Please every winter planet.

[@-sergeantdave1934]

Do all planets or update another every blank ever like the stormtrooper types.

[@UraiFen44444444]

Nice Video :)

[@Falxifer95]

Sand across the galaxy. No wonder Anakin was so pissed.

[@arvidnilsson464]

Isn’t Ilum kind of dessert? Not a sand dessert but a ice dessert

[@samuelmeyer1024]

We have Tatooine, Tatooine with Sweatshop Bugs, Tatooine with Original trilogy easter eggs, Tatooine with Crystals, Tatooine with a casino, Tatooine with water, Tatooine with salt, Tatooine with salt and crystals (and water), Tatooine that's more evil, A planet that isn't even Tatooine, Tatooine that's a void, Two pirate Tatooines, and much more... Anyone get the feeling we're running out of ideas?

[@elijahwatson3474]

We had 77 desert planets in legends.

[@betterfuelhuell3758]

Can you do every snow planet next?

[@DJFreeway-DJDeltoid-DJZales]

My favorite ecosystem for a planet, even though there are other close competitors. Desert 🏜 🌵

[@JoeDirteOutside]

Can we see a video on species or planet hierarchy

[@rebelcommander7starwarsjur922]

Is the Star Wars commander story cannon and if so can you do a complete video on the complete story of Star Wars commander

[@juaneliasll]

What about Vrogas Vas from the "Vader Down" Star Wars comic book storyline? I looked very desert like to me...

[@Cheezbud]

I have a question for you, is there any mixed rased aliens in star wars? Ive never seen or heard anything about it

[@thesmiler6405]

Mixed rased?

[@Cheezbud]

@@thesmiler6405 sorry ment mixed raced

[@thesmiler6405]

In an episode of the Clone Wars there are some kids who are twilek-human hybrids

[@Cheezbud]

@@thesmiler6405 oh damn i dont know how i missed that

[@elijahwatson3474]

@@Cheezbud Rebels ended showing us a twi'lek and human boy.

[@Chief4Army117]

Would it be right to include Kamino as well since it's mostly covered with water and you said oceans can be deserts as well? Great video as well!

[@countessofravenclaw383]

Um Atollon, Mandolor ???

[@roryjs]

*Mandalore

[@rottenroads1982]

The Purple Creature from GUHL-JO387O is cute. What, It’s Cute. And their needs to be a Star Wars animated Show about it.

[@Hypershell]

I'm curious, how does the number of non-desert planets compare to the number of desert planets? Also how much life does Hoth support to not qualify as a desert planet? My father's big complaint about the OT is that, barring Special Edition cameos, the only place with decent life seems to be Endor's moon.

[@andreygontar1124]

Video idea. Death Star everything we know. Canon and Legends.

[@bb9a]

Lotal, mandalore, maybe kessel and Utapau Rylot (sorry for the spelling)

[@ryanbarth6691]

Do swamp planets and mountain planets

[@therandomblakkkid4126]

A desert is actually a place where there is very little moisture. Even tundras count as deserts as they have little moisture.

[@DJFreeway-DJDeltoid-DJZales]

Cold, cool, warm and hot deserts exist

[@johntheechidna1]

How about best ranged weapons in the Star Wars galaxy?

[@je2409]

3:35 Isn't the ancient sith homeworld supposed to be Korriban? Or is that legends now?

[@elijahwatson3474]

Lucasfilm said planets can have mulipte names so Korriban could be it ancient one. While Moraband is the modern one.

[@sliverbullet7973]

Imagine if Vader sent a orbital bombardment to all dessert planets.

[@battleupsaber462]

I wish they'd gone with the original concept art of Jakku being a planet of junk. I know that'd make it a ripoff of the Junk planet from the Transformers movie, but still

[@brockgundich]

I kinda like the swamp version of jakku that would have been cool to see in battles

[@horizonnb457]

Wouldn't really be a rip off from Transformers, Star Wars already has a junk planet - Raxus Prime

[@pauladam2867]

''Junkku''

[@darthbane5676]

HorizonNB Then there’s Lotho Minor.

[@Nexturz]

HorizonNB lmfao a junk planet named “Raxus Prime” that makes it sound like even more of a ripoff

[@suupreem1299]

*Anakin Skywalker has left the chat*

[@chadf6813]

What about the moon of Oba Diah?

[@CaCa-vb8cg]

Who can win: James Bond Agent vs Luke Skywalker in a hand to hand combat fight?

[@ishaandeb]

I always used to think that a desert is an extremely dry place with limited water... eg. Antartica, Sahara, The Australian Outback...

[@ishaandeb]

desert2 /ˈdɛzət/Submit noun noun: desert; plural noun: deserts 1. a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation

[@blindvenus6972]

Please do one on snow planets :p

[@Surago]

Don’t forget the moon of Vega. It was thoroughly combed over

[@ettorem._.g4225]

I've missed Mandalore, it actually became a desert cause of war, but it still a desert...

[@AlienIOIandroktone]

I think Hoth counts. Even Wampas and Tauntauns don't can't survive out in the cold

[@AGKalevala]

Great vid, Alex. :))) But Mokivj was pronounced differently by Marc Thompson in the audiobook version. Is that form the canon one, or was he just guessing during recording?

[@luispablogonzalezv4522]

What about Hoth? It doesn't need sand to be a desert. Technically a desert is any place, hot or cold, that is extremely dry to sustain life in high quantity.

[@BozheTsaryaKhrani]

Dessert just means dry like how earths 2nd biggest dessert is antartica

[@generalgeek]

I didn't know the Galaxy had this much sand...