20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

13. The Only Time Tatooine Doesn't Show Up In The First Six Skywalker Saga Films

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Easily ranking as the most well-known and important planet taking up a spot in the galaxy far, far away, the home of Luke and Anakin Skywalker regularly acts as the backdrop to some of the series' most iconic moments.

But what tends to be lost in all of the frosty Hoth skirmishes and hand-chopping that goes down in Episode V is the fact that this movie actually sits as the only one within the Prequel and Original Trilogies not to showcase Tatooine.

And as another interesting piece of overlooked trivia, Tatooine's appearances in Episodes I, II, III, IV, VI, and IX, mean that it ranks as the planet with the most appearances in the Skywalker Saga too.

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