One of those long-rumored "Star Wars" spinoff films was reportedly going to have twin-sun planet Tatooine as a main setting. ... been with the franchise since his assistant days on Star Wars: ...

The very first planet that fans ever saw in 1977's Star Wars, Tatooine holds a very special place in the hearts of fans.It's only natural, then, that many fans who have gone on to make Star Wars ...

Star Wars needs to give Tatooine a rest. From Nal Hutta to Alderaan to Moraband, we pick out some other fascinating worlds the franchise should be exploring instead of Luke Skywalker's sandy home.

Screen Shot 2015-08-16 at 6.54.47 PM.png Luke Skywalker and the twin suns of Tatooine in 1977's "Star Wars: A New Hope." (Lucasfilm Ltd.) (Lucasfilm Ltd.) Time to geek out. Here's a look at what's ...

In the "Star Wars" universe, Luke Skywalker famously came from the planet of Tatooine, which had two suns and double sunsets.Tatooine is in a circumbinary orbit, which means that it doesn't orbit ...

A video grab showing Tatooine’s Twin Suns from the feature film Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, 1977. Unlike Tatooine, however, the newly discovered planet is unlikely to be able to host ...

This story was updated at 2:59 p.m. ET. It's a real-life Tatooine. A spectacle made popular by the "Star Wars" saga — a planet with two suns — has now been confirmed in space for the first ...

Kepler-1647b doesn't sport Tatooine's desert climate or a bunch of Jedi, but it does proudly orbit two suns. Meet the largest Star Wars Tatooine-like planet orbiting two suns - CNET X ...

Sept. 15, 2011 — -- Early in the original "Star Wars" film, there is a scene in which a restless Luke Skywalker gazes at the sunsets -- twin suns, hanging over the horizon of his home planet ...

Kepler-34: two Sun-like stars 6,200 light-years away in Cygnus. ... Just like Tatooine in Star Wars, planets have been found in binary stars systems, some of which even orbit both stars.

Rocky planets that orbit a binary star system, like the fictional home of Luke Skywalker, were thought to be impossible, until now. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his ...

However, today, after decades of Star Wars media setting stories on Tatooine, Obi-Wan is starting to look like a fool. The dude apparently picked one of the busiest and most famous planets in the ...