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Tosche Station

General information

Location

Great Chott salt flat,Tatooine^[1]

Chronological and political information

Affiliation

Merl Tosche^[2]

"But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!"
"You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done."

―Luke Skywalker and Owen Lars — 20?cb=20250116042720

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Tosche Station was a power station and repair shop on the outskirts ofAnchorhead on thedesert world ofTatooine, owned byMerl Tosche and operated byLaze Loneozner.^[2] During the time of theGalactic Civil War, Loneozner was friends withLuke Skywalker andBiggs Darklighter, who, prior to becoming a member of theRebel Alliance, spenttime at the station with Lonezner, his girlfriendCamie Marstrap, and other youth from Anchorhead.^[3] After witnessing abattle between the Rebel Alliance and theGalactic Empire in the skies over Tatooine, Skywalker told his friends about what he had seen, but they did not believe it had been a battle. It was at Tosche Station that Darklighter informed Skywalker that he was defecting from the Empire to join the Rebel Alliance.^[4]

Layout[]

Apower station and repair shop, Tosche Station was located just outside of the city of Anchorhead on theGreat Chott salt flat of Tatooine. The station was owned by Merl Tosche but he seldom visited, instead allowing his employee Laze "Fixer" Loneozner to run the shop.^[2]

The station consisted of three buildings; the main building housed recharge facilities, a sales office, and game room. Next to the main building was a spare parts garage and repair shop. Behind the main building was the reactor building, which held afusion generator from an in-systemspace barge. The reactor generated energy which was transmitted via underground power conduits to buildings in Anchorhead as well as nearbymoisture farms.^[2]

History[]

Merl Tosche owned Tosche station, but rarely visited. Customers appeared infrequently, giving Loneozner free rein of the station. Loneozner spent most of his time at the station with his friends, including his girlfriend Camie Marstrap, Luke Skywalker, Biggs Darklighter,Windy, andDeak. Loneozner secretly worked on building apodracer in the spare parts garage, which he intended to sell atMos Espa, using the profits to fund his wedding to Camie.^[2] Tosche Station was Skywalker's favorite place to hang around with his friends at.^[5]

In0 BBY,^[6] Skywalker went to the station to tell his friends about a battle he saw raging between two ships high above Tatooine. It was at this time that Biggs Darklighter informed Skywalker that he intended to abandon his newly assigned post on the ImperialstarshipRand Ecliptic and join the Rebel Alliance.^[3]^[2] After theBattle of Yavin, Skywalker reminisced he never picked up thepower converters he mentioned before he left Tatooine.^[7]

Anchorhead-BoBF — Boba Fett arrives to the station.

After theRescue of Han Solo, formerbounty hunter Boba Fett tracked a gang ofNikto—theKintan Striders speeder bike gang—to Tosche Station, where they were harassing Loneozner and Camie. Fett entered the establishment and quickly dispatched the gang, later stealing theirspeeder bikes to bring back to the Tusken tribe in preparation for their assault on aPyke Syndicate hovertrain.^[8]

Behind the scenes[]

Tosche Station was originally going to appear inStar Wars: Episode IVA New Hope, but was cut from the film. The scene was, however, released in the deleted scenes of the special features of the Blu-Ray release of theoriginal trilogy. The scene shows Luke Skywalker telling his friends about a space battle he saw above the planet.

The location and layout of the station were made canon, as well as the station's owner, Merl Tosche, when it was included in the 2016 version ofStar Wars: Complete Locations.

Scenes at Tosche Station were filmed at the Sidi Jemour Mosque onDjerba island,Tunisia.^[9]