Jakku
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 Imperial Star DestroyerGraveyard on Jakku, with theMillennium Falconand aFirst OrderTIE fighter,fromThe Force Awakens(2015) | |
| First appearance | Star Wars: The Force Awakens(2015) |
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Jakkuis a fictionaldesert planetin theStar Warsuniverse, first featured in the 2015 filmThe Force Awakens.Remote, lawless, and inhospitable, it is the homeworld ofsequel trilogymain characterRey,played byDaisy Ridley,andAftermathcharacterGallius Rax,both members of thePalpatine family.The film focuses on two distinct localities, Tuanul Village and Niima Outpost, near astarshipgraveyard.
The planet is also depicted in novels such asChuck Wendig'sStar Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End(2017).
Appearances
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Film
[edit]The planet was first seen in the November 2014teaser trailerfor the first film of theStar Warssequel trilogy,The Force Awakens(2015).[1][2][3]The film's director and co-writer,J. J. Abrams,first mentioned its name atStar WarsCelebrationin April 2015, identifying Jakku as the setting in the trailers and revealing that it is where the characterRey(Daisy Ridley) lives.[1]
Jakku is a major setting inThe Force Awakens[4]andits novelization.[5][6]The home world of main character Rey, it is a harsh and inhospitable desert planet on the outskirts of the Unknown Regions.[7]In the film,ResistanceX-wingpilotPoe Dameron(Oscar Isaac) comes to Jakku seeking vital information held by explorerLor San Tekka(Max von Sydow).[8]Poe is captured by the oppressiveFirst Orderbut leaves the data behind with hisastromech droid,BB-8.He escapes with the help of turncoatstormtrooperFinn(John Boyega), but Poe is presumed dead when their stolenTIE fightercrashes in the desert. Meanwhile,BB-8befriends local scavenger Rey; pursued by the First Order, she and Finn flee Jakku with the droid aboard theMillennium Falcon.Later in the film, Rey has a vision of being left on the planet as a child and being taken byUnkar Pluttafter touchingLuke Skywalker's oldlightsaber.
The planet appears briefly inStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker(2019). Rey has a flashback-like vision of her parents leaving her on the planet before they were killed. The planet also appears in a montage alongsideBespinandEndorafter the film’s climactic battle onExegolbetween the Resistance and theSith Eternal;a burningResurgent-class Star Destroyer can be seen falling behind an oldImperial-class Star Destroyer (one shown inThe Force Awakens) as the galaxy rises up against the First Order.
The scenes on Jakku were filmed in the UAE section of theRub al Khalidesert, which falls under the jurisdiction of theEmirate of Abu Dhabi.[9][10]In early concept development stages, the planet was conceived as a "junk planet" which would have "wreckage from the previousStar Warsmovies ".[11]Unused designs forTatooinebyoriginal trilogyconcept artistRalph McQuarriewere repurposed for exteriors.[12]Some have criticized Jakku as being essentially the same planet as Tatooine, the home world of both Luke andAnakin Skywalker(from the original andprequel trilogy,respectively), with only its name being unique.[13]
Literature
[edit]Jakku was first introduced in two novels released on September 4, 2015:Chuck Wendig'sStar Wars: Aftermath(2015) andClaudia Gray'sLost Stars.The latter depicts some of the Battle of Jakku, the final confrontation between the forces of theGalactic Empireand theNew Republicover the planet.[1]The battle is also depicted in the final book in Wendig'sAftermathtrilogy,Empire's End(2017),[14][15]which explains thatPalpatinekept an observatory on the planet to map the Unknown Regions, overseen by Palpatine's own adoptive son and Jakku nativeGallius Rax,where in the event of his death, the Empire would reform as the First Order.[16]The reference bookThe Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary[broken anchor]establishes that this battle occurs one year and four days after theBattle of Endordepicted inReturn of the Jedi,and is the last major stand of the Empire and battle of theGalactic Civil War.29 years later, around the time ofThe Force Awakens,the debris field in the desert is called the Starship Graveyard.[17]
Jakku appears or is mentioned in multiple other works, includingRey's Survival Guide(2015) andThe Weapon of a Jedi(2015) byJason Fry,and the 2015 short stories "High Noon on Jakku"(2015) and"All Creatures Great and Small"byLandry Q. Walker.[1]
Video games
[edit]The 2015actionshooter video gameStar Wars Battlefrontfeaturesdownloadable content(DLC) titledBattle of Jakku,[18][19]which includes two multiplayer maps set on the planet.[20]Jakku also features in the single-player campaign of the 2017 sequel,Star Wars Battlefront II,as well as a non-DLC multiplayer map titledJakku:The Graveyard,with 4 differentgamemodevariants. Jakku is also a location in the twoLego-themedaction-adventurevideo games;2016'sLego Star Wars: The Force Awakens,and 2022'sLego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.[21]
The planet is featured in aLegoStar Warsplayset calledEncounter on Jakku.[22][23]
Theme park attraction
[edit]Jakku appears in theDisney Parks and ResortsattractionStar Tours – The Adventures Continue.[24][25]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^abcdYoung, Bryan (December 14, 2015)."Star Wars:Everything We Know About the Planet Jakku (So Far) ".HowStuffWorks.RetrievedMarch 16,2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Watch the IncredibleStar Wars: The Force AwakensTrailer ".Rolling Stone.November 28, 2014. Archived fromthe originalon February 13, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 1,2016.
- ^Lewis, Andy (December 1, 2014)."Trailer Report:Star WarsTeaser BeatsAge of UltronIn Debut ".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedDecember 2,2014.
- ^De Semlyen, Phil (November 26, 2015)."Exclusive:Empirereveals names of newStar Warsplanets ".Empire.RetrievedNovember 28,2015.
- ^Shepherd, Jack (January 7, 2016)."Star Wars: The Force Awakens:16 questions the novel answers ".The Independent.RetrievedJune 15,2016.
- ^Taylor, Chris (December 29, 2015)."27Star Wars: The Force Awakensquestions answered by the novel ".Mashable.RetrievedJune 15,2016.
- ^"Databank: Jakku".StarWars.com.RetrievedFebruary 10,2017.
- ^Truitt, Brian (January 17, 2016)."Exclusive:Star Wars: Poe Dameroncomic book debuts in April ".USA Today.RetrievedFebruary 15,2016.
- ^Ratcliffe, Amy (August 29, 2016)."8 Things You Might Not Know About the Creatures ofThe Force Awakens".StarWars.com.
- ^Oswald, Anjelica (January 6, 2016)."The exotic real-life locations where scenes in the newStar Warswere shot ".Business Insider.RetrievedMarch 16,2017.
- ^Szostak, Phil (2015).The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Abrams Books.p. 25.ISBN978-1-4197-1780-2.
- ^"How original Ralph McQuarrie concept art inspired Star Wars: The Force Awakens".Sideshow Collectibles.December 15, 2015.RetrievedJanuary 1,2022.
- ^Sherlock, Ben (September 30, 2021)."The Force Awakens: Jakku Should've Just Been Tatooine".Game Rant.RetrievedJanuary 1,2022.
- ^Trendacosta, Katharine (February 22, 2017)."Everything ThatAftermath: Empire's EndReveals About the NewStar WarsUniverse ".Gizmodo.Archived fromthe originalon December 10, 2017.RetrievedFebruary 22,2017.
- ^Colbert, Stephen M. (March 7, 2017)."Star Wars:What's So Special About Jakku? ".Screen Rant.RetrievedMarch 16,2017.
- ^Ratcliffe, Amy (June 2, 2017)."The Possibilities of the Unknown Regions in STAR WARS".Nerdist.RetrievedApril 26,2019.
- ^Hidalgo, Pablo(2015).Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary.New York, N.Y.:DK.pp. 34–35.ISBN978-1-4654-3816-4.
- ^Dyer, Mitch (April 17, 2015)."Star WarsCelebration: Free Battle of Jakku Battlefront DLC revealed ".IGN.RetrievedApril 18,2015.
- ^"How to get Battle of Jakku DLC".Electronic Arts.April 17, 2015.RetrievedApril 19,2015.
- ^"Star Wars BattlefrontJakku Pre-Order Offer ".Electronic Arts. April 17, 2015.RetrievedApril 19,2015.
- ^Plunkett, Luke (January 2, 2016)."LEGO Star Wars: The Force AwakensIs Coming Soon ".Kotaku.RetrievedMarch 16,2017.
- ^"LEGOStar WarsSummer 2016 Sets: Encounter on Jakku! ".BrickToyNews.com. February 24, 2016.RetrievedMarch 16,2017.
- ^"Encounter on Jakku (75148)".Brickset.com. 2016.RetrievedMarch 16,2017.
- ^Glover, Erin (September 24, 2015)."Details on Season of the Force, Coming November 16 to Disneyland Park in California".Disney Parks Blog.RetrievedSeptember 24,2015.
- ^Martin, Hugo (November 14, 2017)."Disneyland is adding 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' scenes to its Star Tours ride".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedNovember 17,2017.
