logo Sign In

How big was Anchorhead during the OT?

Author
Time

And how many inhabitants did it have? Was there anything for Luke to do in town, beside doing shopping for Owen and Beru or hanging up in Tosche Station with his friends?

And if we look at Legends, did Anchorhead become smaller, compared to KOTOR over time? If yes what happened to all the buildings and infrastructure still standing at that time?

Author
Time
 (Edited)

I personally prefer to think that the OT town of Anchorhead was only founded maybe a couple generations before ANH by human settlers, and that KOTOR’s Anchorhead was essentially a different town by the same name that no longer exists by the time of the Empire.

I imagine there would be only a couple hundred residents or so, a large portion of which would be children that young Luke might have played with and befriended. Unlike Mos Eisley, the town would be predominantly human. The town itself wouldn’t have a spaceport, but there would be regular travel between Anchorhead and the closest port towns, like Mos Eisley. Anchorhead would also be close enough to Luke’s home for him to not feel uncomfortable giving Ben a ride there. Basically, the town would have been in the same “neighborhood,” and part of Luke’s mundane world, and so wouldn’t represent the same threshold crossing as Mos Eisley did.

But we can’t turn back. Fear is their greatest defense. I doubt if the actual security there is any greater than it was on Aquilae or Sullust. And what there is is most likely directed towards a large-scale assault.

Author
Time
 (Edited)

Servii said:

I personally prefer to think that the OT town of Anchorhead was only founded maybe a couple generations before ANH by human settlers, and that KOTOR’s Anchorhead was essentially a different town by the same name that no longer exists by the time of the Empire.

I imagine there would be only a couple hundred residents or so, a large portion of which would be children that young Luke might have played with and befriended. Unlike Mos Eisley, the town would be predominantly human. The town itself wouldn’t have a spaceport, but there would be regular travel between Anchorhead and the closest port towns, like Mos Eisley. Anchorhead would also be close enough to Luke’s home for him to not feel uncomfortable giving Ben a ride there. Basically, the town would have been in the same “neighborhood,” and part of Luke’s mundane world, and so wouldn’t represent the same threshold crossing as Mos Eisley did.

Great answer, but from OWK it seems that in canon the town has far more than just a few hundred inhabinants.