BmB said:

Bingowings said:

If Tatooine is as out of the way as Luke complains it is Tarkin may actually be more familiar with the space port name than the planet name.

Before the first Gulf War Baghdad (through it's associations with Scherazade) was culturally more recognisable than Iraq to the clueless masses.

That's a whole new piece of story you'd have to tell onscreen before that explanation makes any sense.

A wretched hive of scum and villainy may be more infamous than the actual location of the place.

The film makers who gave us Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves thought Sherwood Forest was right next to the coast of England.

I can't see how an new piece of story is needed to get your head around that?

Tatooine is the middle of nowhere but it has this infamous port which is generally better known it fits the story as it currently stands.