Tatooine, a tourist's paradise

From @LASTEXITshirts, an unattributed "commercial side of Tatooine" image, that made me guffaw. If you know who the creator is, please leave it in the comments!

The commercial side of Tatooine. (via Super Punch)

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The image is quite cool. But there are no oceans on Tatooine!
vonbobo

I guess there were oceans… (wiki)
“Tatooine is a desert planet in a binary star system. It once had large oceans full
of marine based life and a world-spanning jungle, but this biosphere was destroyed when the myopic Rakata razed the planet, drying up its
riverbeds and boiling away its oceans.”

So maybe this was before the razing, in a time long long ago?
- robdobbs
  
  Don’t be silly, clearly they imported the water and made a fake beach.
  - mccrum
    
    ‘shopped. Can totally tell by the pixels.
Yep

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robdobbs

Could be this guy: http://www.cedricdelsaux.com
- skabob
  
  UTINI!
dagfooyo

Man, isn’t that just the way of things. You’ve finally got your blanket and beach chairs laid out, your umbrella set up and a cold beer in your hand when some jackass parks their damn sandcrawler right in front of you.
- jimh
  
  Well, it’s just a minor inconvenience until some Sandpeople show up and kill you for your umbrella and cold beer!
Stewart Lampe

http://www.stevethomasart.com/home/starwars.html
howaboutthisdangit

If the Jawas had any business sense they’d be selling sno-cones and hotdogs.
furanko

I think Jawas should stay in the used stuff business:

http://francobrambilla.com/artwork/1232060_We_Sell_Used_Cars_And_Droids.html