The Sand Pirate Base was a bunker located on Tatooine and used by a criminal group known as the Sand Pirates during the Galactic Civil War.
The bunker served as the base for the Sand Pirates. It was located on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine, atop a hilly area a short distance north of Mos Entha, overlooking the city. The interior of the base was decorated with a number of items, including a painting of a Tatooinian town, and hunting trophies of a Bane Back spider and painted spat.
The lowest level of the Sand Pirate Base.
Following the Battle of Yavin, the Sand Pirates used to attack any transport which found itself close to their base. In 1 ABY, the pirates caused many troubles to local trader and interfered with the activities of Coris Mao's business partners. Mao finally contacted Sergeant Snopel, a retired Imperial commando, in order to got rid of the pirates. Snopel therefore dispatched a group of commandos under training to deal with the pirates. The commandos killed the two guards at the base's entrance, and eliminated at least ten others within the bunker's confines in order to send a message that innocent citizens could not be terrorized with impunity. At the base's lowest level, the soldiers encountered and killed the boss of the Sand Pirates. Eventually, the commandos overloaded the reactor of the base, thereby blowing up the building. The raid disrupted the activities of the Sand Pirates for the time being.
The Sand Pirate Base was a location in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011. The Sand Pirate Base was added to the game upon the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.