The Tusken Cave was a cave located on the planet Tatooine. Located close to the Darklighter family's estate, the cave was populated by the indigenous Sand People known as Tusken Raiders.
The Tusken Raiders had only recently took up residence in the cave of the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY.
Luke Skywalker visited the cave by the time of the Battle of Tatooine. He fought Tusken Raiders along with the dangerous creatures, including sand flies and sand slugs, who inhabited the cave.
The Tusken Cave, with the Darklighter estate in the distance
Located nearby the Darklighter estate, Dera Darklighter, the daughter of Huff Darklighter, subsequently became obsessed with the Tusken Raiders who began inhabiting the cave. In 1 ABY, she set out into the desert to investigate the situation, much to the chagrin of her father who feared for her safety. In order to make sure she was all right, Huff tasked a spacer with locating his daughter. The spacer did locate Dera, who only expressed annoyance at her father's lack of trust in her abilities. Nonetheless, Dera wished to use the spacer's skills to eliminate the Tuskens in the cave, as they posed a threat to the area.
The interior of the Tusken Cave
The Tuskens who inhabited the cave were especially vile. The spacer agreed to help the young woman, and eliminated at least two dozen Tusken Flesh Renders and Blood Hunters. However, in order to slow the Tusken Raider attacks sufficiently enough until a strong force could be brought against them, the vile Tusken chieftain would need to be eliminated. Ultimately, he too was killed by the superior expertise of the spacer. With the Tusken threat diminished, Dera was assured that they would be slowed down enough until a larger fighting force could finish them off completely.
The Tusken Cave 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 Tusken Cave was added to the game as part of the revamped Darklighter's Estate questline, introduced with the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.
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