The Anchorhead Tavern, situated in Anchorhead on the desert planet of Tatooine, was a modest cantina that operated during the period of the Galactic Civil War.
During the era of the Galactic Civil War, the Anchorhead Tavern covertly functioned as a base of operations for the Rebel Alliance. Following the Battle of Yavin, Captain Nitra Vendallan of the Rebellion used the cantina as her operational hub, also acting as a Rebel recruitment agent. Furthermore, Lieutenant Jarad Gastin was stationed at the tavern's entrance, seeking individuals sympathetic to the Rebel cause.
In the year 1 ABY, Imperial Lieutenant Sabol sent an operative to infiltrate the cantina with the mission of acquiring documents containing intelligence about the whereabouts of a high-ranking Rebel officer targeted for assassination by the Empire.
At a later point in time, Anetia Kah'ryn, an entertainer, tasked a newly trained performer with the job of performing at the Anchorhead Tavern and extracting information from a patron named Borra Setas regarding criminal activities and the actions of Tusken Raiders in Mos Eisley.
The Anchorhead Tavern made an appearance in Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that was released in 2003. This video game was developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, before its servers were shut down on December 15, 2011.