One could become an Anchoriteif certain vows were taken, while scavengers often used luggabeasts to carry supplies across the desert. Buttes were located in the south in which lichen could be scraped off of to create the alcoholic beverage Knockback Nectar.
An isolated planet located in the Jakku system within the Western Reaches of the galaxy's Inner Rim, Jakku was once a verdant world with forests and water, but some past calamity turned it into a barren globe of scorched badlands and marching dunes. It hosted the Wheel Races in the north and mining operations dotted the planet.
