Post by: AngelOfThyNight on May 02, 2017, 11:42:16 AM
Luke Skywalker wasn't just a farmer. In the original 1977 Star Wars film, the lead character was desperate to leave his home planet of Tatooine, where his family farmed moisture from the atmosphere using devices called "vaporators". In the planet's hot and dry desert landscape, moisture farming was an important activity for survival.
Source: How 'Star Wars'-style farming could become reality (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/a9GVlIC5WQQ/index.html)