Anchorhead is the Rebel stronghold city for Tatooine. Rebels will always be in control of the city, even if Imperials are winning the war on the planet and have control of all other cities. Anchorhead can be considered a failed mining site. It was one of the first settlements on Tatooine, and was constantly being retaken by miners. Every time though, the miners would abandon the site seeing that the ore was of poor quality. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, it was repopulated and was often visited by Luke Skywalker and his friends. The city lost tourists interest because of the neighboring cities Mos Eisley and Mos Espa.