 In 2015, the US space agency NASA published an article which stated that many of the newly discovered astronomical bodies possessed scientifically confirmed properties that are similar to planets in the fictional "Star Wars" universe.Among them, the planets TOI 1338 b, Kepler-16b and Kepler-453b have been likened to Tatooine because they have been discovered orbiting binary star systems.The desert planet of Jakku in the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy film "The Force Awakens" (2015) has been noted as being very similar to Tatooine.