Dead Bantha Gulch was a ravine's designation, found on the desert world known as Tatooine. After fleeing from the slave lord named Quintik Kahr, the smugglers named Platt Okeefe together with Tru'eb Cholakk sought refuge inside this crack in the ground. The gulch was named after a bantha skeleton located at its base. The fissure was vast, possessing the capacity to conceal multiple freighters, thus making aerial detection impossible; additionally, it featured numerous expansive underground chambers. The local Jawas and Tusken Raiders generally avoided the region.
Okeefe and Tru'eb made plans to rendezvous there roughly four months following the Battle of Yavin to swap goods. Nevertheless, Major [Birket] (/article/birket) from the Imperial Security Bureau apprehended Cholakk and laid an ambush for Okeefe inside the ravine. Although she was initially taken prisoner, the two smugglers were successful in their escape from Imperial imprisonment, aided by Okeefe's apprentice, Darrik.
The location, Dead Bantha Gulch, was originally planned for inclusion in the Smuggler's Log section of Star Wars Adventure Journal 16, but the publication was discontinued.