Mos Eisley/Legends

"Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

Mos Eisley (pronounced /məʊs 'aɪzliː/) was a large spaceport town on the planet Tatooine.

Located roughly 50 miles north of Anchorhead, near the desert palace of Jabba the Hutt, it played a crucial role in the Galactic Civil War as the home of Chalmun's cantina, the establishment where Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi met Han Solo and Chewbacca.

Geography
From a distance, the spaceport appeared as a haphazard collage of low-grade concrete, stone, and plastoid structures that spread outward from a central power and water distribution plant. With no central docking facility, the smooth circular depressions of Mos Eisley's 362 docking bays pockmarked the landscape like craters.

The town was really larger than it looked, as a good portion of it lay underground. In fact, it had a population of around 40 to 60 thousand people, varying seasonally.

Streets in the city included Corporation Road, Curved Street, Outer Curved Street, Straight Street, Spacers Row, Paradise Road, Dune Street, and Kerner Plaza. Many citizens rode rontos, dewbacks and other beasts of burden.

The city was divided into the "New Quarter" and the "Old Quarter". The Old Quarter contained the wreckage of the Dowager Queen and Chalmun's cantina. Jabba also maintained a residence there. The New Quarter was more tourist friendly and was a merchant district where tourists could relax (though there was still much crime). Each quarter had individual neighborhoods, such as the rough-and-tumble Tar Mass area.

To support the constant flow of spacers, Mos Eisley featured a large number of hotels, casinos and cantinas.

History
It had been built from the beginning with commerce in mind, founded as a substitute for the nearby, yet more expensive, Anchorhead. It was founded around the crash site of the Dowager Queen, whose survivors originally named it simply "Eisley". They later renamed it to fit with other towns such as Mos Espa, and Mos Gamos. These same immigrants would later found the planet's future capital, Bestine.

During the Galactic Civil War, the hive of scum and villainy became a target of notorious Imperial officer Moff Tarkin, who had been tasked with controlling the Outer Rim by Emperor Palpatine prior to the Battle of Yavin. He began his conquest on the outskirts of Mos Eisley, seeing the city as an ideal outpost for their operations. Unfortunately for the Imperials, the Rebel Alliance had their own outpost station in nearby Anchorhead, and moved to intercept the Empire, thus the First Battle of Tatooine ensued.

Though the Empire emerged victorious from the desert battle, their task force was considerably diminished, and their eventual presence in Mos Eisley was less than had been expected. This came back to haunt the Empire, as R2-D2 and C-3PO slipped through the cracks in what would otherwise have been a mighty security force. The Rebel presence in Mos Eisley was finally routed during the latter part of the battle.

Locations

 * Bargoon Tatooni
 * Buzzee's
 * City jail
 * Corporations Road
 * Court of Fountain
 * Crystal Moon Restaurant
 * The Cutting Edge Clinic
 * Dewback Stables
 * Dim-U Monastery
 * Docking Bay 35
 * Docking Bay 83
 * Docking Bay 86
 * Docking Bay 87
 * Docking Bay 92
 * Docking Bay 94
 * Dockside Cafe
 * Doe See'ybark Bootana
 * Dowager Queen wreckage
 * Dune Street
 * Foamwander Spa
 * Gardulla Oola
 * Gap's Grill
 * Heff's Souvenirs
 * Hutt Chuba's
 * Imperial garrison base
 * Inner Curved Street
 * Jabba's town house
 * Jango Fett Arena
 * Jawa Traders
 * Jeh Bonegnawer
 * Kayson's Weapon Shop
 * Kerner Plaza
 * Krayt Cantina
 * The Krayt Dragon Lounge
 * Lucky Despot
 * Lup's General Store
 * Marketplace
 * Masse Goskey's famous Arms Emporium
 * Methane Fix Cantina
 * The House of Momaw Nadon
 * Mo' Moolee Rah
 * Mos Eisley Cantina
 * Mos Eisley Inn
 * Mos Eisley Spaceport Control Tower
 * Motel Nebulus
 * Notsub Shipping Company
 * Notsub Security
 * Outer Curved Street
 * Paradise Road
 * Police Station
 * Poodoo Lounge
 * Power Station
 * Headquarters of Quebe-Luxfause Systems
 * Regional Government Offices
 * Ruillia's Insulated Rooms
 * Spaceport Customs
 * Spaceport Express
 * Spaceport Hotel
 * Spaceport Speeders
 * Spacers Row
 * Star Chamber Café
 * Straight Street
 * Tar Mass
 * Tatooni Booka
 * Tatooine Militia building
 * Transport Depot
 * U Wanna Wanna
 * Ubrikkian trade tower
 * Zygian's Banking Concern