Mos Eisley/Legends



"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

Mos Eisley (pronounced /məʊs 'aɪzliː/) was a large spaceport town on the planet Tatooine. It was located roughly 50 miles north from Anchorhead, near the desert palace of Jabba the Hutt. It was also the home of Chalmun's cantina, the establishment where Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi met Han Solo and Chewbacca, the Jango Fett Arena, the Ubrikkian Trade Tower, and an Imperial Garrison Base.

From a distance, the spaceport looked like a haphazard collage of low-grade concrete, stone, and plastoid structures that spread outward, like the spokes of a wheel, from a central power-and-water distribution plant. Also, at a distance, the smooth circular depressions of launch stations pockmarked the landscape like craters. In all, there were 362 docking bays, one of which was the landing spot of the Millennium Falcon.

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

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.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
 * Shadows of the Empire
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi