Lower City

The Lower City was one of the metropolises that covered the city world Taris approximately 4,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. It was home to Taris's under-privileged classes particularly Alien species. The Lower City is located beneath the towering skyscrapers of Taris. The Lower City is dominated by slums and its streets are littered by filth and refuse.

Control over the Lower City streets was the subject of rivalry between swoop gangs — gangs whose pilots competed in swoop racing, a popular kind of sport on Taris and some other planets, among them Tatooine and Manaan. The most notable swoop gangs were the Hidden Beks, led by Gadon Thek, and the Black Vulkars, led by Gadon's adopted son Brejik.