The city did not have enough customs officers to keep up with the crime, and even when criminals were caught, they often successfully bribed the officers.
The city was reputed to be a hub for shady persons and illegal activity, notably the smuggling of spice and illegal arms. These same immigrants would later found the planet's future capital, Bestine. They later renamed it to fit with other towns such as Mos Espa and Mos Gamos. Located around the crash site of the Dowager Queen, the survivors of this crash originally named it simply Eisley. It was founded as a substitute for the nearby, yet more expensive, Anchorhead. Mos Eisley was built from the beginning with commerce in mind. The Imperial presence in Mos Eisley in 0 BBY " The city's history actually has a lot to do with a crashed starship, the Dowager Queen, which crashed into the desert flats in the center of what is now the city of Mos Eisley." ― Mayor Mikdanyell Guh'rantt, to a spacer The shops district was close to a hangar, the markets, a warehouse, and a housing complex. To support the constant flow of spacers, Mos Eisley featured a large number of hotels, casinos, and cantinas. The base was located near the cantina and whenever an expansion was required, the Empire would simply level surrounding buildings. Each quarter had individual neighborhoods, such as the rough-and-tumble Tar Mass area.ĭuring the Galactic Civil War, the Empire established a small garrison in Mos Eisley, although this did not help with the city's massive crime rates. Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina served as the hub of the newer quarter. The New Quarter was more tourist-friendly and was a merchant district where tourists could relax (though there was still much crime). Jabba the Hutt also maintained a residence there, known as the Desilijic Complex, since it was difficult to make business from his palace. Mos Eisley was divided into the " New Quarter" and the " Old Quarter." The Old Quarter was originally wheel-shaped and contained a thriving marketplace. Many citizens rode rontos, dewbacks, and other beasts of burden. Streets in the city included Corporation Road, Curved Street, Outer Curved Street, Straight Street, Spacers Row, Paradise Road, Dune Street, and Kerner Plaza. In fact, it had a population of around 40 to 60 thousand people, varying seasonally. The town was really larger than it looked, as a good portion of it lay underground. Illegally parked vessels were not an uncommon sight. By order of the Empire, all of these hangars were equipped with time-lock devices. The city lacked a main landing facility therefore it relied on 362 individual hangars. įrom a distance, the spaceport appeared as a haphazard collage of low-grade duracrete, stone, and plastoid structures that spread outward from a central power and water distribution plant. It could be reached from the high ground to the west via the Sluuce Canyon. Mos Eisley was located in a valley to the east of the Jundland Wastes and roughly 80 kilometers north of Anchorhead, near the desert palace of Jabba the Hutt.
I guess there are worse parts of the anatomy where we could be stuck." ― Lando Calrissian " Mos Eisley is known as the galaxy's armpit.
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