The Mos Eisley cantina is a dimly-lit tavern known for its strong drinks, hot tunes, and occasional outbreaks of shocking violence. Most star pilots visiting Tatooine spend their downtime in the cantina, making it an ideal spot to hire a starship's crew.

In the last years of theRepublic, the Mos Eisley cantina was already infamous as a hangout forHutt hirelings, bounty hunters, freighter bums and down-on-their-luck spacers of all descriptions. In its dim confines a traveler could avoid bothTatooine’s heat and unwelcome questions about the past. But the cantina’s patrons knew to watch their backs – many an encounter in the shadowy bar ended with a spasm of violence and a body on the floor.

The cantina’s bad reputation had grown worse by the time of theEmpire, with thugs of all species calling the dusty watering hole their home away from home. But the cantina was also a favorite stopping place for star pilots looking to run cargo or arrange a charter – which is whyObi-Wan Kenobi visited the bar withLuke Skywalker. Obi-Wan hoped to find a star pilot who’d bring him, the boy and PrincessLeia’s droids toAlderaan, without asking a lot of questions. Within the crowd of aliens, Obi-Wan and Luke would cross paths with Han Solo andChewbacca, down-on-their-luck smugglers destined to become rebel heroes.
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