GENERAL INFORMATION
Constructed: 100 BBY
Builder: Dowager Queen colonists
Planet: Tatooine
Location: 800 km north of Anchorhead
MONOPOLY STATS
Rent value (default): 2 Credits
Rent value (1 settlement): 10 Credits
Rent value (2 settlements): 30 Credits
Rent value (3 settlements): 90 Credits
Rent value (4 settlements): 160 Credits
Rent value (with City): 250 Credits
Mortgage value: 30 Credits
Purchase value: 60 Credits
Cost of Settlement/City: 50 Credits
CHARACTERISTICS
Mos Eisley was a large spaceport town on the planet Tatooine. It was the largest settlement on the planet. Mos Eisley was located roughly 80 kilometers north of Anchorhead, near the desert palace of Jabba the Hutt.
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, the original hub of the city, and Chalmun's Cantina. Jabba the Hutt also maintained a residence there, since it was difficult to make business from his palace. 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.
During 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. Whenever an expansion of the base was required, the Empire would simply bulldoze surrounding houses.
To support the constant flow of spacers, Mos Eisley featured a large number of hotels, casinos, and cantinas.
HISTORY
Mos Eisley was built from the beginning with commerce in mind. It was founded as a substitute for the nearby, yet more expensive, Anchorhead. Located around the crash site of the Dowager Queen, the survivors of this crash 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.
Because Tatooine is a desert planet, availability of water is at a premium and the sewers are very small. To reprocess water quickly, it was decided that the sewers should use a Bunkard system. Unfortunately, it was prone to leaking and often led to Bunkard Sewer Disorder, which native Falynn Sandskimmer once contracted as a youth.
During the Galactic Civil War, the "hive of scum and villainy" became a target of notorious Imperial officer Grand Moff Wilhuff 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.
Chalmun's Cantina played a crucial role in these times, as the establishment was where Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi met Han Solo and Chewbacca in their quest to get to Alderaan in order to deliver the Death Star plans to the Alliance. The Imperials also searched Mos Eisley for R2-D2 and C-3PO, the holders of the missing Death Star plans.
