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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