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Mos Eisley

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one of the primary cities of the modern era on Tatooine, Mos Eisley was also home to one of Tatooine's primary spaceports. Founded about 85 years before the Battle of Yavin, Mos Eisley grew outward from the crash site of the Dowager Queen, as spacefaring companies and individuals realized Tatooine's proximity to existing spacelanes was advantageous. As the popularity of podracing waned, the unofficial capital city of Tatooine was moved from Mos Espa to Mos Eisley. In just a few decades, Mos Eisley's population tripled as businesses took root to offer services to starships and tarvelers who were passing through the system. Some 362 docking bays were built within its boundaries. During much of the Galactic Civil War, Jabba the Hutt used Mos Eisley as a base of operations. The female Whiphid Valarian also used Mos Eisley as a base, keeping Jabba at arm's length. The city was divided into two main sections, the Old Quarter surrounding the wreckage of the Dowager Queen, and the more tourist-friendly areas known as the New Quarter. Ben Kenobi once described Mos Eisley as "...a...wretched hive of scum and villiany". Following the death of Jabba, the city was thrown into a raging chaos. Much of the city was burned and/or looted, and for a time Tatooine was isolated from the major shipping lanes because the spaceport was inaccessible.