Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina

This article is about the Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina anthology. You may be looking for the Star Wars: Tales from Mos Eisley comic.

"Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."
"I'm ready for anything."
―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker, quoted in Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina[3]

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina is a Star Wars Legends anthology book featuring sixteen short stories set in and around Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina. It was edited by Kevin J. Anderson, and it was first published in July 1995 by Bantam Spectra. The book was followed by Tales from Jabba's Palace and reprinted in the 1997 compilation book Star Wars: Tales omnibus.

Publisher's summary

In a far corner of the universe, on the small desert planet of Tatooine, there is a dark, nic-i-tain–filled cantina where you can down your favorite intoxicant while listening to the best jizz riffs in the universe. But beware your fellow denizens of this pangalactic watering hole, for they are cutthroats and cutpurses, assassins and troopers, humans and aliens, gangsters and thieves....

Contents

Title Author(s) Character(s)
"We Don't Do Weddings: The Band's Tale" Kathy Tyers Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes
"A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale" Tom Veitch and Martha Veitch Greedo
"Hammertong: The Tale of the 'Tonnika Sisters'" Timothy Zahn Brea Tonnika and Senni Tonnika
"Play It Again, Figrin D'an: The Tale of Muftak and Kabe" A. C. Crispin Muftak and Kabe
"The Sand Tender: The Hammerhead's Tale" Dave Wolverton Momaw Nadon
"Be Still My Heart: The Bartender's Tale" David Bischoff Wuher
"Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale" Barbara Hambly Feltipern Trevagg and M'iiyoom Onith
"Empire Blues: The Devaronian's Tale" Daniel Keys Moran Kardue'sai'Malloc
"Swap Meet: The Jawa's Tale" Kevin J. Anderson Het Nkik
"Trade Wins: The Ranat's Tale" Rebecca Moesta Reegesk
"When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale" Doug Beason Davin Felth
"Soup's On: The Pipe Smoker's Tale" Jennifer Roberson Dannik Jerriko
"At the Crossroads: The Spacer's Tale" Jerry Oltion BoShek
"Doctor Death: The Tale of Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba" Kenneth C. Flint Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba
"Drawing the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale" M. Shayne Bell Ariq Joanson
"One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid" Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens Lak Sivrak and Dice Ibegon

Media

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Editions

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Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion
  2. ↑ Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
  3. ↑ PenguinRandomHouse-Logo Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina: Star Wars Legends on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (eBook)

External links

Tales series
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina · Tales from Jabba's Palace
Tales of the Bounty Hunters · Tales from the Empire · Tales from the New Republic
Other
The Band's Tale audio drama · The Lovers' Tale audio drama · Star Wars: Tales (SFBC)
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