Mos Eisley
A dusty haven for smugglers on the edge of the galaxy.
Mos Eisley is a spaceport town on the planet Tatooine in the fictional Star Wars universe. It appears in the 2019 television series The Mandalorian, in "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger". In that episode, the Mandalorian is forced to set down in Mos Eisley for repairs after a space battle with another bounty hunter. To pay for the repairs, he goes to a local cantina to look for a bounty, meeting a rookie bounty hunter named Toro Calican there.
Quick Facts
- First
- Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (novel); Star Wars (film)
- Last
- The Book of Boba Fett (TV series)
- Creator
- George Lucas, John Mollo
- Genre
- Space opera
- Located in
- Planet Tatooine
- Races
- Humans; various non-human species
Lore & Background
In The Mandalorian, Mos Eisley serves as a repair stop for the Mandalorian after a space battle. He lands there to get his ship fixed and must find work to cover the cost. At a local cantina, he encounters Toro Calican, a rookie bounty hunter who hires him to help locate Fennec Shand, a dangerous mercenary. The pair track Shand just beyond the Dune Sea and apprehend her.
However, when the Mandalorian goes to retrieve transport, Shand tries to turn Calican against him by revealing the Mandalorian's past betrayal of the bounty hunter guild to rescue a child. Calican mortally wounds Shand and decides to capture the Mandalorian and the child to collect all three bounties. The Mandalorian overcomes Calican, rescues the child and Peli, a mechanic who was repairing his ship and watching the child. He gives Peli the reward for Shand as payment for the repairs, then departs Tatooine with the child.
Reader's Guide
Mos Eisley appears in the 2019 Star Wars television series The Mandalorian, specifically in "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger". In this episode, the Mandalorian is forced to set down in Mos Eisley for repairs after a space battle with another bounty hunter. To pay for the repairs, the Mandalorian goes to a local cantina to look for a bounty. There, he meets a rookie bounty hunter, Toro Calican, who hires him to help locate Fennec Shand, a dangerous mercenary.
The pair locate Shand just beyond the Dune Sea and apprehend her. However, when the Mandalorian goes to retrieve transport for them, Shand tries to turn Calican against him by telling Calican about the Mandalorian turning against the bounty hunter guild to rescue the child. Calican mortally wounds Shand and decides to capture the Mandalorian and the child and collect all three bounties. The Mandalorian, however, is able to overcome Calican and rescue the child and Peli, a mechanic that was repairing his ship and watching the child. The Mandalorian gives Peli the reward for Shand as payment for the repairs and he and the child depart Tatooine.
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