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All of this is done so that the audience can see the heroes in uncomfortable settings. Similarly, Obi-Wan and Anakin are forced to chase Zam Wesell through the Outlander Club, and Han and Rey are forced to go to Takodana Castle for Maz’s help. Luke and Obi-Wan don’t go there by choice, but out of necessity. The Mos Eisley cantina serves to contrast the heroes of the story by placing them in the midst of an unsavory crowd. Star Wars needs characters like Han Solo and Cassian Andor who come from shady backgrounds and are won over and join the cause for good in the end. Characters like Han Solo - who is initially only after money - wouldn’t exist or be a focus of the story. Having no third party with its own interests, Star Wars would simply be about the Rebels overthrowing the Empire. It is clear that the Mos Eisley cantina both broadened the scope of Star Wars while also introducing the underbelly of the galaxy, and without it, A New Hope would have defaulted to a binary story. For example, the Outlander Club on Coruscant that Obi-Wan and Anakin chase Zam Wesell through in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Cloneshas a similar atmosphere to the Mos Eisley cantina, though its inhabitants are likely much richer. The Mos Eisley cantina began the tradition of unsavory characters inhabiting the shady places of the Star Wars universe - something that almost every trilogy and spinoff has continued in one way or another. Related: The Mandalorian: Why IG-88’s Head Is In The Mos Eisley Cantina Rather than seek lofty goals of peace or power, most of the cantina’s residents are there for money, drugs, or pleasure.

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The Mos Eisley cantina is full of characters who embody George Lucas’s vision of the Star Wars underworld. All the while, the shady characters of the cantina have a much simpler - but deadlier - goal in life. But this line shows the audience that there are other things going on in the galaxy than just the Empire versus the Rebels.Ĭharacters like Darth Vader attempt to gain power and control over the galaxy, while Princess Leia and the Rebels attempt to steal and destroy that power from the corrupt Empire. And that Evazan himself has the death sentence on 12 systems, which at first seems like something he shouldn’t brag about.

Looking to cause a fight due to his drunkenness, Evazan tells Luke that he and his Aqualish compatriot Ponda Baba are both wanted men. Cornelius Evazan also hints at how wide the galaxy is after bumping into Luke in the cantina. Wuher isn’t the only character in the Mos Eisley cantina who has more going on in his life than what meets the eye. What was originally a throwaway line by Wuher in A New Hope continues to inspire the creation of other Star Wars characters today. In fact, much of Mando's backstory is actually similar to Wuher in that they both lost their family to battle droids during the Clone Wars. This attribute was unique to his character at the time, and later, the Mandalorian shares his hatred for droids.

One of the first conflicts in the Mos Eisley cantina is when the bartender, Wuher, tells Luke that C-3PO and R2-D2 need to wait outside because he doesn’t serve droids.

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