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Mos Espa

Legends Canon version → Linked from 383 articles

Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

Mos Espa was a spaceport on Tatooine. It was the home of Anakin and Shmi Skywalker and also held the famous Mos Espa Grand Arena, at which the annual Boonta Eve Classic podrace was held, and the location of Watto's shop.

Text and facts from the “Mos Espa/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Constructed
80 BBY
Celestialbody
Tatooine
Location
Near the Dune Sea
Climate
Desert
Interest
Mos Espa Grand Arena
Mos Espa marketplace
Watto's Shop
Akim's Munch
Slave Quarters Row
Affiliations
Hutt Cartel
Gardulla the Elder's criminal empire
Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire
Galactic Empire

Appearances

51 works, in story order
  1. Episode I Adventures 5: The Ghostling Children
  2. Episode I Adventures 6: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker
  3. Episode I Adventures 7: Capture Arawynne
  4. Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine
  5. Catch That Pit Droid!
  6. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  7. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace novelization (first appearance)
  8. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace junior novelization
  9. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace Movie Storybook
  10. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace video game
  11. Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 2
  12. Episode I: Anakin Skywalker
  13. Droids Everywhere!
  14. Jar Jar's Mistake
  15. Podracing Tales
  16. Star Wars: Episode I Racer
  17. Episode I: Qui-Gon Jinn
  18. Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 3
  19. Episode I: The Phantom Menace ½
  20. Episode I: Obi-Wan Kenobi (in a flashback)
  21. End Game (mentioned only)
  22. Bad Business
  23. Star Wars (1998) 8 (mentioned only)
  24. Star Wars (1998) 12 (mentioned only)
  25. Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (mentioned only)
  26. Star Wars (1998) 20 (in a vision)
  27. Jedi Quest: Path to Truth (in a flashback)
  28. Jedi Quest 2 (in a flashback)
  29. The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing
  30. Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap (in a vision)
  31. Star Wars: Racer Revenge
  32. Star Wars Adventures 3: The Hostage Princess (mentioned only)
  33. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  34. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones novelization
  35. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones junior novelization
  36. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Movie Storybook
  37. Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones 3
  38. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
  39. Star Wars: The Clone Wars novelization (mentioned only)
  40. Boba Fett: Hunted
  41. Star Wars: The New Droid Army
  42. The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Crisis on Coruscant
  43. The Wrath of Darth Maul (in a flashback)
  44. MedStar II: Jedi Healer (mentioned only)
  45. Labyrinth of Evil (mentioned only)
  46. 7.13 (in a flashback)
  47. Snow Job
  48. Rebel Force: Renegade (mentioned only)
  49. Pearls in the Sand (mentioned only)
  50. The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (in a flashback)
  51. Tatooine Ghost
Non-canon appearances: 8
  1. The Revenge of Tag & Bink (mentioned only)
  2. Urchins
  3. LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
  4. Old Wounds (in a flashback)
  5. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
  6. LEGO Star Wars: The Phantom Menace DK Reader
  7. LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles video game
  8. Bantha Shakes

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