Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (edited by) Kevin J. Anderson (1995)

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina Wail that Jizz Summary: This is a collection of (surprisingly connected) short stories set at the cantina around the time of Luke and Obi Wan's visit during A New Hope . What it introduces: This is the archetypical "give a name and two sentences of detail to every single thing" book. I guess the biggest things are: Chalmun's Cantina: The cantina from ANH gets a lot of detail. It's owned by Chalmun, a wookie with a funny mustache. He's got to notify his neighbors when he moves into 12 systems. Jawa and Sand People biology/culture: Jawas have fortresses as well as sand crawlers. Sand People have some of amount of trade/language. Neither one are human, biologically. Jizz: It's bar music. Tatooine Politics: Lady Valarian is a rival crime boss based out of a space ship on Mos Eisley Speed Round: With 16 stories, I'm just going to speed round each one with a mini summary/commentary/review We Don't Do Weddings: The...