History Literature / TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina

* PoorCommunicationKills the [[spoiler:CorruptBureaucrat]], ironically thus saving the galaxy from Sidious, IG-88, and the Yuuzhan Vong (in that order).

* TooDumbToLive: Greedo, for obvious reasons, [[spoiler:Trevagg]], for trying to court a H'nemthe female and being unaware of a rather vital aspect of their mating rituals.

* ShoutOut: For smuggling some information from one Rebel spy to another, Kabe and Muftak are paid partly in letters of transit, which allow them to leave Tatooine. As they go, Kabe says she's thankful they'll never again have to hear the cantina band's terrible rendition of "The Sequential Passage of Chronological Intervals," an ExpospeakGag of the title "As Time Goes By." Together with the letters of transit, and the story's title, "Play It Again, Figrin D'an," this is a clear reference to ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''.

%%* TheUriahGambit: [[spoiler:Greedo's]] death.

* TrappedByGamblingDebts: Figrin D'an is a total GamblingAddict, and his inability to resist a card game has gotten his band in trouble thrice over. First, Doikk hints that his gambling is what got the Model Nodes stuck playing at Jabba's palace to begin with. Then, what tempts Figrin into breaking their contract and playing for Lady Valarian are the tables in ''The Lucky Despot.'' Finally, Figrin loses almost all of the band's instruments to Labria in a Sabaac game, as Labria had marked the cards with colors bith can't see, but devish can, thus leaving them forced to play at the cantina.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Think back to the cantina scene in ''Film/ANewHope''. ''They all have a story here.''

* DistractAndDisarm: Momaw Nadon lures an Imperial captain into an alley and threatens to kill him. The captain laughs ruthlessly and says, "You can't kill me with a blaster set to {{Stun|Guns}}." Momaw knows he set the blaster to Kill, but fears he may have knocked the setting aside, and looks. Of course, it ''is'' set on Kill, but he has lost his chance, and the captain shoots him. (Luckily, his blaster ''is'' set on Stun.)

* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: Momaw Nadon lures an Imperial lieutenant into an alley and threatens to kill him. Lieutenant Alima laughs ruthlessly and says, "You can't kill me with a blaster set to {{Stun|Guns}}." Momaw knows he set the blaster to Kill, but fears he may have knocked the setting aside, and looks. Of course, it ''is'' set on Kill, but he has lost his chance, and Alima shoots him. (Luckily, his blaster ''is'' set on Stun.)

* FantasticRacism: Wuher despises droids at the start of his story because in his mind they're the only lower thing than he is and thus the only thing he can legitimately hate. He has a change of heart when he realizes droids can be useful. Chalmun the Wookiee, who owns the cantina, doesn't much like them either, but only because they take up space which could go to paying customers.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Han Solo, Wuher.
* KarmaHoudini: Navik the Red never faces any punishment for the genocide of Greedo's clan (at least until Rodia [[Literature/NewJediOrder falls to the Yuuzhan Vong]]).

* BolivianArmyEnding: Het Nkik, a Jawa who's sick of his species being everyone's ChewToy, buys a blaster and goes after an Imperial patrol after they kill his friend (one of the Jawas who sold R2-D2 and C-3PO to the Larses). His story, written by Creator/KevinJAnderson, ends with him jumping out of hiding and repeatedly firing at the stormtroopers. The next story, written by Anderson's wife Rebecca Moesta, makes it into a [[spoiler:ShaggyDogStory with TheReveal that a Ranat [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets stole his blaster's power pack]]. And then the story after that goes straight into ShootTheShaggyDog when one of the stormtroopers kills Het Nkik for, essentially, being annoying. But at least that's the last straw for Davin Felth, who decides to defect soon after.]]

%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Han Solo, Wuher.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Han Solo, Wuher.

* DivideAndConquer: In "The Moisture Farmer's Tale", the titular character tries to make peace with the Sand People. He realizes that they will leave moisture farmers' alone if offered some water, and attack them as the farms have been unintentionally encroaching on their land. However, while getting a woman who they had recently kidnapped released, stormtroopers attack the Sand People, destroying that possibility. She then tells him that the Empire wants them all divided with trouble on the planet, as then they won't unite or realize that the Empire is the real enemy. He decides to join the Rebellion over this, and hopes to show the others this is true.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The only thing that stops Lieutenant Alima from killing Momaw Nadon after the latter's murder attempt is the fact that he's using Momaw to find C-Threepio and R2-D2. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown He does take the time to beat the crap out of him,]] [[ForTheEvulz
after already killing one of his Baffor Trees with which he was able to communicate. And explicitly threatened to kill everything Momaw Nadon held dear if he didn't deliver on the droids.]]

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The only thing that stops Lieutenant Alima from killing Momaw Nadon after the latter's murder attempt is the fact that he's using Momaw to find C-Threepio and R2-D2. He does take the time to beat the crap out of him, after already killing one of his Baffor Trees with which he was able to communicate. And explicitly threatened to kill everything Momaw Nadon held dear if he didn't deliver on the droids.

** Wuher brews the remains of Greedo into an especially strong drink which he hopes will gain him the favor of Jabba the Hutt.

* AssholeVictim: Feltipern Trevagg is a corrupt revenuer who swindles citizens out of their homes, helps sell people out to the Empire, and was planning to sexually exploit a naïve young tourist. His fate is to be [[spoiler: eaten alive by said tourist shortly after they have sex. Should've done some research on their mating customs]].

* BolivianArmyEnding: Het Nkik, a Jawa who's sick of his species being everyone's ChewToy, buys a blaster and goes after an Imperial patrol after they kill his friend (one of the Jawas who sold R2-D2 and C-3PO to the Larses). His story, written by Creator/KevinJAnderson, ends with him jumping out of hiding and repeatedly firing at the stormtroopers. The next story, written by Anderson's wife Rebecca Moesta, makes it into a [[spoiler:ShaggyDogStory with TheReveal that a Ranat [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets stole his blaster's power pack]]. And then the story after that goes straight into ShootTheShaggyDog when one of the stormtroopers kills Het Nkik for, essentially, being annoying. But at least that's the last straw for Davin Felth, who decides to defect soon after.]]

* BuyOrGetLost: One of the reasons Wuher's boss hated droids is because they'll just taking up space that could be used for paying customers, since they don't drink. Though like the [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack original film]] implies, FantasticRacism might be a factor as well.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Imperial Stormtrooper Davin Felth sees what TheEmpire is really like and [[spoiler:vows to become [[TheMole.a mole]]]]

** Trevagg is about to put out a bounty on his assistant Balu to avoid sharing the reward he anticipates getting form the capture of Obi-Wan Kenobi, when [[spoiler: He gets murdered by his new bride]], with Balu being none the wiser.

* TheUriahGambit: [[spoiler:Greedo's]] death.

* BolivianArmyEnding: Het Nkik, a Jawa who's sick of his species being everyone's ChewToy, buys a blaster and goes after an Imperial patrol after they kill his friend (one of the Jawas who sold R2-D2 and C-3PO to the Larses). His story, written by Creator/KevinJAnderson, ends with him jumping out of hiding and repeatedly firing at the stormtroopers. The next story, written by Anderson's wife Rebecca Moesta, makes it into a [[spoiler:ShaggyDogStory with TheReveal that a Ranat [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets stole his blaster's power pack]]. And then the story after that goes straight into ShootTheShaggyDog when one of the stormtroopers kills Het Nkik for, essentially, being annoying. But at least that's the last straw for Davin Felth, who decides to defect soon after.]]

* BuyOrGetLost: One of the reasons Wuher's boss hated droids is because they'll just take up space that could be used for paying customers, since they don't drink. Though like the [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack original film]] implies, FantasticRacism might be a factor as well.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Imperial Stormtrooper Davin Felth sees what TheEmpire is really like and [[spoiler:vows to become [[TheMole a mole]]]].

* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: Lady Valarian's wedding, due to half the (uninvited) guests being Jabba the Hutt's henchmen and the casino where it is being held being raided by the Imperials for illegal gambling. All of the major characters except for Valarian's fiancé get away pretty much unscathed, although Wuher does get shot in the nose.