Finished the last three stories.
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Doctor Death: The Tale of Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba, by Kenneth C. Flint
This is about the "he doesn't like you, I don't like you either" guys and has a sort of 1950s horror movie feel, but in a Star Wars setting. It has nothing to do with the cantina scene other than a name-check to establish that the film scene took place some time in the past, on a different planet. Not one of my favorites because I'm not really a 1950s horror movie fan, but it kept me interested, if for no other reason than it wasn't really Star Wars per se.
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Drawing the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale, by M. Shayne Bell
I didn't think it was possible for one of the stories to pass the Tonnika Sisters as my favorite, but this one did. It's about a moisture farmer on Tatooine, almost completely unrelated to the cantina scene. This is one of the longer entries in the book, as well as being one of the longer stories, taking place over the course of about two months.
This is a much more cerebral story than Hammertong and for me a nice bookend to the action and suspense of the Tonnika sisters' story. A look at what it's like for all the moisture farmers and how they have to deal with Tusken raiders and Jawas. This is another excellent example, maybe the best, of expanding the Star Wars universe. A definite reread.
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One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid, by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Wolfman's story. I thought this was an interesting take on the guy. It's very much a Star Wars story, but the writing structure had a very Star Trek feel. He comes across as a fairly likeable guy, which I didn't expect, and the story kept me interested. It references all three OT films pretty heavily.
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So anyway, that's it for Tales From The Mos Eisley Cantina. If I were to rank them;
Enjoyed;
When the Desert Wind Turns
Hammertong
Swap Meet
At the Crossroads
We Don't Do Weddings
Play It Again, Figrin D'an
Didn't enjoy;
Soup's On.
Everything else falling somewhere in between.
Next up is Heir To The Empire. I waited too long to order it, so it won't be here until next week. In the interim, I've started Death Star. I've caught a mention or two of prequel events.
I'm interested in the story of the construction and maiden voyage of the Death Star, but not from a prequel point of view. That's a tie-in I don't care to make. If the mentions become too frequent or become more than just name-checks, I'll have to bail.