Dowager Queen/Legends

The Dowager Queen, or "Jah Dowahga Kwee-Kunee" in Huttese, was a colony ship from Bestine IV that crash-landed on the planet of Tatooine in 100 BBY.
==History==
At the time of the Dowager Queen arrival at Tatooine, Mos Espa was small enough that the crew didn't notice it, and assuming that the planet was uninhabited they attempted to land, where a sandstorm wreaked havoc on the power, display, and guidance systems on the Queen, causing it to crash.
Captain Lis Kaslan and the other survivors—the original "colonists"—built their first city, Eisley, out of the wreckage, while others who left went to found Bestine Settlement. The original inhabitants of Tatooine later renamed the city "Mos Eisley" to coincide with Mos Espa.
The city of Mos Eisley grew up around the wreck. As buildings were constructed, the ship remained in its place, standing nearly vertically in the sand. It was later made into a first-class hotel, because of both its novelty and location at the intersection of Dune Street and Inner Curved Street. The hotel became popular during conventions and trade shows that came to Tatooine.
Many Jawas, Ranats, and other rodent-like species (as well as homeless, beggars, and junkies) lived in the wreckage prior to the conversion.
==Behind the scenes==
The Dowager Queen was originally intended to be the wreckage in front of the entrance to Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. It was first identified by name in the roleplaying game sourcebook Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley, written by Martin Wixted for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and published in 1993.
In 1998, the reference book Star Wars Encyclopedia retroactively established the Dowager Queen as a different ship in the 1997 Special Edition release of A New Hope.Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
*Star Wars: Battlefront
*Star Wars: Battlefront II
*Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
*Shadow Games
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*Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
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*"The Jabba Tape"
===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
*LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
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==Notes and references==
Category:Colony ships
Category:Crash sites
Category:Hotels
Category:Mos Eisley locations