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Inside one of its many popular tapcafe

The moon was protected by often-malfunctioning planetary shields. Anything illegal elsewhere could be bought and sold on Nar Shaddaa, and many young smugglers, pirates and criminals started their careers on the Smugglers' Moon. Various sections of Nar Shaddaa were controlled by the Hutts and other criminal organizations.

Sections of the urbanized moon's vertical city included the Duros sector, the Rodian Sector and the Corellian sector, which contained three bars popular with bounty hunters - the Burning Deck, the Slag Pit, and the Meltdown Café (famous for selling bitter, syrupy drinks known as Tatooine Sunburns), and another corner tavern called the Orange Lady.

The Duros Sector around 5 ABY

After the fall of the Trade Federation and the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Duros Sector fell into disrepair and malaise, assuming the character of the rest of the moon. Many Neimoidians living there assumed the identity of Duros.

By the early years of the Empire, the sector had become abandoned, inhabited only by semi-intelligent predators. It then became known as the Old Duros Sector.

One of the busy back-alley residential areas

This sector housed many public merchant areas and an ill-kept warehouse district located along the perimeter of an expansive thoroughfare. The most profitable enterprise found in this region was the gambling industry. The entire city reeked of refuse and debris as repulsorlift garbage scows floated from level to level collecting garbage. The Sector could be reached by a secret tunnel entrance from the Duros Sector.

Though dominated politically and economically by the Hutts and Corellian-descended Humans, people of many species lived in the Corellian Sector. One of the more populated habitats within the Corellian Sector was the public housing area and the machine shops atop Level 88. Outlaw tech Shug Ninx and his assistant Warb maintained their own repair workshop in this area and bartered for everything from power couplings for YT-1300 light freighters to heavy-duty hull plating for Starjammer IZX Freight Hauler.

Crime was abundant in the Corellian Sector, but the authorities at Corellian Port Control largely ignored the smaller offenses and partially encouraged the occasional bounty killing. Professional hunters such as Boba Fett and Dengar were able to find easy work tracking down wanted criminals throughout the various city-levels.

Han Solo spent part of his early career as a smuggler on Nar Shaddaa. There, he learned the tricks of the smuggling trade from some of the galaxy's best smugglers such as Salla Zend, Shug Ninx and Roa. He had an apartment on the Smuggler's Moon, which was maintained by his old house-keeping droid ZZ-4Z, but after he decided to leave the moon for the Corporate Sector, it was left unused. The Rodian bounty hunter Greedo and his family, members of the Tetsu Clan who had fled Rodia's clan wars, also lived in Level 88.

The Landings - a main shuttle landing area

The Red Sector was an area of Nar Shaddaa known for its illicit entertainment.

Ko Hentota

Ko Hentota was a district of Nar Shaddaa. A large ventilation nexus was buried in the lower levels. For a time in 22 BBY the Circus Horrificus ran out of this nexus until an arqet escaped and attacked 12 spectators.

The Refugee Sector

The Refugee Sector was an area of Nar Shaddaa delegated to millions of refugees from the Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War. It was mostly a construct of cargo containers and prefabricated structures. The conditions were horrendous and the refugees were ruled over by brutal Serroco thugs and The Exchange.

The Jedi Exile visited the Refugee Sector in her search for Jedi Master Zez-Kai Ell, and in doing so decapitated the local leadership of both illegal factions, negotiating with the Serroco commander, and killing Saquesh and his men. It is unknown if the Exchange tried to reassert control over the Refugee Sector, but it is unlikely. Thus, though the refugees did continue to exist on a shoelace, their conditions improved greatly.

Several roleplays have taken place on the planet.

• All Night Diner - in which Sanis Prent and Cirrsseeto Raurrssatta pick up a navigator in James Prent, a native of Nar Shaddaa who was working as a waitress.
• Emergence:Strange Bedfellows - in which Serena Laran and Rhianna are forced to stop at Nar Shaddaa for some much needed repairs to Serena's Republic era yacht.
• Bullet to the Head: The Story of Xel-Naga - a little background on Xel-Naga, a bounty hunter/enforcer from Nar Shaddaa.
• Run Lupine Run - in which Arya Ravenwing is followed by Vega Van-Derveld as she starts her 'mission' for Khendon Sevon and R. S. Esalis.
• Hired Help - in which Hawkins Grime recruits a hired gun.
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