Pulling together many of the most well-renowned Star Wars authors of the day, Kevin J. Anderson edited this compilation of the stories of the patrons of the infamous wretched hive of scum and villainy. It’s truly a wild tale disparate creatures and characters, humor and horror, triumph and tragedy. It kickstarted a series of five similar collections of short stories that spanned throughout the late ‘90s and stands out as one of the early examples of the EU doing exactly that—expanding the universe.