Photos: Logan Square Bar Transforms Into Mos Eisley Cantina For One Magical Night
By Emma G. Gallegos in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 17, 2015 6:53PM
Wednesday night The Whistler transformed into a watering hole for the wretched hive of scum and villainy of Mos Eisley in anticipation of The Force Awakens.
The Outer Rim used to have the kind of dives where you could take out a bounty hunter without anyone blinking an eye. But boy, has this place changed! There was a line around the block, and patrons waited hours just to get in:
Star wars fans aren't playing. Line at the whistler in chicago. #StarWars pic.twitter.com/o4t9nPsX04
— Jeff Orr (@JeffOrr773) December 17, 2015Near the end of a two block-long line for the #StarWars party at @WhistlerChicago ... Hope, I have not. pic.twitter.com/pctjJCNZ9k
— Katie Foran-McHale (@kforanmchale) December 16, 2015Even princesses weren't allowed to bypass the line:
We Waited in Line With Han, Chewie and R2-D2 at Mos Eisley Cantina https://t.co/eJrPoEy66S pic.twitter.com/BnL39RkSqO
— 365Chicago (@365Chicago) December 17, 2015But the band didn't disappoint, playing all the hits from its glory days:
Though the Cantina has a notoriously discriminatory no-droids policy, somehow R2D2 snuck into the band:
The drinks looked pretty dope:
.@BusyBeaver Hint #1: https://t.co/4vcBJFkjNI pic.twitter.com/uyJj1M1RjE
— The Whistler (@WhistlerChicago) December 16, 2015The cantina hasn't lost its edge though. There were some gender-swapping characters:
The @whistlerchicago turned into #moseisleycantina tonight and #genderswap #HanSolo and #beardedleia were seen in a… pic.twitter.com/GgtWjQMO4q
— Nicole Franz (@FranzOrFoe) December 17, 2015And plenty of scoundrels:
Ran into another Han @WhistlerChicago tonight. Not really sure who shot first. #StarWars #HanSolo pic.twitter.com/w9cEtN3WSD
— Blair Douglass (@beezd) December 17, 2015