Star Wars: 10 Secrets Of Cloud City You Need To Know

10. What Is Cloud City Exactly?

Cloud City resides on a gas giant called Bespin in the Anoat sector. Since this planet is similar to Jupiter, you'd think it is the last place in the cosmos where life could thrive. But as the Star Wars franchise proves, there is no world where people aren't eager to set up civilisation. (I mean, people live on Mustafar even though it's a ball of lava.)

Despite the fact the planet isn't solid, Bespin is a hotspot for the elite since it naturally produces one of the most desirable resources in the galaxy - tibanna gas. Because tibanna is the central component for hyperspace travel, space weaponry, and repulser technology, it's coveted by virtually everyone.

When the tibanna miners discovered there was a breathable atmosphere 36,000 miles above Bespin's core, a habitable base was constructed there called Cloud City. Lando hoped to govern the city without any interference from the Empire.

But when Imperials found the planet and discovered it was mining trillions of tons of tibanna gas, they immediately took over the city, hoping to use its resources to advance the Empire.