Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. [10], The need for security was great on Cloud City due to the mining and tourism business.
Lando agreed to turn Han over in return for a guarantee that the Empire would leave Cloud City alone. When the Hutt Ruling Council declared Jabba's will to be a forgery, however, Zorba went into hiding.[8]. There are two conflicting sources for this article: Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [15], Cloud City first appeared in the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, the second installment of the Star Wars original trilogy. [11] With the Ugnaughts having been sold into slavery long ago, the tribes agreed, creating the first iteration of Cloud City. Lucasfilm has not yet established a cohesive timeline. [13] In the absence of a baron administrator, a council of business representatives came to run the city. [25], A year after the Battle of Yavin, Cloud City was run by Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian, who had won administration of the city from Baron Administrator Dominic Raynor in a Sabacc tournament. The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel, Star Wars Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back.
The city also served as the location of Governor Adelhard's personal headquarters located within the prime tower.
[12] Some of the nearby floating settlements, like the Vapor Room, and industrial platforms were also considered part of the city. [31][32], Around 5 ABY, Zorba Desilijic Tiure came to Cloud City in an attempt to reclaim the Holiday Towers Hotel and Casino which supposedly belonged to his son, Jabba the Hutt, according to a will left by him. although Calrissian developed a tourism and casino industry. [11], Although the atmosphere had been mapped for many generations, gas prospectors still searched the skies for pockets of tibanna gas and other valuable gases before major contractors find them. Suspended high among the pastel clouds of Bespin is a floating metropolis of sophisticated beauty and political freedom. Level 281–370: Gas refineries and miners' quarters. The last official census placed Cloud City's population at 5,427,080. A Republic warship delivered dozens of orphans to an orphanage there, including a young Boba Fett, who later escaped. Bossk and his group of mercenaries ambushed the new administrator in one Maintenance Level, but were unsuccessful. After the Empire suffered a major defeat at Endor, the Cloud City garrison was pulled to support more strategic targets, and there were celebrations in the streets. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In the early rough draft of Star Wars written in 1974, a city on Alderaan, which is set as a giant gas planet and the capital of the New Galactic Empire at that time, resembles the Cloud City of Bespin in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, released in 1980. Some of Cloud City's high-rise buildings. Calrissian and Lobot then chatted about sending a nuptial gift to Princess Leia Organa's then-newborn son. However, after the Em… The Rebels attempted to disable the Gravity Control Generators to disable the city and prevent its takeover, but the Imperial strike force captured the generators, saving the city. Whilst there using marked playing cards, Zorba became the new governor of Cloud City after winning it in a game of Sabacc against Lando Calrissian. Cloud City consisted of 392 levels, in addition to level zero, a top-side surface-level plaza concourse.
[10], Sometime after gambling away his starship, the Millennium Falcon, the young smuggler Lando Calrissian gambled big and won control of Cloud City.