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What is Cloud City? Han says it’s a tibanna gas mine, but what *is* that, and what is tibanna gas? The city floated in orbit above the planet Bespin, which was a gas giant. The city was constructed to harvest tibanna gas from the atmosphere, where it was processed and frozen in carbonite. Tibann had many uses throughout the galaxy. It could be used as fuel or as a coolant, or it could help power hyperdrives, turbolasers, and repulsorlifts. Some alien species, like the Muqularan, even breathed tibanna. So it was a highly sought after resource. What’s more is Cloud City was small enough to fall outside of the notice of the Empire or the Mining Guild…which was also under the umbrella of the Empire. Of course the events of Episode Five changed all of that. #starwars
What is Cloud City? Han says it’s a tibanna gas mine, but what *is* that, and what is tibanna gas? The city floated in orbit above the planet Bespin, which was a gas giant. The city was constructed to harvest tibanna gas from the atmosphere, where it was processed and frozen in carbonite. Tibann had many uses throughout the galaxy. It could be used as fuel or as a coolant, or it could help power hyperdrives, turbolasers, and repulsorlifts. Some alien species, like the Muqularan, even breathed tibanna. So it was a highly sought after resource. What’s more is Cloud City was small enough to fall outside of the notice of the Empire or the Mining Guild…which was also under the umbrella of the Empire. Of course the events of Episode Five changed all of that. #starwars
