Bespin

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Bespin is a gas giant planet in the Star Wars universe, best known as the location of Cloud City where pivotal events in "The Empire Strikes Back" occur.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bespin canonical 11
Bespin system 1
Bespin’s sun 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Star Wars location ⓘ
fictional planet ⓘ
gas giant ⓘ
affiliation nominally neutral during the Galactic Civil War ⓘ
appearsIn Star Wars Legends continuity ⓘ
linked to: Star Wars Legends

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (special edition) ⓘ
atmosphereType gas giant atmosphere ⓘ
category Star Wars planets ⓘ
gas giants in fiction ⓘ
climate gaseous ⓘ
conflict skirmishes between Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire ⓘ
createdBy George Lucas ⓘ
eventLocation Imperial occupation of Cloud City ⓘ
Luke Skywalker losing his hand ⓘ
Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader duel ⓘ
capture of Han Solo by Darth Vader ⓘ
revelation of Darth Vader as Luke’s father ⓘ
firstAppearance Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980 film) ⓘ
governedFrom Cloud City ⓘ
governor Lando Calrissian (Cloud City administrator) ⓘ
linked to: Lando Calrissian
gravity standard in habitable layer ⓘ
habitableLayer upper atmosphere ⓘ
hasCity Cloud City ⓘ
other floating mining colonies (Legends) ⓘ
inspiredWorks various Star Wars games ⓘ
knownFor tibanna gas production ⓘ
mediaFranchise Star Wars ⓘ
notableLocation Cloud City ⓘ
notableResident Lando Calrissian ⓘ
notableVisitor Boba Fett ⓘ
Darth Vader ⓘ
Han Solo ⓘ
Leia Organa ⓘ
linked to: Princess Leia

Luke Skywalker ⓘ
populationZone floating cities ⓘ
primaryStar Bespin’s sun ⓘ
linked to: Bespin
region Outer Rim Territories ⓘ
resource tibanna gas ⓘ
sector Anoat sector ⓘ
skyColor orange and pink hues in many depictions ⓘ
strategicImportance source of tibanna gas for blasters and hyperdrives ⓘ
surface no solid surface ⓘ
universe Star Wars ⓘ
visualDesign featured in Ralph McQuarrie concept art for Cloud City ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anoat sector → contains → Bespin system ⓘ
linked to: Bespin
Anoat sector → contains → Bespin ⓘ
Cloud City → locatedOnPlanet → Bespin ⓘ
Deyer system → contains → Bespin ⓘ
Cloud City → locatedIn → Bespin ⓘ
subject linked to: Deyer system
Tibanna gas → foundOn → Bespin ⓘ
subject linked to: Deyer system
Anoat → hasNotableWorld → Bespin ⓘ
Bespin → primaryStar → Bespin’s sun ⓘ
linked to: Bespin