Guide to the Major Star Wars Planets

Like hundreds of thousands of other people on this planet I love the original Star Wars trilogy. Just about everybody has seen the Star Wars movies and most people have seen them dozens of times. However, you can't always tell. The Star Wars universe can be a very complex one at times. There are all these different creatures and places and vehicles and they all have these strange names. So even though you've seen the trilogy dozens of times you can't always name things properly. This leads to someone asking you a question and you don't look like you know what you're talking about. Well I'm here to help. If you think the beginning of Empire Strikes Back takes place in "that place with all the snow where they cut up that thing and sleep inside" or you think the beginning of Return of the Jedi is in "that big desert with the big pit that people fall in" then this article is for you.

Most movies are very simple. They either take place on Earth or they take place on some other planet. Occasionally there will be a movie where you visit two different planets but Star Wars goes far beyond that. If you take into consideration all the movies, cartoons, books and comic books there are 486 planets in the Star Wars universe. Fortunately when it comes to the movies you can get by on knowing just some of the main planets.

Bespin - The planet of Bespin appears in Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back. Bespin is a giant gas surrounded by a number of moons. Due to the amount of gas there are many clouds in the planet of Bespin. That is where the most famous city in Bespin, Cloud City, got its name. Cloud City is run by Lando Calrissian which plays a big part in Empire Strikes Back. Cloud City is where Han Solo is put in carbonite and is also where Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker have their first battle which ends with Luke Skywalker losing his hand.