Tibanna/Legends

Tibanna gas is a rare gas extracted from the atmosphere of Bespin, among other planets, it is processed at Cloud City. Hot air rises through the city's unipod, which sucks in the gases that float in the atmosphere-including Tibanna gas. The gas is processed and packed for transport off-planet. Tibanna gas produces four times its normal energy output when cohesive light passes through it. When spin-sealed Tibanna gas (compacted at the atomic level) is used as a conducting agent, blasters and other energy weapons produce greater energy yields-and therefore greater amounts of damage. Personal weapons cannot tolerate this extra power, but ship mounted blasters benefit greatly from the use of Tibanna gas. The spin-sealing process is prohibitively expensive except on Bespin, where it occurs naturally. Nonspin-sealed Tibanna gas is used as hyperdrive coolant.