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The gas giant Bespin
- "Bespin is a gas giant, which means we have no oceans or lakes."
- ―Jude Edivon
Gas giants,[2] also known as gas planets,[3] were large and massive planets composed chiefly of various gases.[2] They had no solid, well-defined surface,[4] which rendered them uninhabitable in themselves,[5] but at least some of them had a large number of moons.[6][7] Typically, gas giants harbored little life unless their atmosphere comprised a layer capable of supporting oxygen-breathing species.[8] Atmospheres such as these could also harbor turbulent storms within, such as the case with the planet Wynkahthu.[9] Another characteristic of those worlds was the presence of planetary rings made up of several million pieces of debris.[1] In some cases, those debris were rocky in nature and rich in ore.[6]
Due to their significant masses, such planets had gravity wells that created distinct, if minor, hazards for hyperspace travel. Under certain circumstances, a particularly enormous gas giant could become a star in its own right.[2]
Ajara,[10] Bespin,[11] Endor, Jestefad, Lefrani,[12] Galaan,[7] Hudalla,[1] Noctu,[13] Pujool,[14] Cavas, Kol Iben, Golus,[15] and Yavin were all gas giants. The feature that distinguished Bespin from most of its sister planets was the existence of its oxygen-rich Life Zone, which possessed an unusual abundance of life forms and included Cloud City.[8]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lost Stars
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Before the Awakening
- ↑ The High Republic: Quest for Planet X
- ↑ The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
- ↑ Heir to the Jedi
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lords of the Sith
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑
Wynkahthu in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Bespin in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Adventures in Wild Space: The Dark
- ↑ Star Wars: Uprising
- ↑ Aftermath: Empire's End
