Into the Clouds

"Into the Clouds"
Attribution information
Author(s)	Karen Strong
Publication information
Publisher	Del Rey
Release date	November 10, 2020
Published in	From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
Chronology
Preceded by	"Due on Batuu"
Followed by	"The Witness"

"Into the Clouds" is a short story that was published in the 2020 anthology book From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back. It was written by Karen Strong and focuses on Jailyn Cirri.

Appearances

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Landonis Balthazar Calrissian (Voice only) Chewbacca Jai Cirri (First mentioned) Jailyn Cirri (First appearance) Dresh Lipson (First appearance) Neshee (First appearance) Leia Organa Han Solo (Indirect mention only)

Creatures

Beldon (Mentioned only) Velker (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Service droid

Events

Imperial Era Galactic Civil War Battle of Hoth (Indirect mention only) The Disaster (Indirect mention only) Escape from Cloud City

Locations

Core Worlds (Mentioned only) Alderaan (Mentioned only) Outer Rim Territories Anoat sector Bespin system Bespin Life Zone Cloud City Grand Bespin Hotel (Mentioned only) (First identified as Grand Bespin Hotel) Level 53 (First mentioned) Platform 325 (First appearance) Platform 327 Plaza Concourse (First appearance) Lioness (First appearance) Port Town (Mentioned only) Royal Casino (First appearance) Hoth (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Alliance officer Baron Administrator (Voice only) Bartender Bespin Wing Guard Bounty hunter (Mentioned only) Calrissian family (Voice only) Chewbacca's family Cirri family (First appearance) Elder Houses House of Organa Princess Emissary Galactic Empire Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps Stormtrooper Gambler General Pilot Merchant (Mentioned only) Musician Smuggler

Sentient species

Bith Human Alderaanian Sullustan Ugnaught (Mentioned only) Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Repulsorcraft Cloud car Starship Freighter Light freighter YT-series YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon Star Destroyer (Mentioned only) Velker (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Blaster Blaster rifle E-11 blaster rifle Droid Entry ramp

Miscellanea

Band Bespinite Braid Candle Carbonite (Mentioned only) Casino City Clothing Belt Cloak Holster Jacket Trousers Tunic Credit Death Eye Father (Mentioned only) Fire Foodstuff The galaxy Galaxy Gambling Jubilee wheel (Mentioned only) Warp-top (First appearance) Gas (Mentioned only) Tibanna (Mentioned only) Glass Hair Hotel (Mentioned only) Language Galactic Basic Map Mirror Music Planet Gas giant Plant Flower Prisoner (Mentioned only) Sabacc Silk Aeien silk (First appearance, simultaneous with "Fake It Till You Make It"—From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back) Star system Sun Time Second Standard day Troop Window