Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

Head of Christ unipod. The base of this supporting stalk was a large round reactor that floatedthrough its billowing sea of clouds. The Millennium Falcon dipped closer to the huge city and veered in the directionof its landing platforms, flying past the rising towers and spires that dotted the city'slandscape. In and about these structures cruised more of the twin-pod cloud cars,gliding effortlessly through the mists. Han gently brought the Falcon in to land on Platform 327; and as the ship's ionengines whined to a stop, the captain and his crew could see the welcoming partymoving toward the landing platform with weapons drawn. Like any cross-section ofcitizenry of Cloud City, this group included aliens, droids, and humans of all racesand description. One of these humans was the group's leader, Lando Calrissian. Lando, a handsome black man perhaps the same age as Solo, was clad in elegantgray pants, blue shirt, and a flowing blue cape. He stood, unsmiling, on LandingPlatform 327, waiting for the Falcon's crew to disembark.