Cloud City Pod Car The Cloud City Pod Car , also known as the Bespin Motors Cloud Car , Prototype Cloud Car , or sometimes as a single - pod cloud car , was an atmospheric prototype vehicle known as a cloud car , popularized by its use in the habitable zone of the gas giant Bespin , home of Cloud City . The Pod Car , manufactured by Bespin Motors , saw use during the time of the Galactic Civil War as a patrol craft for the Cloud City Sky Patrol . In attack mode , the Pod Car featured a proton torpedo launcher . Combat equipped versions included mounted , dual blaster cannons on their underbellies . Characteristics . The Cloud City Pod Car was an atmospheric prototype cloud car . The vehicle was also known as the Bespin Motors Cloud Car , Prototype Cloud Car , or sometimes as a single - pod cloud car . From a design perspective , the vehicle was considered to be a single pod from the Storm IV Twin - Pod cloud car . However , it had a number of notable design differences . For instance , the Pod Car employed a more rounded cockpit canopy design , and a much more angular chassis appearance . One major difference was the Pod Car ' s extendable assault wings and air foils , deployed during attack mode . These extendable air foils revealed a nose - mounted launcher , capable of firing an orange colored , wedge shaped proton torpedo . Combat equipped versions of the Cloud City Pod Car included mounted , dual blaster cannons on their underbellies . The Pod Car was orange in color , much like other cloud cars , and its interior was made with rich Corellian leather . As an atmospheric repulsorcraft , the Pod Car was capable of flying at high altitudes . However , it was also capable of traveling low across the terrain , much like an ordinary landspeeder . The Pod Car , a prototype in design , was propelled by a single ion engine , and piloted by a single person . History . Manufactured by Bespin Motors , the Pod Car was popularized by its use in the habitable zone of the gas giant Bespin , home of Cloud City . During the time of the Galactic Civil War , the Pod Car served as an atmospheric patrol craft for the Cloud City Sky Patrol . As a result of its growing popularity , the Cloud City Pod Car saw use on other worlds , used by spacers as personal transport vehicles . These civilian - use Pod Cars lacked the mounted dual blaster cannons and proton torpedo launcher , but the assault wings and air foils could still be extended . There also existed another type of single - pod cloud car which was used as an atmospheric patrol craft on Bespin . Behind the scenes . The Cloud City Pod Car was originally conceived of as concept art . Its first inclusion in " Star Wars " Legends canon was with the release of the Expanded Universe Cloud Car toy in the first quarter of 1998 , as part of " " toy line . The toy includes an Exclusive Cloud Car Pilot figure , and the box contains information on the cloud car ' s in - universe specifications . The toy is simply called a Cloud Car , however it is also identified as a Prototype Cloud Car , and Bespin Motors Cloud Car on the box ' s information card . The vehicle is described as having been affiliated with the Cloud City Sky Patrol . Some notable aspects of the toy are its extendable assault wings and air foils . The assault wings can be extended by the push of a button on the rear of the toy , while an orange proton torpedo can be launched from the toy ' s nose by pressing yet another button on the base of the toy ( after extending the air foils manually ) . The description on the box claims that the single cockpit cloud car was designed and built based on production sketches found in " " , and that its brainchild was renowned " Star Wars " artist Ralph McQuarrie . The box has a depiction of one such production sketch . This appears to contradict the toy ' s entry in " " , released on February 1 , 1999 . The book claims that the single - pod cloud car was based on a different sketch made by Joe Johnston , while only the cloud car pilot was based on design work from McQuarrie . It was not until around twelve years later that the toy made its first official appearance in a LucasArts production . In " The Price of Victory " expansion for the " Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game " released on December 14 , 2010 , the cloud car , this time identified as a Cloud City Pod Car , was one of many loot cards that could be claimed by players of the 2003 massively multiplayer online role - playing game " Star Wars Galaxies : An Empire Divided " . Once claimed by the player , the Pod Car could be used as a vehicle similar to that of any other ground vehicle in the game . Unlike the toy , the Pod Car in " Star Wars Galaxies " did not have the mounted dual blaster cannons , and while it did appear to have the orange , wedge shaped torpedo , it could not be fired by the player . Furthermore , despite its classification as an atmospheric repulsorcraft , the Pod Car in " Galaxies " could only travel low across the ground , due to limitations in game mechanics at the time . The card description for the Cloud City Pod Car claimed that the vehicle was a single pod from the twin - pod cloud car , despite looking very different from any pod on the Storm IV . The vehicle was rendered unobtainable after the game , developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts , was shut down on December 15 , 2011 , along with its accompanying Trading Card Game . Although the player could choose not to claim and drive the Cloud City Pod Car ( assuming he or she were to obtain the Trading Card Game card ) , this article assumes 100 % game completion .