Willrow Hood / Legends Willrow Hood was a Human male miner who lived and worked on Cloud City , a floating station located above the gas giant Bespin . He worked for A ' roFilter , a mining company sympathetic to the Alliance to Restore the Republic , as the head of the department responsible for dealing with the Rebel Alliance , supplying discounted Tibanna gas . Eventually , though , the Galactic Empire invaded and conquered the planet ; in order to protect the Rebellion contacts Hood was responsible for , the miner took A ' roFilter ' s main computer ' s memory core , as it contained the encrypted information on Rebel contacts . After finding the nearest disposal unit , Hood dumped the entire core , rather than risk it falling into the wrong hands ; thus , Willrow Hood was able to save the Alliance ' s interests . Hood remained on Cloud City throughout the Imperial occupation , suffering imprisonment and torture but revealing nothing . Eventually , he joined together with Tian Chyler , a former Imperial Security Bureau agent disenfranchised with the Empire who had defected , transmitting information on Cloud City ' s Imperial - run defense systems . Utilizing this information , the Alliance was able to liberate the planet from the Empire ' s control . After the Rebels ' victory , Hood decided to take it easy . Biography . A ' roFilter work . At some point in his life , Willrow Hood , a Human male miner , moved to Bespin , once his homeworld . He began working for A ' roFilter , a mining company based on the gas giant . Hood was a longstanding resident of Bespin ' s primary Tibanna gas facility , Cloud City , and , as of 3 ABY , had been working with A ' roFilter for quite some time . The mining company he was employed by was sympathetic to the cause of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , and , as such , sold much - needed Tibanna gas at discounted prices to the fledgling Rebellion . Hood headed the department responsible for the deals and monitored the company ' s main computer . All transaction data was stored , heavily encrypted , on the main computer ; this data included such things as Alliance codenames and locations of Rebel agents . Hood ' s job was made difficult by the presence of spies working for the Galactic Empire ; Hood knew such individuals existed , but had firm suspicions about only one individual : Tian Chyler . Chyler was posing as a Corellian mining official , who was forced to relocate to Bespin after the Imperials occupied her former station on Ando . Unbeknownst to the population of Cloud City , Chyler was actually an Imperial Security Bureau agent , recruited to monitor questionable Tibanna gas transactions . Hood was unable to gather any solid proof of her complicity , but nonetheless his suspicions persisted . Imperial invasion . Shortly after her transfer , Chyler discovered the underground Tibanna gas market . She contacted Darth Vader , who was visiting Cloud City to trap a group of Rebels fleeing from a recent battle on Hoth . Vader used the information to blackmail Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian , so that the Baron Administrator would have to aid the Dark Lord in trapping Han Solo , Princess Leia Organa , and their companions , in an effort to eventually force Luke Skywalker into confronting the Dark Lord . Eventually , parts of Vader ' s plan fell into place ; Solo , Organa , and company were captured , and Skywalker was on his way to rescue them . An Imperial occupation force began to invade Cloud City , per Chyler ' s instructions . Hood knew that the discovery of A ' roFilter ' s main computer would lead to the discovery of the contacts kept within and so he retrieved the computer ' s memory core and dumped it in a nearby waste disposal unit . The core was never found by the Empire , and the Rebellion contacts remained hidden . Hood , however , stayed behind on Bespin during the course of the invasion . He did so not because it was his desire , but rather to aid his fellow miners . While he tried to stay out of the spotlight , he was arrested under the charges of possible sedition . The Imperial authority subjected Hood to information gathering techniques , including scan grid interrogation ; however , Hood managed to resist the interrogation and withheld his information . He was eventually released for not knowing anything relevant to his arrest . Taking back Cloud City . During the occupation of the City , Tian Chyler became disenfranchised from the Empire after an incident with Aqualish miners . When word of the Rebellion ' s successes in the Galactic Civil War eventually reached Bespin and Cloud City , she defected to the Alliance . She possessed knowledge pertaining to the defense of Cloud City , and sought to contact Willrow Hood . She , like Hood , had suspected the other knew more than what appeared , and had further deduced that Hood had contacts within the Rebel Alliance . While Hood at first distrusted the former ISB agent , he watched to see what she was willing to do . Eventually , the former A ' roFilter employee agreed to aid her , and began to trust her and her motives . Chyler came through on her end and presented Hood with the defense information , which he in turn sent to the Rebellion , who used the plans to retake both the city and the planet . After the liberation of Cloud City , Hood decided he had had enough action , and planned to settle down . Personality and traits . Willrow Hood was very loyal to both his employers and those with whom he sympathized . When given the opportunity to escape Cloud City before the Imperial invasion , he instead stayed behind to aid his fellow miners who would have been stranded on the planet . He was willing to risk his own life and well - being to ensure Alliance agents were not compromised . Because of his devotion , he was later in a position to facilitate the recapture of Cloud City by supplying the Rebel Alliance with critical information regarding the planet ' s security and defenses . Furthermore , even when subjected to torture , Hood retained his loyalties , and revealed nothing of use . Hood was a good judge of character , correctly suspecting at least one undercover Imperial agent . Still , he was adaptable enough to trust those he had suspected , once they revealed a true change of heart . Even with all of his contacts and abilities , Hood preferred a simple life without action , and , once he was able to , took the opportunity to take it easy . Behind the scenes . Willrow Hood first appeared in the film as an unidentified Cloud City extra . His identity was first touched upon in the " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game , where it was explained that he was a miner employed by a company with Rebellion contacts and contracts . His story was further elaborated upon by Benjamin Christopher Norton Dawe , under the name " Captain Yosarrian , " through " What ' s The Story ? " feature . Dawe explains in his blog that Hood ' s involvement with the Rebel Alliance was established to explain the existence of the large , unknown , white object Hood was carrying as the Imperials began to take over . Dawe also tied Tian Chyler ' s story into Hood ' s , as Chyler ' s " What ' s the Story ? " entry was published just before Hood ' s , by explaining that Hood was Chyler ' s Alliance contact . Hood later received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . " Star Wars Insider 49 " published an amusing take on Willrow Hood as part of its " Ultimate Empire Strikes Back Insider ' s Guide " . Written by Daniel Wallace , the article notes Hood as " the infamous Ice Cream Guy , " and wishes him luck in finding a more appreciative planet to sell his ice cream . However , as the article was written as a parody and Hood ' s story has since been explained in another manner , this alternate story is non - canon . He is often nicknamed " Ice Cream Guy , " " Ice Cream Maker Guy , " or " Ice Cream Man , " since the prop his actor holds looks similar to an ice cream maker . The " What ' s The Story ? " entry finally revealed that the unknown object was a computer ' s memory core . An action figure depicting Willrow Hood was to be released by Hasbro as part of a " The Empire Strikes Back " - themed wave in the fall of 2009 , despite four years of opposition from Hasbro Design Director Brian Wilk . The figure was eventually released by Hasbro as part of " The Legacy Collection " of action figures .