Han Solo ' s sky house Han Solo ' s sky house was the dwelling of Rebel hero General Han Solo and his Wookiee companion Chewbacca , designed and built personally by the pair . Solo and Chewbacca had long had the dream of settling in a sky house — a concept of their own design — before they finally got the chance in 5 ABY , when Cloud City Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian offered his old friend Solo a lease on a parcel of sky near Cloud City on Bespin . Solo and Chewbacca took a leave from the Senate Planetary Intelligence Network in order to construct the home in a rented Cloud City warehouse . The sky house was elaborate , a unique feat of engineering which boasted modern conveniences , luxurious furnishings , and such striking features as a rotating living room , a domed kitchen , a full engineering workshop , docking facilities for Solo ' s ship " Millennium Falcon " as well as a two - cloud - car garage , outdoor observation areas , and a plethora of bedrooms . The home was swiftly completed , and Solo and Chewbacca threw a festive housewarming party which many galactic figures attended . Solo received many presents from his friends , most notably KT - 18 , a housekeeping droid to manage the residence . The intervention of claimant to the Imperial throne Trioculus and vengeful Zorba Desilijic Tiure , foes of Solo and his friends , on Bespin immediately after the party made life there untenable , and Solo was forced to abandon the house only hours after the housewarming party concluded . Solo harbored fond hopes of returning to his dream house , but time ultimately found him dwelling on Coruscant , not Bespin . Occupants . Famous Corellian smuggler and New Republic general Han Solo was the owner of the sky house , but his Wookiee partner Chewbacca would be living in the sky house as well , as he had a life debt to Solo and the two were inseparable friends . The sky house was intended as a residence for the pair , but its many bedrooms could also host guests such as Lando Calrissian , who oversaw Cloud City nearby , or Leia Organa , Solo ' s girlfriend . They also provided room should Solo settle down with Organa and raise children . For a housewarming gift , Luke Skywalker , at the advice of Ken and C - 3PO , purchased Solo a housekeeping droid from the Droidfest on Tatooine . KT - 18 , known as " Kate , " would be able to clean the dwelling ; she specialized in stain removal , dishwashing , and window cleaning . Solo and Chewbacca were both capable cooks , and could manage that aspect of household living , but Solo ' s friends were convinced that the pair would keep a messy home without the droid ' s help . To Solo ' s disappointment , he was unable to reside in the house . Immediately after his housewarming party , he and his friends , as well as KT - 18 , were forced to leave due to the heavy presence of the Galactic Empire and the proximity of the vengeful Zorba Desilijic Tiure , whose son Jabba Desilijic Tiure Organa had killed . Description . Han Solo ' s sky house was located approximately 3 . 2 kilometers from Cloud City . Repulsor technology allowed it to float , as the larger and older Cloud City did . Its location was troubled by " braze " — a foul , polluted brown haze — produced by a factory barge on the Rethin Sea operated by Trioculus , an Imperial warlord who claimed to be Galactic Emperor Palpatine ' s three - eyed son . When the braze got to be too much , Solo would move the house , which was capable of altering its altitude , to a higher location . Designed by Han Solo and Chewbacca , who together invented the concept of a sky house , the domicile was regarded as a mansion , " huge " in size . Its exterior was blocky and multi - layered , with vertical projections ventrally and dorsally . Several marker lights made the house more visible , so that passing craft would not strike it at night or in a cloud . Its front door opened onto a yard platform , where cloud cars could be docked for transportation . There were also multiple observation decks open to the air . For greater convenience , the sky house was equipped with a two - cloud - car garage , where Solo ' s personal craft were safely stored . The residence also had docking facilities for Solo ' s famous " Millennium Falcon " . Solo had a private bedroom , which was equipped with an ultra - high - density household communication screen . Chewbacca had his own bedroom , and there were several spare bedrooms besides . The home ' s circular living room could rotate to face any direction , and the kitchen had a view to the heavens , being under a transparent dome . A workroom provided an area in which Solo and Chewbacca could tinker with technology and repair equipment even as large as airspeeders . Circular windows provided a view outside , and small tables and flower arrangements decorated the hallways and rooms . At least some doors were not rectangular , but instead irregular pentagons . Luxurious , the home was equipped with many modern conveniences , such as two of the ultra - high - density household communication screens , floating beds , a nanowave stove , a trash compactor and recycler , a cooling chamber for food , an answering machine for messages , the most comfortable chair ever designed , and a remote - control opener for the door to the cloud car garage . History . General Han Solo had long had the urge to settle down in a home of his own , and over time he and his partner Chewbacca had dreamed up the idea of a sky house , a floating dwelling . Finally , in 5 ABY , Solo and Chewbacca saw the opportunity to bring their dream to life . Solo ' s old friend Lando Calrissian , who had returned to his duties as Baron Administrator of Cloud City , offered Solo a lease on a tract of sky near Cloud City . Solo decided that he ought to accept . Solo and his friend and roommate Chewbacca took advantage of repulsor technology to pioneer the concept of a sky house , building a floating domicile . Solo eagerly looked forward to having a place of his own to live . Solo and Chewbacca rented space in a warehouse in Cloud City ' s Port Town district , where they , skilled mechanics and engineers , constructed the home themselves . They had to take a brief break to assist their friend Luke Skywalker , but the house was still completed in short order . Finally , when the house was ready , Solo threw a housewarming party . He invited many of his friends , who regarded Solo ' s acquisition of a private dwelling as a significant event . Major public figures such as Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker , Solo ' s girlfriend and New Republic Minister of State Leia Organa , Supreme Commander Ackbar , and the Jedi Prince Ken attended ; General Calrissian was invited to the party but was unable to attend . Less - notable individuals , including many of Solo ' s smuggler friends , were also present at the bash , which featured a plentiful supply of zoochberry juice and dancing with a live band that specialized in Corellian folk dances , including the Space Pirate Boogie . After the party wound down , Solo was contacted by Calrissian to explain why he had not attended : Cloud City was now under new management . Zorba Desilijic Tiure had won control of Cloud City in a sabacc game . Tiure , whose son Jabba Desilijic Tiure had been killed by Organa , was out for vengeance and Solo ' s sky house and its inhabitants were in danger . In the wake of that news came more bad news — Solo ' s brand - new housekeeping droid , KT - 18 , had fallen while cleaning outside . Skywalker and Organa leaped into a cloud car and rescued her before she could strike anything , but were themselves shot down by the defenses at Trioculus ' s weapons platform . Solo and Chewbacca had to depart to rescue them . They returned to the sky house only briefly , to pick up the droids and their personal effects , before Solo abandoned his home . Some vital items were left behind in the rush , such as Solo ' s birth certificate . The Empire and Tiure were simply too close and too powerful for Solo to feel secure remaining at that point in time . Both Solo and Organa hoped to return to the sky house and believed that they would settle down there , but it was not to be . Eventually , when the New Republic conquered Coruscant , Solo , compelled by marriage to Councilor Organa Solo , spent his life on that world , the center of government . Behind the scenes . Han Solo ' s sky house was first mentioned by " Jedi Prince " series authors Paul and Hollace Davids in the 1992 children ' s book " The Glove of Darth Vader " . In that book , the married authors had Solo speak of his longstanding desire for a sky house and intent to begin building one . The house appeared under construction in the sequel , " The Lost City of the Jedi " , and was completed by the opening of the third book , " Zorba the Hutt ' s Revenge " . In that book , Solo threw a housewarming party before being forced to abandon his sky house regretfully . However , further books " Queen of the Empire " and " Prophets of the Dark Side " established that Solo and his future wife , Leia Organa , intended to return to the sky house in the future , where they would raise their family . Despite this occurring very early in the renaissance of the Expanded Universe , after 1993 ' s " Prophets of the Dark Side " , the final book of the series , the sky house was never seen or heard of again in all further canon . Instead , the previous novels of the " " and future stories such as " The Black Fleet Crisis " , the " Corellian Trilogy " , " " , and " " firmly established that the Solos spent their life on Coruscant once that planet was taken by the New Republic .