Raan Calrissian Raan Calrissian was a male individual who visited Cloud City on the planet Bespin during the time of the Clone Wars . After assisting a Tethan youngling who had escaped from captivity , Calrissian planned to depart from Cloud City in his starship , the " Jostaar Express " . However , before he could leave Bespin , Cloud City fell under attack from the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Believing that he could not abandon the Tethan on Bespin , Calrissian went and found the child , and they departed Cloud City together in the " Jostaar Express " . Biography . Raan Calrissian was a male individual who lived during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . In circa 21 BBY , Calrissian was present in Cloud City on the planet Bespin , and he planned to deliver a shipment of minerals to a client on the world Socorro in his starship , the " Jostaar Express " . However , before he could gain clearance to depart from the city , Calrissian had to wait for his ship to be searched by a security droid . As he waited , Calrissian sighted a group of Jedi who were present in the city . Shortly afterward , a starship was held up at a security checkpoint near to where Calrissian was lingering . He observed as a Tethan child , who was being held captive aboard the craft , escaped and hid behind a stack of crates . However , Calrissian noticed that the security droid that had been searching the " Express " was approaching , so he told the Tethan to remain hidden , to prevent the droid from seeing the child . The droid informed Calrissian that it had finished checking the " Express " and that Calrissian was cleared for departure from Gate 134 of Cloud City . When the droid left , Calrissian went behind the crates and removed the youngling ' s security bracelet s , then left to board the " Jostaar Express " . Moments later , the Confederacy of Independent Systems initiated an attack on Cloud City . Calrissian decided that he could not leave the youngling alone in the city , so he set out to find the Tethan . He eventually found the child , and the pair hurried through Cloud City ' s departure bay , hoping to get to Calrissian ' s starship before the spaceport was closed by Cloud City ' s security force . A group of security droids allowed Calrissian and the Tethan to barge past a queue , which Calrissian claimed was something that had cost him a lot of credits , and the pair arrived at Gate 134 . They boarded the " Jostaar Express " , and Calrissian told the youngling to take up a position in the craft ' s gun turret , in case the ship came under attack . Calrissian then flew the starship out of the hostile airspace surrounding Cloud City and prepared to leave for Socorro . Personality and traits . Calrissian was a skilled pilot who believed in putting business before pleasure . He thought that the Tethan was gutsy , because of the nature of the child ' s escape , and he also considered members of the Jedi Order to be unscrupulous . Behind the scenes . Raan Calrissian was created by Sue Behrent and appeared in " " , a book in the " " series . In the book , there are many different possible outcomes depending on choices made by the reader , and Calrissian features in one of the possible plot strands . After the Tethan ' s initial encounter with Calrissian , the reader can choose for the youngling to try and find him again , to travel off Cloud City with Calrissian . Raan has the same surname as the character Lando Calrissian , but there is currently no canon ical connection between the two .