Did You Know Cloud City Was Originally Going To Be An Imperial City Named Alderaan? #Shorts

Did you know that Cloud City was actually designed for A New Hope? And it was to be called Alderaan? And it was meant to be an Imperial base? Obviously a lot of things and ideas were shifted and simplified for the first Star Wars movie, but George really liked the idea of a city in the clouds. He said, “The thing about writing is that ideas aren’t precious; you have to get over the idea that everything you think up is brilliant. You have to be willing to throw it away. Usually, if I like something I very often end up using it somewhere else later on.” And of course he did in The Empire Strikes Back! #shorts --- Subscribe for more Star Wars videos every day! --- Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/starwarsexplain Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5KUexDNjIDcGPz4nAY9mBw Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starwarsexplain Alex on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/alexdamonlive Mollie on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/molliedamon Instagram: http://instagram.com/starwarsexplained Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarWarsExplain Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/starwarsexplained Discord: https://discord.gg/ZPwEnDT Google+: http://goo.gl/Q3gDkY Star Wars Tees: http://shrsl.com/?~9i83 Mailing Address Star Wars Explained 1227 Rockbridge Rd SW Ste 208 PMB 264 Stone Mountain, GA 30087

Added 14 Aug 2026