Actually the name of the planet is Bespin, and according to the Star Wars data bank, it is an incredibly dense, and uninhabitable planet. The reason for Cloud City to exist is to serve as a base of operations for Tibanna gas miners in Bespin's lower atmosphere.
How do you explain the difference between surfing over a lava river on a piece of metal, and Luke holding his hand out to "Force pull" his lightsaber into his hand to chop off a Wampa's arm? How about the giant slug that lives in a cave on an asteroid with no atmosphere? How about Luke falling from the body of an AT-AT, and running away without a scratch (or falling down a seemingly bottomless shaft in Cloud City without breaking any bones)? How about the two proton torpedoes fired into the Death Star's power core shaft (they went straight ahead until they got to the power core shaft opening, and then veered downward)? I know... the Force... I got it. What about the fact that Chewbacca speaks Wookiee, but can carry on a conversation with Han Solo, who can't speak Wookiee? How about a brother and sister kissing each other, when the sister knew all along that they were siblings? I agree the elements of the OT are fantastical, but they are just as absurd as the elements of the PT. I'm not saying I don't like the OT. ESB's the best out of all of them, in my opinion.
jesus christ...
i'm over explaining the simple things to the simple folk.
the force is the fantasy element. Gandalf in LOTR had magical powers but if he'd hopped off gwahir when saving frodo and had a sip of lava it would have stepped away from fantasy and into absurdity... even in fantasy there are boundaries...
fucking hell, i can't beleive you seriously can't make the distinction. that's so lame...