Ambush in Cloud City

An ambush was set up by the bounty hunter Bossk in 1 ABY in order to capture Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian, who had come into possession of Cloud City by winning it from Dominic Raynor in a game of sabacc. Raynor, who believed that Calrissian had cheated him, hired Bossk to take his revenge on the gambler. Knowing that a direct assault would be pointless, the bounty hunter prepared a trap for the new Administrator. Bossk led a mercenary group to the lower levels of the city and sabotaged some equipment on a maintenance level to draw down Calrissian. Though the Baron Administrator was cautious enough to bring several troopers with him, he was trapped and cut off from communications when a blast door was shut behind him. Calrissian escaped through a nearby hangar, and the assassination attempt did not deter him from managing Cloud City.

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