Suspended animation/Legends

Suspended animation was the slowing of life processes by external means without termination. Involuntary bodily functions like breathing and heart beats may still occur, but they can only be detected by artificial means. Extreme cold is used to precipitate the slowing of an individual's functions; use of this process has led to the developing science of cryonics.

Suspended animation took place throughout the Galaxy in various forms including carbonation (as in the case of Han Solo on Cloud City and the Black Sun criminal Czethros) and the Imperial Procurator of Justice Lord Hethrir's "sleeping coffins" which kept the subject asleep and alive via life-support systems. However, there were some cases of subjects dying while being held in suspended animation.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * The Crystal Star
 * Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef