Carbonite/Legends



Carbonite was a metal alloy that was made from carbon. It was mixed with Tibanna gas, compressed, and flash-frozen into blocks for transport. The Empress Teta system was a source of carbonite. The planet of Polus also had vast quantities of the metal alloy in its frozen wastelands. The inhabitants of Polus played a major role in the freezing process and mining.

In some locales, carbonite was also used to preserve the bodies of the dead. On Coruscant, Senator Viento was buried in this manner in the Senatorial Tombs. Han Solo was frozen in carbonite on Darth Vader's orders to test whether a human could survive being encased in carbonite. The modifications to the freezing chamber were successful in that Han lived through the freezing process and entered into suspended animation. Moruth Doole froze the body of the former warden of the Kessel prison system in carbonite in his office as a trophy.

During the Legacy era, Boba Fett and Mirta Gev discovered by chance that Sintas Vel had not died but had been imprisoned in carbonite.

Appearances

 * Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
 * Star Wars Republic: Trackdown
 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * When the Domino Falls
 * Star Wars Galaxies
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Battle of the Bounty Hunters
 * Star Wars 71: Return to Stenos
 * Star Wars 72: Fool's Bounty
 * Droids Can't Fly
 * Shadows of the Empire comic
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * The Vandelhelm Mission
 * Shadows of the Empire: Evolution
 * The Glove of Darth Vader
 * Zorba the Hutt's Revenge
 * Mission from Mount Yoda
 * Queen of the Empire
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * Jedi Search
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Sacrifice
 * Revelation
 * Revelation

Non-canon appearances

 * Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga