Omega Frost/Legends

Omega Frost was a weapon designed by Dr. Silas Tagge and deployed by TaggeCo and the Galactic Empire with the purpose of destroying the Alliance Fleet and ending the Blockade of Yavin. The main components of the weapon were conductor towers between which the Omega Frost effect was felt, and the effect was that of a wave of cold which froze anything containing moisture instantly.

The weapon was first tested on a small scale on Tatooine where the towers were placed miles apart and activated causing the desert terrain, and anything on it, to freeze. The planned large scale use of Omega Frost was to place towers at points in the Junction asteroid corridor, lure the Rebel fleet through the corridor, and activate the weapon freezing the entire fleet in an instant. The plan failed when Luke Skywalker destroyed one of the conductor towers, which disabled the weapon.

Behind the scenes
In the comics, the Omega Frost is shown freezing asteroids in space; this supposedly is a threat to the Rebel spacefleet. However, space is near-vacuum, and close in temperature to absolute zero (–273.15 °C). The Omega Frost would be entirely useless, since spacecraft are designed to handle the extreme cold of deep space. However, since space contains particles (and thus is not perfect vacuum), and while it is possible to cool any substance to near absolute zero, 0 K itself can never be achieved, it is possible that Omega Frost's power rested in actually bringing the temperature down to –273.15 °C or close, where it would presumably be a powerful weapon, even in space.

A profile of the Omega Frost was featured in the Star Wars Homing Beacon #209, where it was said to be "a conceptual cousin" of the Metal-Crystal Phase Shifter.

Appearances

 * Star Wars 31: Return to Tatooine
 * Star Wars 32: The Jawa Express
 * Star Wars 33: Saber Clash
 * Star Wars 34: Thunder in the Stars