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- "Some pretty serious burns, but nothing a night in the bacta tank won't fix."
- ―Ahsoka Tano, to an injured Anakin Skywalker
A bacta tank was a cylindrical tank into which a being could be submerged for extensive exposure to bacta, a fluid that could accelerate healing and treat major injuries.[2] Bacta tanks already existed during the Clone Wars, when the Galactic Republic used them to treat its injured soldiers.[4] After being attacked and severely injured by a wampa ice creature on the frigid planet of Hoth, Commander Luke Skywalker was put into a bacta tank so he could recover from his wounds.[5]
A bacta tank was located in Darth Vader's castle on Mustafar, where the Dark Lord would relax and meditate outside of his life support armor with a modicum of comfort.[6][7]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
"Shadow of Malevolence" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 5 (Droid Directory: 2-1B-series Medical Droids, Part 1) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 32 (Weapons & Uniforms: Echo Base; Highlights of the Saga: Attack of the Wampa)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 36 (Databank A-Z: Cut Lawquane–Lothal)
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills
- Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- "Battle of Hoth and the Second Death Star" – Star Wars Encyclopedia
- 2-1B Droid in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Bacta Suit in the Databank (backup link)
- Bacta Tank in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on StarWars.com (backup link) (Story Gallery: Slide 7)
- ↑ In Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, the bacta tank was shown to be big enough to contain Luke Skywalker. According to the official StarWars.com Databank, Skywalker was 1.72 meters tall.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shadow of Malevolence"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
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