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- "Interesting. It appears to be gold."
"You're right."
"Is that metal valuable on your worlds?"
"It is on some of them, but mostly it's used in manufacturing." - ―Senior Captain Thrawn and General Anakin Skywalker
Gold was a shiny, warm yellow-colored metal that was valued by sentient beings[2] on some worlds.[1] It could be turned into forms of currency, like the peggat[2] and the wupiupi,[3] or fashioned into jewellery.[4] On Tatooine, water was such a scarce commodity that it was considered to be more valuable than gold.[5]
While valuable on some planets, gold, by the time of the Clone Wars, was mostly used in manufacturing. The Techno Union was known to use gold in droid manufacturing during the Clone Wars. The sashin-leaf mead[6] and the wax secreted by Vashkan apidactyls had a color comparable to that of gold,[7] as did the chromium finish of C-3PO's plating.[8] Tibanna was considered to be a gaseous gold.[9]
Behind the scenes[]
The real chemical element, gold, is symbolized in the periodic table of elements by the letters "Au." This inspired the naming of a similar element in the Star Wars universe: Aurodium.[10]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars Battles
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
"The Intergalactic Games" — LEGO Star Wars 81
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: ABC-3PO
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Dawn of Rebellion
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Yeager's ship in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thrawn: Alliances
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Battlefront: Twilight Company
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Heir to the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel
- ↑ Aftermath
- ↑ "The Perfect Weapon"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- ↑ The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem
- ↑
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