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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." - ―Commander Thrawn and General Anakin Skywalker
Gold was a precious metal colored metallic yellow. It could be used to fashion jewelery,[1] or turned into forms of currency, like the peggat[2] and the wupiupi.[3] The sashin-leaf mead[4] and the wax secreted by Vashkan apidactyls had a color comparable to that of gold,[5] as did the chromium finish of C-3PO's plating.[6] On Tatooine, water was such a scarce commodity that it was considered to be more valuable than gold.[7] While valuable on some worlds, by the time of the Clone Wars gold was mostly used in manufacturing. The Techno Union was known to use gold in droid manufacturing during the Clone Wars.[8]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
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.[9]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Non-canon appearances[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
- 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
- Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
Yeager's ship in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Heir to the Jedi
- ↑ Battlefront: Twilight Company
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Aftermath
- ↑ "The Perfect Weapon"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- ↑ Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel
- ↑ Thrawn: Alliances
- ↑
Bucket's List Extra: 9 Fun Facts from "The Triple Dark" - Star Wars Resistance on StarWars.com (backup link)
