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Han Solo suffering from hibernation sickness
- "Just relax for a moment. You're free of the carbonite. Shh. You have hibernation sickness."
"I can't see."
"Your eyesight will return in time." - ―Leia Organa and Han Solo
Hibernation sickness or carbon sickness was a collection of temporary side-effects following a being's removal from long-term suspended animation. Hibernation sickness could include temporary stiffness, muscle weakness, numbness, deafness and blindness (or, on the other end of the scale, hypersensitivity), and/or confusion. The symptoms rarely lasted for more than a day, and even more rarely caused death. Han Solo suffered from hibernation sickness after being rescued from carbonite by Leia Organa.
However, beings undergoing short periods of suspended animation could suffer no ill-effects, as evidenced during the Clone Wars when Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker used carbonite freezing to infiltrate Separatist lines.[2]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan
- The Clone Wars: Shipyards of Doom (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Citadel" (Mentioned only) (First identified as carbon sickness)- Return of the Jedi radio drama — "Tatooine Haunts"
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi novelization (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi junior novelization
- "Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef" — Tales from Jabba's Palace (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire
- Star Wars (1977) 81 (recolorized in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 5: Fool's Bounty) (Mentioned only)
- The New Rebellion (Mentioned only)
- Legacy of the Force: Revelation
- Fate of the Jedi: Conviction (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Return of the Jedi: The National Public Radio Dramatization
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Xim Week: The Despotica (Part II: The Pirate Prince) on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- Fly Casual
