Kylo Ren watches a phantom energy beam leave Starkiller Base.
Phantom energy was a state of dark energy. When the Starkiller Base superweapon released the quintessence it had collected within its core, it was transformed into phantom energy, which would follow the line of egress that had been provided by the weapon's technicians according to planetary rotation, inclination, etc, through a hole in "sub-hyperspace," until it was intercepted by an object of sufficient mass. When the beam of phantom energy interacted with a planet, it ignited its core, creating a pocket nova.[1] Large amounts of phantom energy could create temporary rips in sub-hyperspace, which allowed the Hosnian Cataclysm in 34 ABY to become visible from across the galaxy as it happened.[2]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization (and audiobook)
- The Force Awakens Adaptation 4
Star Wars Resistance — "No Escape: Part 1" (Appears in hologram)- Star Wars Resistance — "No Escape: Part 2" (Appears in hologram)
- Resistance Reborn (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization
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Pablo Hidalgo (@PabloHidalgo) on Twitter: "@Thimburd What they're seeing is some weird hand-wavy hyperspace rip. Side-effect of the Starkiller." (content obsolete and backup link not available)
