- "Take a moment and look around this glorious city of yours. It wasn't long ago this was all plasma mines."
- ―Sheev Palpatine
Plasma was a state of matter with unique electromagnetic properties.[source?] It was naturally present in the porous crust of Naboo,[2] a pastoral planet[3] located near the border of the Outer Rim Territories.[4] Both the native Gungans[5] and the human colonists of Naboo mined plasma from their homeworld's depths.[6] The city of Theed itself, capital of the Nabooian humans, had once hosted many plasma mines.[1] Prior to its Invasion of Naboo, the Trade Federation had a long-running dispute with Naboo over exports of the planet's plasma.[7]
Refined plasma was often used in technology. The blades of lightsabers, the signature weapons of the Jedi Knights, were made of pure plasmic energy.[8] At the time of the Clone Wars, many weapons of Umbaran make, including the MHC tank[9] and the hover tank, made use of plasma-based technologies. Thanks to its electromagnetic plasma cannon, the latter could decimate entire platoons of enemy soldiers with one blast.[10] Plasma could also be projected over a chasm to form a drawbridge capable of sustaining the weight of people, ground vehicles, and landspeeders.[11] The Wookiee bowcaster made use of quarrels that were charged with highly energized plasma when fired.[12]
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Sources[]
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 7 (Databank A-Z: Bongo–Bowcaster)
- A New Star Wars Legacy | Ahsoka | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The Secrets of the Wookiees
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis on Naboo"
- ↑ Gungan weaponry in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Sio Bibble in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Naboo in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Gungan Grand Army in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 200
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- ↑ Umbaran MHC in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Umbaran Hover Tank in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Liberty on Ryloth"
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars