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- "Take a moment and look around this glorious city of yours. It wasn't long ago this was all plasma mines."
- ―Sheev Palpatine
The blade of a lightsaber was made of plasma.
Plasma was a state of matter with unique electromagnetic properties. It was naturally present in the porous crust of Naboo,[1] a pastoral planet[2] located near the border of the Outer Rim Territories.[3] Both the native Gungans[4] and the human colonists of Naboo mined plasma from their homeworld's depths.[5] The city of Theed itself, capital of the Nabooian humans, had once hosted many plasma mines.[6]
Refined plasma was often used in technology. The blades of lightsabers, the signature weapons of the Jedi Knights, were made of pure plasmic energy.[7] At the time of the Clone Wars, many weapons of Umbaran make, including the MHC tank[8] 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.[9] Plasma could also be projected over a chasm to form a drawbridge capable of sustaining the weight of people, ground vehicles and landspeeders.[10] The Wookiee bowcaster made use of quarrels that were charged with highly energized plasma when fired.[10]
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SourcesEdit
- Gungan weaponry in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Umbaran starfighter in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: A Galaxy at War
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Poe Dameron: Flight Log
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 13 (Weapons & Uniforms: The Gungan Grand Army)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 22 (Databank A-Z: Gungans–Rako Hardeen)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 25 (Helmets: In Pictures)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 6 (Droid Directory: EGL Power Droids)
- Star Wars: On the Front Lines
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
- AAT Battle Tank History Gallery in the Databank (backup link); image #3
- Ahsoka's lightsabers in the Databank (backup link)
- Cardo's arm cannon in the Databank (backup link)
- Umbaran Starfighter in the Databank (backup link)
- vibro-arbir blades in the Databank (backup link)
- Yoda's Lightsaber in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Crisis on Naboo"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- ↑ Umbaran MHC in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Umbaran Hover Tank in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Liberty on Ryloth"
