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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] 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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- ↑
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"
- ↑ "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
