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Clone troopers are thrown into realspace after the destruction of their starship.

"Sir, the Electrum has reverted to realspace."
―A technician, to Wilhuff Tarkin[src]

Realspace,[1] also called normal space,[2] space-normal to the Chiss,[3] or simply space,[4] was the dimension in which all of the galaxy's residents lived. The vast majority of space was a vacuum, a depressurized area devoid of atmosphere. The vacuum of space was fatal to many living organisms without the use of some sort of EVA suit and was unable to sustain fire.[5] Because travel using sublight engines within realspace was slow, sentients found a technological way to access the shadow dimension known as hyperspace. A starship equipped with a hyperdrive would "jump" from realspace into hyperspace, and "revert" from hyperspace to realspace.[1]

Species that could survive in the vacuum of space include exogorths[6] and Cylo's cyborg Whale-ships.[7] Neebrays could survive in nebulae, such as the Kaliida Nebula.[8] As well as being able to survive in space, the purrgil were capable of traveling through hyperspace.[9]

Many droids were able to operate in space. Astromech droids were exposed to the vacuum of space when conducting repairs outside the hull of a starship[10] and when inserted into the astromech socket of a starfighter.[11] KX-series security droids could also survive in the vacuum of space.[12] Battle droids, used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars, occasionally sat on the outside of ships, such as pod-hunting shuttles.[13]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tarkin
  2. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII.png Hyperdrive in the Databank (backup link)
  3. ↑ Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
  4. ↑ The Rebellion Begins
  5. ↑ Lords of the Sith
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  7. ↑ Darth Vader 5
  8. ↑ TCW mini logo.jpg Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shadow of Malevolence"
  9. ↑ Rebels-mini-logo.png Star Wars Rebels – "The Call"
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  11. ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  12. ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  13. ↑ StarWars.com "Rising Malevolence" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
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