Sodium existed in salt water on many planets. On other worlds such as Tatooine it was found in the form of sodium sand, mixed with fine mineral particles.
Processed sodium sand was used in several polymers and glues used in industrial construction. Caused by the heavy competition between the sodium sand-rich worlds and the existence of a dozen other substitutes, the market value of sodium sand was in constant flux.
Salt is commonly mistaken for sodium, but it was actually sodium chloride.[source?]
Appearances[]
- Arconan Smuggling Cartel Dismantled — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #55 (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: A New Hope novelization (First appearance)
- Scoundrel's Luck
- Tatooine Manhunt
- "Tatooine Manhunt" — Classic Adventures: Volume Three
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- Children of the Jedi
Sources[]
- Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races (First mentioned)
- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Three
- The Star Wars Planets Collection
- "Design An Alien" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 7
- Pirates & Privateers
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition