List of Star Wars substances

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The following is a list of substances, including food and drugs, found in the fictional series Star Wars.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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[edit] Artusian crystals

Artusian crystals are crystals used to make a life form artificially force-sensitive by trapping energy gathered inside the Valley of the Jedi. They are similar to the Kaiburr Crystal found in the Star Wars novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye and were introduced to the Star Wars mythos in the LucasArts video game Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.

[edit] Bacta

Luke Skywalker undergoing Bacta treatment.
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Luke Skywalker undergoing Bacta treatment.

Bacta is a healing substance available from the planet Thyferra, where two competing cartels, the Zaltin and Xucphra corporations, control almost all of the product. Bacta was invented by the insectoid Vratix of Thyferra by mixing alazhi salve with a synthetic liquid chemical called kavam. This concoction is further mixed with a colorless viscous liquid called ambori. During the Galactic Civil War, the Empire realized the importance of bacta and shut down all satellite manufacturing centers, allowing the bacta plants on Thyferra to have a total monopoly on production. It is presumably much more available and effective than kolto. Bacta is the greatest healing fluid in the galaxy. It mimics the body's fluids and helps in regeneration. It is used to help with cuts and burns as well as severe cellular damage, such as frostbite.

There are several methods of bacta application. Cuts and burns can be treated with bacta patches, small disposable patches covered in bacta gel. Those suffering from serious illnesses, or serious injuries - such as frostbite - are helped by becoming submersed in the liquid in bacta tanks, such as the one that cured Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back. Also, General Grievous was put into a bacta tank after being critically injured in a shuttle crash that eventually led to the creation of his fearsome bio-droid body.

Additionally, Bacta seems to have a dramatically regenerative effect on Gand.

Bacta is in many Star Wars videogames; it is often used to heal the main character in the game. This is true in Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Star Wars Episode III, Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Battlefront II and Star Wars: Republic Commando. For more information, see Bacta cartel.

[edit] Blue Milk

Blue Milk is a drink in Star Wars. In Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, blue milk is shown being served on the Lars moisture farm. Blue milk is, as its somewhat basic name suggests, a dairy drink either naturally or artificially colored blue. The protein-enhanced beverage is served on planets low in natural resources—especially water. Blue milk, coming from the teats of Banthas, is also rumored to have certain medicinal properties.

[edit] Bronzium

Bronzium is a durable bronze-colored metal used in the Star Wars universe. Its most notable use has been in the Trade Federation droideka battle droids, whose tough layers of bronzium armor supplemented by optional reflective deflector shielding and twin dual blasters make them formidable enemies.

Bronzium is also mentioned in the 1994 movie The Shadow, where it is called the primordial matter of the universe.

[edit] Cortosis

Cortosis is a rare mineral from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It is a somewhat fragile light grey, chalky rock that has the strange property of being impervious to both heat and energy. It is highly resistant to blaster bolts, and cortosis alloys are capable of resisting or outright deactivating lightsabers, the only mineral to do so. The process of mining cortosis requires the use of hydraulic jacks, since its properties rendered plasma torches useless.[1]

Cortosis is first mentioned in the Timothy Zahn's The Hand of Thrawn duology, and gradually adopted into the EU canon in future works.

Cortosis is common in weaponry in the Star Wars universe. Many melee weapons are made from cortosis to fight lightsaber wielders. In the ancient times of the Old Republic, during times of war with the Sith, it was common for fighters to carry cortosis-weave vibroblades and vibroswords, which could be used to fight Jedi and Dark Jedi in close-range combat. Sith in ancient times commonly carried a vibrosword rather than a lightsaber as it would wound opponents in a more painful manner, due to the dicing way the vibroblades cut.

In Jedi Outcast, Galak Fyyar processes cortosis ore into a black armor that is used by his Shadowtroopers. He also builds a suit of power armor he uses himself. It is unknown whether all cortosis ore deposits are capable of such processing; the ore Fyyar used was smuggled from Cloud City.

Cortosis has also been described as causing a feedback loop with a lightsaber by "shorting out" the blade, requiring it to be reactivated (but not damaging it permanently). Many fans dispute the true nature of cortosis as both definitions have been included in established canon literature. The sources that describe it as "shorting out" the lightsaber blade also describe it as a brittle mineral; bladed weapons used a cortosis alloy to incorporate the mineral's lightsaber-blocking capabilities without its fragility.

[edit] Death sticks

Cilona-extract death sticks are a fictional narcotic substance found in the Star Wars universe. They are relatively cheap, and are smuggled into the clubs of cities by slythmongers. With each dose the user's life is shortened, and the successive dosages take away larger chunks from a lifespan. Death sticks are seen by some as a thinly-veiled reference to cigarettes.

Usually death sticks are taken as an additive to a drink, and are commonly seen in small tubes of red or yellow liquid. Death sticks are banned on all republic worlds, but are sold freely on lawless worlds such as Tatooine and Outer Rim worlds, often exported to civilized worlds such as Coruscant where it is peddled by drug dealers. The Bando Gora distributed a more potent and deadly form of death stick until the cult was destroyed by Jango Fett.

Elan Sleazebaggano attempted to sell Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi death sticks in a nightclub on Coruscant, however he abruptly reconsidered under some Force-powered suggesting, and went home to "rethink (his) life".

Death stick on Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki

[edit] Durasteel

Durasteel is one of the most used alloys in the Star Wars galaxy. It is a brown, heavy substance, yet very flexible and can resist heat, cold and monumental physical stress. Because of its properties, it was an important material for the manufacturing of spacecraft hulls. It was seen in Knights of the Old Republic and mentioned in the Jedi Apprentice book series as well as casual references throughout almost all of the books.

[edit] Kaiburr crystal

The Kaiburr crystal is a fictional archaelogical relic from the planet of Mimban. Local Mimban legend said that the god Pomojema used the crystal to heal the wounded, but in reality it was the Force that was responsible. The crimson-colored gem had the ability to enhance Force powers. The crystal's mystical powers diminish proportional to its distance from an ancient temple on Mimban.

The crystal is, however, the most powerful crystal that can be used in a lightsaber. They were normally used in the lightsabers in the old Jedi Order, but for unknown reasons the mines were lost, fading out of history and making the crystals extremely rare.

In the 1978 novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye (picture of the crystal on front cover), the old woman Halla along with companions Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia sought out and found the crystal. It was used to heal the wounds of Princess Leia and of Luke after they had been injured. The crystal was then given to Halla, who had been searching for it for seven years.

A fan re-edit of The Phantom Menace, known as Balance of the Force, presented the crystal as a Gungan treasure stolen by the Naboo. In the end, it was given back as a gesture of peace.

In Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, the Jedi Exile and his companions could use the Kaiburr crystal to enhance their lightsabers. The crystal was described as the most powerful crystal that can be used in lightsaber construction.

In the video game Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Kaiburr is a passcode which will make your force invincible. For more information, see the Kaiburr crystal entry at the StarWars.com databank. [2][3]

[edit] Kolto

Kolto is a highly effective healing agent, and the predecessor to the medical fluid bacta. It is applied the same way in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Kolto is naturally found only on the planet Manaan, where the native Selkath mediate and sell it to both the Galactic Republic and to the Sith, not wanting to cause conflict. Kolto is found in a single, giant chasm at the bottom of the great ocean which completely covers Manaan. The main kolto deposit was guarded by a giant firaxa shark, which the Selkath named as the mythological Progenitor, legendary guardian and source of kolto itself.

During the Jedi Civil War the Republic attempted to devise a procedure which would allow them to synthesize a kolto-like substance. This was not known to be successful, but a synthetic substance with similar properties, bacta, was eventually developed independently by the Vratix of Thyferra. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, bacta had completely replaced kolto for military purposes.

During the course of Knights of the Old Republic it is possible that Revan could irreparably damage the kolto supply causing a galactic shortage by poisoning the water to kill the giant shark. However, this shortage is not carried into Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, possibly for convenience in the plot.

[edit] Membrosia

Membrosia is an alcoholic spirit of the Star Wars Universe. Normally Gold coloured, there is a type called Dark Membrosia which comes from the Dark Nest Killiks. Dark Nest Membrosia has a narcotic effect on insectoid species and is an almost illegal substance. The death of Alliance Supreme Commander Sien Sovv was brought about when his ship was hit by a tanker. The Vratix pilot had been drunk on Dark Nest Membrosia.

[edit] Permacrete

Permacrete is a substance used to pave roads and walkways. It is also often used in the construction of buildings. It was developed at least 4000 years previous to the Battle of Yavin. Like Durasteel, permacrete is implied to be stronger than its real world equivalent.

[edit] Phrik

Phrik is a very dense alloy in Star Wars. It gives resistance to lightsabers. General Grievous traveled with his droid bodyguards, a set of IG-100 series MagnaGuards, who wielded electrified staffs made of phrik. Darth Sidious' lightsaber had a phrik alloy covering. The dark troopers also had body armor made of the alloy.

Phrik is mined, as portrayed in Star Wars Droidworks. The alloy was also featured as a component in Dark Trooper manufacture in the game Dark Forces.

[edit] Plasteel

Plasteel is a durasteel-reinforced plastic substance in Star Wars. It is mainly mentioned in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game series, in which many items can be found stored in "plasteel cylinders".

[edit] Ryll

Main article: Spice (Star Wars)

Ryll, mined on the planet Ryloth, is a relatively weak form of spice used to create a number of medicines used throughout the galaxy. It is also smuggled into the Corporate Sector for illegal sale to the workers. As a recreational substance, ryll can be addictive and dangerous.

[edit] Spice

Main article: Spice (Star Wars)

In Star Wars, spice usually refers to an illegal narcotic or a controlled substance. There are several different kinds of spice in the known galaxy, and they are so-called because they "spice up" the user in some fashion, either temporarily boosting physical strength and stamina, making the user feel invincible, or heightening awareness or creating euphoria. These "spiced" up abilities do not last long and the user eventually needs another dose of the substance and quickly becomes addicted.

[edit] Stygium

Stygium was a crystal only found on Aeten II. The Galactic Republic, in 22 BBY, passed a law controlling the trade of stygium, as it was a crystal that, when used properly, could entirely cloak a vehicle. In the Galactic Republic's early years these devices were common, since Aeten II held an abundance of them. These vehicles included the Scimitar, Darth Maul's flagship, which carried an array of stygium crystals in its long prow. During the events from the capture of the Tantive IV to the Battle of Endor, Grand Admiral Martio Batch sent an Empire superweapon to Aeten II, the Tarkin. There, the Tarkin blew open the planet to reveal its stygium core. Using the crystals and the original stygium implementation, he started the Phantom TIE project. However, saboteurs from the Rebel Alliance destroyed the project and Batch fled. The stygium crystal cloakings disappeared after the creation of the New Republic, although they were still available from Aeten II.

[edit] Stygium as a Lightsaber Crystal

In its pure, crystal form it was known to be suitable for use as a lightsaber crystal. When a Force-sensitive individual was wielding a weapon with this crystal in it, he was somehow more gifted in natural stealth and dexterity.

[edit] References

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[edit] Tibanna

Tibanna gas is a main export of Cloud City on Bespin. It is briefly mentioned in The Empire Strikes Back, when Solo discovers that Calrissian is now running Cloud City, but its use was never revealed in the movie. The novels eventually explained it as a blaster gas, used in many small-arms laser weapons.

[edit] Transparisteel

Transparisteel is a transparent metal alloy used in Star Wars. It is used to make windows and viewports on all manner of ground, air and spacecraft.

[edit] Mesh tape

Mesh tape An adhesive tape made of very dense fibers and completely capable of making a seal strong enough to remain on a ship for years even with regular hyperspace jumps. The fibers used in Mesh tape are a titanium filament and areomesh filament and a heavy durasteel layer filament making the tape difficult to work with but very versatile

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Drew Karpyshyn, Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (2006). ISBN 0-345-47736-7
  2. ^ Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978) by Alan Dean Foster
  3. ^ Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
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