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"…the algae allows us to breathe oxygen beneath the surface for several minutes."
―Lyric[src]

Algae was a plant that typically grew underwater and liked to cover the surfaces of objects. The plant could also be airborne[1], where it lived on water droplets and chemical vapors floating in the atmosphere.[2] Additionally, algae grew on objects out of water, sometimes dangling from structures in strands up to several hundred meters in length and creating virtual "forests" of algae.[3]

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Colors

"Those colors are caused by microspheres of airborne algae."
―Jacen Solo, describing Bespin's clouds[src]

Algae ranged in colors across the spectrum, including blue,[4] brown,[5] green,[6] orange,[1] pink,[2] and purple,[7] and was sometimes luminescent.[8]

Uses

"The life energy distilled from concentrated banks of algae and other primitive life-forms can prevent the decay common to previous soul-captures."
―Lwothin[src]

While it was preyed upon for sustenance by other plants and animals,[3] some species of algae thrived in a comensal relation with other species, including the Melodies of Yavin 13, to which the plant provided life-sustaining oxygen.[9] Furthermore, varieties such as the bestrum algae from Baralou were broken down and processed into foods for consumption,[10] and dried algae extracts were used to create algae sugar for use in alcohol fermentation.[11] Algae-bread was especially favored by Herglics, who also made algae ice cream.[12]

Sometime before the P'w'eck Emancipation Movement in 28 ABY, the process of Ssi-Ruuk entechment was improved upon by harvesting the life energy emitted by algae to prevent the decay of captured souls.[13]

Perhaps the most remarkable form of algae was that found in the Cygnus B system. It contained a planet with oceans inhabited by giant sapient algae beds.[14] Similarly, the planet Paulking XIV of the Corporate Sector had oceans filled with talking algae.[15]

Types of algae

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boba Fett: Crossfire
  4. ↑ Dark Apprentice
  5. ↑ Dark Tide I: Onslaught
  6. ↑ The New Rebellion
  7. ↑ Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
  8. ↑ I, Jedi
  9. ↑ Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World
  10. ↑ Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
  11. ↑ Planet of Twilight
  12. ↑ Lords of the Expanse
  13. ↑ Force Heretic II: Refugee
  14. ↑ Cantina Communications
  15. ↑ Campaign Guide to the Centrality

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