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Carbon-freezing chamber

- "This facility is crude, but it should be adequate to freeze Skywalker for his journey to the Emperor."
- ―Darth Vader
Carbon-freezing chambers were tibanna gas freezing technology used in Cloud City on Bespin to freeze carbon. "Vacuums" located on Bespin took in tibanna gas from the depths of the planet and released it into the chambers to be frozen for more convenient transportation. While the gas is suspended inside the chamber, liquid carbonite was applied, which cooled around the gas, freezing it.

Freezing chambers were also sometimes used to seal living beings—though one miscalculation could lead to death. Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker used a carbon-freezing chamber to encase himself, his Padawan Ahsoka Tano and several clone troopers, so they might infiltrate the planet Gwori undetected.[1] In 3 ABY, Darth Vader used the carbon-freezing chamber on Cloud City to encase Han Solo in carbonite. The frozen Solo was given to Boba Fett, to deliver to Jabba the Hutt for a bounty. The chamber was then reset, as Vader intended to encase Luke Skywalker in carbonite in order to transport him to the Emperor without resistance.[2]
The freezing of sentient beings was once used by the Krath as a form of torture.[3]
One of the most popular and prominent models was the class three carbon-freezing chamber produced by Figg and Associates.
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- Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, First Edition
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire trading cards (Card: Leia's Recurring Nightmare)
"Star Wars Kids Answer Quest"—Star Wars Kids 5
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
Star Wars Trading Card Game – The Empire Strikes Back (Card: Carbon Freezing Chamber)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
"Secrets of the Force"—Star Wars Insider 123
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Three
Carbon-freezing chamber in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
Cloud City in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
E-3PO in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
Ugnaught in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
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Carbon Confrontation on Hyperspace (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
