Carbon-freezing chamber
Known locations	Bespin Cloud City

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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. This process required molten carbonite to be released into the chamber which was then flash frozen; a resulting blast of air, soon revealing a solidified encasement.^[1] The process could induce hibernation sickness after being released, as was the case with Han Solo.^[2] The Alderaanian Medical Association also established that inhaling carbon-freezing smoke was a health risk.^[3]

Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker used a carbon-freezing chamber to encase himself, his Padawan Ahsoka Tano, his master Obi-Wan Kenobi and several clone troopers, so they might infiltrate the planets Gwori^[4] and Lola Sayu^[5] undetected during the Clone Wars. 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.^[6]

One of the most popular and prominent models was the class three carbon-freezing chamber produced by Figg & Associates.

AppearancesEdit

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance) Star Wars: Battlefront Star Wars: Bounty Hunter MedStar I: Battle Surgeons Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Shipyards of Doom Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Citadel" Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance) Tag & Bink Are Dead (Non-canonical appearance) Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization (First appearance) Star Wars 43: The Empire Strikes Back: Betrayal at Bespin Star Wars 44: The Empire Strikes Back: Duel a Dark Lord LEGO Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair (Non-canonical appearance)  "Up the Intelligence Ladder"—Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook (Mentioned only) Star Wars 56: Coffin in the Clouds Star Wars 72: Fool's Bounty Shadows of the Empire novel (Appears in flashback(s)) Vader vs. Artoo & Threepio (Non-canonical appearance) Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novelization (Mentioned only) Zorba the Hutt's Revenge Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef

SourcesEdit

• 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

Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Carbon Confrontation on Hyperspace (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)