Lambent

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Lambent was a type of crystal harvested by the Yuuzhan Vong.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 3 Behind the scenes 4 Appearances 5 Sources

[edit] Characteristics

Lambents were the fruits of a certain Yuuzhan Vong plant. Lambent fields gave fruit when they were located on the surface of a planet or in a gravitational field created by dovin basals. For some reason, lambent plants did not give fruit when placed in an artificial gravity well, such as interdiction fields existing on starships or space stations; but this can be attributed to New Republic disinformation to the Yuuzhan Vong.

When ready for harvesting, the lambent would be cut from a milky sac hidden behind the leaves of the plant that grew it. Before cutting off the lambent, the harvester—or his helper, usually a non-Yuuzhan Vong slave—would have to calm the plant by touching it in a slow manner. Lambents were used as communication crystals or light sources, as they could be dimmed or brightened by the thoughts of whoever possessed them.

[edit] History

Anakin Solo encountered lambent-bearing plants on a field on Yavin 4 while in Yuuzhan Vong captivity. Solo used a personally-harvested lambent as a lightsaber crystal. Because he became "attached" to his lambent, he was able to use the crystal as a conduit to vaguely sense any Yuuzhan Vong around him.

After the Second Battle of Coruscant, the beaten New Republic forces on Borealis supplied false information to the Yuuzhan Vong that stated they were growing lambents to equip more members of the New Jedi Order with the creatures to attune themselves to the enemy. Furthermore, the misinformation stated that lambents were being grown by the New Republic to power superlasers.

Presumably, the organisms were integrated into the life on Zonama Sekot.

In 137 ABY, Master Shaper Nei Rin gave Kol Skywalker's lightsaber to Cade Skywalker, which contained a lambent crystal of her shaping.

[edit] Behind the scenes

One definition of the adjective lambent is "softly bright or radiant."

[edit] Appearances

• Edge of Victory I: Conquest
• Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
• Star by Star
• Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
• Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
• Traitor
• Force Heretic I: Remnant (Mentioned only)
• The Unifying Force
• Star Wars Legacy 12: Ghosts, Part 2

[edit] Sources

• Jedi Academy Training Manual