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Plasma

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"Take a moment and look around this glorious city of yours. It wasn't long ago this was all plasma mines."
―Sheev Palpatine[src]
Windu Angry

The blade of a lightsaber was made of plasma.

Plasma was a state of matter with unique electromagnetic properties. It was naturally present in the porous crust of Naboo,[1] a pastoral planet[2] located near the border of the Outer Rim Territories.[3] Both the native Gungans[4] and the human colonists of Naboo mined plasma from their homeworld's depths.[5] The city of Theed itself, capital of the Nabooan Humans, had once hosted many plasma mines.[6]

Refined plasma was often used in technology. The blades of lightsabers, the signature weapons of the Jedi Knights, were made of pure plasmic energy.[7] At the time of the Clone Wars, many weapons of Umbaran make, including the MHC tank[8] and the hover tank, made use of plasma-based technologies. Thanks to its electromagnetic plasma cannon, the latter could decimate entire platoons of enemy soldiers with one blast.[9] Plasma could also be projected over a chasm to form a drawbridge capable of sustaining the weight of people, ground vehicles and landspeeders.[10] The Wookiee bowcaster made use of quarrels that were charged with plasma energy when fired.[11]

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  1. ↑ StarWars Gungan weaponry in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link (locations/gungantech) not verified!)
  2. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Sio Bibble in the Databank (backup link)
  3. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Naboo in the Databank (backup link)
  4. ↑ StarWars Gungan Grand Army in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  6. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis on Naboo"
  7. ↑ Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
  8. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Umbaran MHC in the Databank (backup link)
  9. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Umbaran hover tank in the Databank (backup link)
  10. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Liberty on Ryloth"
  11. ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
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