Suspended animation was the slowing of life processes by external means without termination. Involuntary bodily functions like breathing and heart beats may still occur, but they could only be detected by artificial means. Extreme cold was used to precipitate the slowing of an individual's functions; use of this process has led to the developing science of cryonics.

Suspended animation took place throughout the galaxy in various forms including the sleeper ships that carried Human settlers from Coruscant in the days before the Old Republic, carbon freezing (as in the case of Han Solo on Cloud City and the Black Sun criminal Czethros), various Sith Alchemical techniques and the Imperial Procurator of Justice Lord Hethrir's "sleeping coffins," which kept the subject asleep and alive via life-support systems. However, there were some cases of subjects dying while being held in suspended animation. It also had the effect, after only a few months of suspension, of temporary blindness, nausea, and firing nerves upon awakening.^[1]

Contents 1 Appearances 2 Sources 3 Notes and references 4 External links

AppearancesEdit

• Republic Commando: Hard Contact
• Republic Commando: Triple Zero (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Annual 2: Shadeshine!
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
• Dark Apprentice
• Champions of the Force
• The Crystal Star
• Survivor's Quest
• Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef
• Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
• Conviction

SourcesEdit

• The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
• The Essential Chronology
• Coruscant and the Core Worlds
• The New Essential Chronology
• "Blaster"—Star Wars Insider 105
•  "The Star Wars Atlas: Random Quotes" – "Continuity, Criticism, and Captain Panaka," Daniel Wallace's StarWars.com Blog
• The Essential Atlas

Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Suspended animation on Wikipedia