Talk:Carbonite
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[edit] Factual accuracy
What's the source that saying carbonite is made from Tibanna gas? I don't know much about the stuff, but I always thought that it was used to ship Tibanna gas—but I've never heard that it was made out of Tibanna gas. -- Aidje 20:52, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Well, Aidje, that's what great about a wiki, because if I'm wrong, you can correct it. -- Riffsyphon1024 20:56, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- But I don't know if I'm right. I can't find any information on the subject. As far as I know, you are correct and you do have a source for saying this. It just doesn't seem to fit with what I've heard before. If I knew what the case actually was, then I would correct it (or leave it accordingly, of course). As it is now, I'd only be working from my own assumptions. -- Aidje 21:03, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I see you changed it to not say anything about what it was made from. This seems good. I just didn't want to assume that your were assuming, since I knew that I was (hope that makes sense). -- Aidje 21:05, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry bout that, I am just about to give it a source. More info is found in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy.
- Cool. Er, wait. I'm confused now. I see. You're giving a source for the info in the article. I'm getting confused about the difference between the source of information and the source of carbonite. Does the book not say anything other than it's a metal alloy? -- Aidje 21:46, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Both, if possible. -- Riffsyphon1024 22:03, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Okay. That's cool. I think we've got enough asterisks going here, so I"ll just leave this to you. -- Aidje 22:06, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Both, if possible. -- Riffsyphon1024 22:03, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Cool. Er, wait. I'm confused now. I see. You're giving a source for the info in the article. I'm getting confused about the difference between the source of information and the source of carbonite. Does the book not say anything other than it's a metal alloy? -- Aidje 21:46, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry bout that, I am just about to give it a source. More info is found in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy.
- I see you changed it to not say anything about what it was made from. This seems good. I just didn't want to assume that your were assuming, since I knew that I was (hope that makes sense). -- Aidje 21:05, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- But I don't know if I'm right. I can't find any information on the subject. As far as I know, you are correct and you do have a source for saying this. It just doesn't seem to fit with what I've heard before. If I knew what the case actually was, then I would correct it (or leave it accordingly, of course). As it is now, I'd only be working from my own assumptions. -- Aidje 21:03, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I'm curious about something for roleplay purposes with friends, and can't seem to find the information anywhere. Is there ever a stated limit on how long someone can be left frozen in carbonite?207.162.216.15 06:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Han likely not the first person to be frozen in carbonite
Circumstantial evidence points to the idea that Han may not have been the first person to be frozen in carbonite.
1. Vader's comments seem to refer mainly to the testing of "this facility" at Bespin, which was used for the industrial application of carbon freezing, to see if it was also safe for his intentions to use it to freeze a person. It doesn't necessarily refer to the freezing of a human in general.
2. The ready-made life support and life signs detection information used by Lando at Bespin to detect Han's status, seemed like they knew what to expect.
3. Leia's confident diagnosis that Han's blindness was the result of temporary "hibernation sickness" is the strongest evidence that this was done before with other live humans. How else would she know this.
4. (later comment by annother user) There where thousands of sith troopers frozen in carbonite found by the sith lady sirli. --Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin 03:35, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
May I direct your attention to the recent Clone Wars comic Shipyards of Doom? I mean, Anakin HIMSELF is frozen and thawed (as part of events too convoluted to explain here), making it highly unlikely that Vader would have ANY doubts as to whether or not a human could survive the carbon-freezing process. Dewback rancher 02:36, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
