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Cortosis is a rare mineral from the Star Wars Expanded universe. It is a somewhat fragile light grey, chalky rock that has the strange property of deactivating or outright resisting lightsabers (the exact nature of its anti-lightsaber properties is unclear), the only mineral to do so. The first mention of it is in Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. It is later mentioned in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. This article is about minerals in the geologic sense; for nutrient minerals see dietary mineral; for the band see Mineral (band). ...
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Splinter of the Minds Eye, 1978 The Expanded Universe (also known as the EU) encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional background of the Star Wars universe, outside of the six feature films produced by George Lucas. ...
The Needles, part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation Chalk is a soft, white, porous form of limestone composed of the mineral calcium carbonate. ...
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A lightsaber duel between Count Dooku and Master Yoda, in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) A lightsaber is a fictional weapon that plays a large role in the movies, games and novels that constitute the Star Wars fictional universe. ...
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Cortosis is common in the Star Wars universe in weaponry. Many weapons are made from cortosis in order to fight lightsaber wielders. In the ancient times of the Old Republic, during times of war with the Sith, it was common for fighters to carry cortosis weaponry. Most commonly were varieties of cortosis vibroblades and vibroswords, which could be used to fight Jedi and Dark Jedi in close ranged combat. It was common for some Sith in ancient times to wield a vibrosword rather than a lightsaber for the purpose that it would wound opponents in a way that was more painful, due to the dicing way the vibroblades would cut. This was seen in the Videogames, and therefore S-Canon. Form of Government Federal Republic--Unicameral--Parliamentary Official language Basic Capital Coruscant Judicial Branch Supreme Court Legislative and Executive Branch Galactic Senate Senate Chair and Head of State Supreme Chancellor Assistant Senate Head Vice Chair Establishment 25,000 BBY Reorganization into the Galactic Empire 19 BBY Re-establishment 5 ABY...
Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader Within the fictional Star Wars universe, the term Sith is used to describe two separate but related groups. ...
A vibroblade is a class of science fiction weapon that uses an ultrasonic generator attached to a bladed weapon like a knife or sword. ...
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Galak Fyyar processes cortosis ore to become a black armour that is used by his Shadow troopers. He also builds a suit of power armor he uses himself. It is unknown whether all cortosis ore deposits are capable of such processing; the ore Fyyar used was smuggled from Cloud City. Like the previous, though, this is found only in video games. Admiral Galak Fyyar is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ...
Shadowtroopers were originally used against the Jedi because of their lightsaber resistant armour. ...
Powered armor (also mechanized, battle, personal armor and suits) is a science fiction concept referring to a type of armored self-powered exoskeleton that is typically intended for use in battle, construction and survival in dangerous enviroments. ...
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Cortosis has also been described as causing a feedback loop with a lightsaber which was described as "shorting out" the Lightsaber blade, requiring it to be reactivated (but not damaging it permanently). Many fans dispute which definition is the canon as both definitions have been included in established canon literature numerous times. The sources that describe it as "shorting out" the lightsaber blade also describe it as a brittle mineral. Some thus propose that ancient cortosis weapons were actually an alloy of cortosis and some other material. This would possibly allow them to resist but not actually short out lightsaber blades, and at the same time remain strong enough to hit things without shattering, ignoring of course the fact that cortosis in no way resists lightsaber blades. A lightsaber duel between Count Dooku and Master Yoda, in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) A lightsaber is a fictional weapon that plays a large role in the movies, games and novels that constitute the Star Wars fictional universe. ...
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