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- "Sir, the Electrum has reverted to realspace."
- ―A technician, to Wilhuff Tarkin
In realspace, stars, planets, and other astronomical objects existed separated by a vast vacuum
Realspace,[1] also called normal space,[2] space-normal to the Chiss,[3] star-space to the Kilji species,[4] or simply space,[5] was the dimension in which all of the galaxy's residents lived. The vast majority of space was a vacuum, a depressurized volume devoid of atmosphere. The vacuum of space was fatal to many living organisms without the use of some sort of EVA suit and was unable to sustain fire.[6] Because travel using sublight engines within realspace was slow, sentients found a technological way to access the shadow dimension known as hyperspace. A starship equipped with a hyperdrive would "jump" from realspace into hyperspace, and "revert" from hyperspace to realspace.[1]
Species that could survive in the vacuum of space include exogorths[7] and Cylo's cyborg whale-ships.[8] Neebrays could survive in nebulae, such as the Kaliida Nebula.[9] As well as being able to survive in space, the purrgil were capable of traveling through hyperspace.[10]
Many droids were able to operate in space. Astromech droids were exposed to the vacuum of space when conducting repairs outside the hull of a starship[11] and when inserted into the astromech socket of a starfighter.[12] KX-series security droids could also survive in the vacuum of space.[13] Battle droids, used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars, occasionally sat on the outside of ships, such as pod-hunting shuttles.[14]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tarkin
- ↑
Hyperdrive in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
- ↑ Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil
- ↑ The Rebellion Begins
- ↑ Lords of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ Darth Vader (2015) 5
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shadow of Malevolence"
- ↑
Star Wars Rebels — "The Call"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑
"Rising Malevolence" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
External links[]
- Outer space on Wikipedia
- Space on Wikipedia
