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    Carbon-freezing

    Carbon-freezing

    Carbon-freezing is an industrial process that encases highly pressurized gases inside solidified carbonite. In Cloud City, Darth Vader decided to freeze Luke Skywalker in carbonite for transport to the Emperor. (As Anakin Skywalker, he’d undergone the process himself to evade Separatist life detectors.) Before setting his trap for Luke, Vader tested the process on Han Solo. The smuggler survived, and was later freed by Princess Leia in Jabba’s palace, though hibernation sickness left him temporarily blind.

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Appearances
  • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,
  • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars,
Locations
  • Cloud City,

VIDEOS

    Concealed in carbonite
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    Concealed in carbonite

    A first look at an upcoming episode of The Clone Wars. See new episodes on television every Friday on the Cartoon Network.

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    Carbon-Freeze
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    Carbon-Freeze

    Darth Vader orders Han Solo encased in carbonite, and Leia is helpless to prevent it.

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    Cloud City

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