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Hibernation sickness

Canon Legends version → Linked from 21 articles

Hibernation sickness, also known as carbonite sickness or carbon sickness, was a medical condition that could occur when a person was brought out of suspended animation in carbonite. It was known to cause death. Victims who survived often experienced exhaustion, weakness, dehydration, dizziness, memory loss, and temporary blindness. If they were thawed shortly after freezing, they usually wouldn't suffer from many ill effects.

Text and facts from the “Hibernation sickness” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Susceptiblespecies
Human
Mythrol
Symptoms
Exhaustion, weakness, dehydration, dizziness, memory loss, temporary blindness

Appearances

11 works, in story order
  1. The Citadel (mentioned only, first identified)
  2. Star Wars (2020) 4 (mentioned only)
  3. Star Wars (2020) 39 (indirect mention)
  4. Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (first appearance)
  5. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
  6. Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
  7. Leia and Han - The Han Rescue
  8. The Chronicler (mentioned only, first identified)
  9. The Princess and the Scoundrel (mentioned only)
  10. Chapter 12: The Siege
  11. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes

Linked from

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