Flimsiplast

Flimsiplast, sometimes shortened to flimsi, was a substance formed into flat thin sheets suitable for writing on. During the age of the Galactic Empire, flimsiplast was a more common physical writing medium than paper. Nonetheless, it was regarded as an archaic technology compared to datapads.

During the High Republic Era, the library on Supreme Chancellor Orlen Mollo's ship the Paxion contained a small shelf of ancient flimsiplast books among a larger collection of holobooks.

Tiaan Jerjerrod preferred using flimsiplast ever since his days as an engineering student. He would spend his discretionary funds on antique reams of flimsiplast to maintain his habit. Even when he spearheaded the Empire's construction of the second Death Star, he maintained schematics for the battle station on flimsiplast.

By the end of the Empire's reign, flimsiplast maps were regarded as a curiosity.

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