Period

Periods, or cycles, were a biological phenomenon involving blood experienced by some beings that could be managed using suppressant shots and painkillers. Periods could be unpredictable, inconvenient, or painful. Some of the Royal Naboo Security Forces, Queen Padmé Amidala, and the group of teenage human females who served as the monarch as her handmaidens, had cycles.

In 32 BBY, the handmaiden Sabé acted as decoy for Amidala's first public appearance as queen when the monarch was temporarily incapacitated due to an unexpected and painful period and needed to take painkillers. The same year, the handmaiden Saché experienced her first cycle, which triggered the blood alarm's blood-sensitive sensor in Amidala's palace apartment. Sabé later recalled the incident in 22 BBY, remembering Captain Quarsh Panaka's horror about why the alarm had been triggered. During the Imperial Era, the Partisan Idryssa Barruck talked to the human girl Jyn Erso about personal health and hygiene.

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