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[[File:HanParka-Hasbro.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] wearing a parka]]
A '''parka''' was a type of clothing worn in cold weather environments.

==History==
Parkas were utilized during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]] by the non-[[Clone trooper/Legends|clone trooper]] personnel whenever stationed on frigid planets. [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knights]] [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] wore them while investigating [[Glid Station/Legends|Glid Station]] on [[Orto Plutonia/Legends|Orto Plutonia]], a [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] outpost that had failed to check in.<ref name="Trespass">{{TCW|Trespass}}</ref> [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Kendall Ozzel]] and [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Masters]] [[Tauht]], [[Plo Koon/Legends|Koon]] and [[Kit Fisto/Legends|Fisto]] all wore parkas during the [[Battle of Khorm/Legends|Battle of]] [[Khorm/Legends|Khorm]].<ref name="ISotR">''[[Star Wars The Clone Wars: In Service of the Republic]]''</ref>

[[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]] wore a electrically heated parka on [[Rafa V]] in [[5 BBY/Legends|5 BBY]]. It had a thermoknob that could be used to adjust the heating setting. The maximum setting was Emergency Full.<ref name="LCMS">''[[Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu]]''</ref>

Almost all of the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] personnel stationed at [[Echo Base/Legends|Echo Base]] on [[Hoth/Legends|Hoth]] wore some form of parka to protect themselves from the harsh icy conditions of that [[Planet/Legends|world]].<ref name="TESB">{{Film|V}}</ref>

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==Appearances==
[[File:Han_Solo_SWG_TNsR.jpg|thumb|220px|The parka protects Han Solo from the bitter cold on Hoth]]
{{Incomplete list}}
*''[[The Old Republic: Deceived]]''
*[[The Old Republic: Deceived (audiobook)|''The Old Republic: Deceived'' audiobook]]
*{{WEGCite|book=Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley|story=Between A Rock And A Hard Place}}
*{{TCW|Trespass}}
*''[[Star Wars The Clone Wars: In Service of the Republic]]''
*''[[Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu]]''
*''[[Scoundrel's Luck]]''
*{{Film|V}}
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' junior novel]]
*[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']]
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth]]''

===Non canonical appearances===
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga]]'' {{Nc}}
*''[[LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]'' {{Nc}}

==Sources==
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised]]'' <!-- December 1996 --> {{C|as sub-zero parka}}
*''[[The Black Sands of Socorro]]''
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]

==Notes and references==
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