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[[File:Volfe_Karkko_stasis_field.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Volfe Karkko]]'s stasis confinement.]]

A '''stasis field''' was used as a preservation device, mainly for biological tissue. It worked by altering the passage of time within the area subject to the field; usually either by slowing the passage of time, or stopping it all together.

==Characteristics==
All starships capable of hyperspace travel used stasis fields to protect the crew from the possible effects of traveling faster than the speed of light.

One specific type of stasis device kept its occupant's mind awake, but their body was trapped and remained inactive. While their body held in stasis, they apparently did not require sustenance to survive. It is unknown if they would still die from old age, though this seems unlikely.

Only [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] were capable of controlling this type of stasis fields. The only recorded use of this device was when six members of the [[Jedi High Council/Legends|Jedi High Council]] trapped [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]] [[Volfe Karkko]] in one. Karkko was incarcerated for a millennium before persuading [[Aayla Secura/Legends|Aayla Secura]] to set him free.
[[File:Krayt.png|thumb|left|150px|[[Darth Krayt]] in stasis.]]

After his death, [[Aruk Besadii Aora|Aruk]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] was preserved in a stasis field by his son, [[Durga Besadii Tai|Durga]], until expert forensic examiners could arrive to perform an autopsy.

[[Mirax Terrik Horn]] was kidnapped and kept in stasis by [[Leonia Tavira]].

[[Dread Lord]] [[Darth Krayt]] claimed to have been in stasis at some point in his life (though there is no way to determine if he did so once, or more than once, or how long that stasis was maintained), even though he also claimed to have perfected techniques used for prolonging life. He managed however to preserve his physical form well beyond his normal lifespan, but not without consequences.

[[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] was also "rumored" to have used a stasis field in extreme circumstances, though he usually preferred to [[Death/Legends|kill]] and disintegrate his [[Bounty/Legends|quaries]].

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
*[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Darth Plagueis (audiobook)|''Darth Plagueis'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1998) 32|''Star Wars'' (1998) 32]]
*[[The Last Jedi (novel)|''The Last Jedi'']]
*{{Tales|11|Prey}}
*''[[Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Rebel Dawn]]''
*{{Shortstory|story=And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}
*''[[Shadows in the Force]]''
*''[[Graveyard of Alderaan]]''
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Two|story=Graveyard of Alderaan}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Star Wars Gamemaster Screen|story=Alderath Horticultural Society (adventure)|stext=Alderath Horticultural Society}}
*''[[Jedi Search]]''
*''[[I, Jedi]]''
*''[[Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen]]''
*[[Riptide (novel)|''Riptide'']]
*[[Legacy (2006) 1|''Legacy'' (2006) 1]]
*''[[Legacy—War 1]]'' {{Flash}}
*[[Legacy (2013) 4|''Legacy'' (2013) 4]]

==Sources==
*''[[Death Star Technical Companion]]''
*''[[Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook]]''
*[[Death Star Technical Companion (Second Edition)|''Death Star Technical Companion'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy]]''
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*{{SWGTCG|set=Galactic Hunters|cardname=Stasis Field}}
*{{Holonet|biographies|khem-val|Khem Val}}<!--13 May 2011-->
*{{DB|organization|clonecommando|clone commando|archivedate=20110913184249}}

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