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{{Quote|&hellip;the algae allows us to breathe oxygen beneath the surface for several minutes.|[[Lyric]]|<ref name="Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World">''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World]]''</ref>}}
{{Quote|&hellip;the algae allows us to breathe oxygen beneath the surface for several minutes.|[[Lyric]]|<ref name="Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World">''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World]]''</ref>}}
[[File:Greengliepic.jpg|thumb|The green glie, a type of algae]]
'''Algae''' were a group of organisms that typically grew underwater and liked to cover the surfaces of objects. Algae could also be airborne,<ref name="IG-88">{{Shortstory|story=Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}</ref> living on [[Water/Legends|water]] droplets and chemical vapors floating in the [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]].<ref name="Trouble on Cloud City">''[[Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City]]''</ref>
'''Algae''' were a group of organisms that typically grew underwater and liked to cover the surfaces of objects. Once thought to be [[Plant/Legends|plants]], they were classified separately as far back as [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]].<ref name="TGF">''[[Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier]]''</ref> Algae could also be airborne,<ref name="IG-88">{{Shortstory|story=Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}</ref> living on [[Water/Legends|water]] droplets and chemical vapors floating in the [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]].<ref name="Trouble on Cloud City">''[[Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City]]''</ref> Additionally, algae grew on objects out of water, sometimes dangling from structures in strands up to several hundred [[Imperial standard meter|meters]] in length and creating virtual "forests" of algae.<ref name="Boba Fett: Crossfire">''[[Boba Fett: Crossfire]]''</ref>


==Colors==
==Colors==
{{Quote|Those colors are caused by microspheres of airborne algae.|[[Darth Caedus|Jacen Solo]], describing [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin's]] clouds|<ref name="Trouble on Cloud City" />}}
{{Quote|Those colors are caused by microspheres of airborne algae.|[[Darth Caedus|Jacen Solo]], describing [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin's]] clouds|<ref name="Trouble on Cloud City" />}}
Algae ranged in [[Color/Legends|colors]] across the spectrum, including blue,<ref>[[Dark Apprentice (novel)|''Dark Apprentice'']]</ref> brown,<ref>''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught]]''</ref> green,<ref>''[[The New Rebellion]]''</ref> orange,<ref name="IG-88" /> pink,<ref name="Trouble on Cloud City" /> and purple,<ref>''[[Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen]]''</ref> and was sometimes luminescent.<ref>''[[I, Jedi]]''</ref>
Algae ranged in [[Color/Legends|colors]] across the spectrum, including blue,<ref>[[Dark Apprentice (novel)|''Dark Apprentice'']]</ref> green,<ref>''[[The New Rebellion]]''</ref> orange,<ref name="IG-88" /> pink,<ref name="Trouble on Cloud City" /> and was sometimes luminescent.<ref>''[[I, Jedi]]''</ref>


==Uses==
==Uses==
{{Quote|The life energy distilled from concentrated banks of algae and other primitive life-forms can prevent the decay common to previous soul-captures.|[[Lwothin]]|<ref name="The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee">''[[The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee]]''</ref>}}
While it was preyed upon for sustenance by some plants and animals, some species of algae thrived in a commensal relation with other species, including the [[Melodie]]s of [[Yavin 13/Legends|Yavin 13]], to which the algae provided life-sustaining [[Oxygen/Legends|oxygen]].<ref>''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World]]''</ref> Furthermore, varieties such as the [[bestrum algae]] from [[Baralou]] were broken down and processed into foods for consumption,<ref>''[[Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One]]''</ref> and dried algae extracts were used to create [[algae sugar]] for use in [[Alcohol/Legends|alcohol]] fermentation.<ref>''[[Planet of Twilight]]''</ref> [[Algae-bread]] was especially favored by [[Herglic/Legends|Herglics]], who also made [[Herglic algae ice cream|algae ice cream]].<ref name="Lords">''[[Lords of the Expanse]]''</ref>
While it was preyed upon for sustenance by some plants and animals,<ref name="Boba Fett: Crossfire" /> some species of algae thrived in a commensal relation with other species, including the [[Melodie]]s of [[Yavin 13/Legends|Yavin 13]], to which the algae provided life-sustaining [[Oxygen/Legends|oxygen]].<ref>''[[Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World]]''</ref> Furthermore, varieties such as the [[bestrum algae]] from [[Baralou]] were broken down and processed into foods for consumption,<ref>''[[Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One]]''</ref> and dried algae extracts were used to create [[algae sugar]] for use in [[Alcohol/Legends|alcohol]] fermentation.<ref>''[[Planet of Twilight]]''</ref> [[Algae-bread]] was especially favored by [[Herglic/Legends|Herglics]], who also made [[Herglic algae ice cream|algae ice cream]].<ref name="Lords">''[[Lords of the Expanse]]''</ref>


Sometime before the [[P'w'eck Emancipation Movement]] in [[28 ABY/Legends|28 ABY]], the process of [[Ssi-ruu]]k [[entechment]] was improved upon by harvesting the life energy emitted by algae to prevent the decay of captured souls.<ref>''[[The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee]]''</ref>
A more advanced form of algae could be found in the [[Cygnus B system]]. It contained a [[Planet/Legends|planet]] with [[Ocean/Legends|oceans]] inhabited by giant sapient algae beds.<ref name"CC">''[[Cantina Communications]]''</ref>
 
A more advanced form of algae could be found in the [[Cygnus B system]]. It contained a [[Planet/Legends|planet]] with [[Ocean/Legends|oceans]] inhabited by giant sapient algae beds.<ref name"CC">''[[Cantina Communications]]''</ref> Similarly, the planet [[Paulking XIV]] of the [[Corporate Sector/Legends|Corporate Sector]] had oceans filled with talking algae.<ref name="GMR">''[[A Campaign Guide to the Centrality]]''</ref>


==Types of algae==
==Types of algae==
*[[Bestrum algae]]
*[[Bestrum algae]]
*[["Glower" algae]]


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Knight Errant (novel)|''Knight Errant'']]
*''[[Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Boba Fett: Crossfire]]''
*''[[MedStar I: Battle Surgeons]]''
*''[[Domain of Evil]]''
*''[[Domain of Evil]]''
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Two|story=Domain of Evil}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Two|story=Domain of Evil}}
*''[[Cantina Communications]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Cantina Communications]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[The Jewel of Yavin]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Battle for the Golden Sun]]''
*''[[Battle for the Golden Sun]]''
*''[[Death in the Undercity]]''
*''[[Death in the Undercity]]''
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Three|story=Death in the Undercity}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Three|story=Death in the Undercity}}
*{{Journal|5|Wind Raiders of Taloraan}}
*{{Journal|5|Wind Raiders of Taloraan}}
*{{Tales|23|Lucky (comic)|Lucky}}
*{{Shortstory|story=The Prize Pelt: The Tale of Bossk|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}
*{{Shortstory|story=The Prize Pelt: The Tale of Bossk|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}}
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*''[[Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City]]''
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Traitor]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen]]''
*''[[Fate of the Jedi: Backlash]]''
*[[Fate of the Jedi: Backlash (audiobook)|''Fate of the Jedi: Backlash'' audiobook]]
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*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*''[[Alien Encounters]]''
*''[[Alien Encounters]]''
*''[[Alien Anthology]]''
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20040325web|text=Galactic Gazetteer: Hoth and the Greater Javin|int=Galactic Gazetteer: Hoth and the Greater Javin|archivedate=20100508024939}}
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20040722yavin1|text=Yavin: The Big Red One Part 1|int=Yavin: The Big Red One|archivedate=20090603070730}} {{C|Vignette}}
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*{{GamerCite|5|A Campaign Guide to the Centrality}}
*{{GamerCite|10|Standoff on Leritor}}
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]''
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]
*''[[Enter the Unknown]]''
*''[[Suns of Fortune]]''
*{{SW|url=news/welcome-to-the-star-wars-jungle|int=Welcome to the Star Wars Jungle|text=Welcome to the ''Star Wars'' Jungle}}
*[[Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Age of Rebellion'' Core Rulebook]]


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Algae|Algae]]
[[Category:Algae|Algae]]
[[Category:Biological classifications]]
[[Category:Biological classifications]]
[[Category:Sauvax food]]
[[Category:Sauvax food]]

Latest revision as of 15:02, 6 February 2023

"…the algae allows us to breathe oxygen beneath the surface for several minutes."
―Lyric[1]

Algae were a group of organisms that typically grew underwater and liked to cover the surfaces of objects. Algae could also be airborne,[2] living on water droplets and chemical vapors floating in the atmosphere.[3]

Colors

"Those colors are caused by microspheres of airborne algae."
―Jacen Solo, describing Bespin's clouds[3]

Algae ranged in colors across the spectrum, including blue,[4] green,[5] orange,[2] pink,[3] and was sometimes luminescent.[6]

Uses

While it was preyed upon for sustenance by some plants and animals, some species of algae thrived in a commensal relation with other species, including the Melodies of Yavin 13, to which the algae provided life-sustaining oxygen.[7] Furthermore, varieties such as the bestrum algae from Baralou were broken down and processed into foods for consumption,[8] and dried algae extracts were used to create algae sugar for use in alcohol fermentation.[9] Algae-bread was especially favored by Herglics, who also made algae ice cream.[10]

A more advanced form of algae could be found in the Cygnus B system. It contained a planet with oceans inhabited by giant sapient algae beds.[11]

Types of algae

Behind the scenes

Algae, a photosynthetic organism in real life, was introduced into Star Wars lore by author John Chesterman in his 1979 article "Cantina Communications," from Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 16.

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88"—Tales of the Bounty Hunters
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City
  4. ↑ Dark Apprentice
  5. ↑ The New Rebellion
  6. ↑ I, Jedi
  7. ↑ Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World
  8. ↑ Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
  9. ↑ Planet of Twilight
  10. ↑ Lords of the Expanse
  11. ↑ Cantina Communications

External links

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