Shield (physical armor)/Legends

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Luke Skywalker hits an archaic shield with a lance.
"Blast! He blocked my energy bolt with his shield!"
―Luke Skywalker during a jousting contest on Serphidi[1]

A shield was a broad piece of hard material carried on the arm and used as a protection against blows.[1] As early as by the Mandalorian Wars, physical shields had been replaced by energetic devices.[2] Some less-developed cultures, however, retained those archaic means of defense. Such civiliations included the Serp, a reptilian species from the planet of Serphidi, who still used kite-shaped shields for their jousting contests.[1] A certain type of shields made from cortosis ore also remained in use concurrently with modern technology due to its property of blocking lightsaber attacks.[3] The beastwarden's shield was a type of shield made of bronze with a serrated edge that was used for defense and as a thrown weapon by Geonosian Petranaki gladiators on the planet Geonosis.[4] Before their extermination by the Mandalorian Crusaders,[5] the Tlönians crafted a particular type of shield.[6]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars (1977) 64
  2. ↑ Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
  3. ↑ Jedi Council: Acts of War 1
  4. ↑ Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
  5. ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare
  6. ↑ SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story
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