Shadowsuit A shadowsuit was a suit of body - stocking armor made of shadowsilk , a special light - absorbing material . The shadowsuit was designed to maximize the covert movements of the wearer . As such , shadowsuits did not use electronics that could be detected by sensors , except for the optional goggles for the wearer ' s eyes — the only part of the body that the suit did not cover . Cushioned gloves and slippers reduced the noise the wearer made by moving . Ayelixe / Krongbing Textiles produced a retail model of the shadowsuit . While not widely available , a number of thieves and assassins used it . Later , the SpecForces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic custom - made a number of shadowsuits for their elite covert operatives . Description . The shadowsuit looked like an unpretentious , pitch - black body stocking that covered the whole body of its wearer except for the eyes . Users commonly employed goggles in conjunction with the suit to provide eye protection ; in fact , factory - model shadowsuits routinely provided mass - produced goggles , while the Alliance to Restore the Republic included VidGraph Peer macrobinoculars , known as " snooper goggles " , with its standard - issue suits . The shadowsuit was made of shadowsilk , a soft but tough special fiber that absorbed both light and sound . As such , the resulting suit improved the stealth of the wearer . The shadowsuit lacked any electronic device that could be detected by sensors , including sensor scrambler s and energy signature , relying entirely in its passive abilities . The shadowsuit also included gloves and slippers that featured additional sound - attenuating stuffing to reduce the noise a wearer made by moving and thus increasing that user ' s stealth . Including those cushions , the shadowsuit weighed a total of three kilograms , or two kilograms in some cases . It was made from cloth that was thin enough to allow a second type of armor to be donned either over or under the shadowsuit . History . Ayelixe / Krongbing Textiles produced the shadowsuit , bringing it to the market at some point before 22 BBY at a price of 600 . Not commonly found in prestigious stores of the Core Worlds , it was available to military interests and found use among thieves and assassins . During the last decades of the Galactic Republic , this item was legally restricted in the Cularin system , but the bounty hunter Shiana Trist used it there nonetheless . During the Galactic Civil War , the covert SpecForces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic manufactured custom - made shadowsuits , hand - sewing these with the best available shadowsilk , shaking the shadowsuits to avoid rubbing noises , and including a muffled layer in gloves and slippers . The SpecForces had a limited number of units of the armor , even if they tried to keep up with their sizeable backlog . None of these individualized units were available for sale . Behind the scenes . The handcrafted shadowsuit of the Rebel Alliance was first mentioned in " " ( 1997 ) , a role - playing sourcebook for West End Games ' " " written by Timothy S . O ' Brien . The book included the first image of a shadowsuit , drawn by Storn Cook . " Arms & Equipment Guide " added information on the shadowsuit , connecting it with Ayelixe / Krongbing Textiles for the first time . " Arms & Equipment Guide " and " The Clone Wars Campaign Guide " mention that a user can don a shadowsuit and second armor at the same time , but both mention that the game benefits of the shadowsuit are lost in such a case . The " Scum and Villainy " sourcebook says that the shadowsuit weighs only two kilograms , while both the previous " Arms & Equipment Guide " and the later " The Clone Wars Campaign Guide " say that it weighs three kilograms ; this article assumes that some units weighed two kilograms while others weighed three .