Barium

Barium was a poisonous green substance that could be used as a fuel for vehicles and explosives. It could also repel the gnaw-jaw insects of the planet Jakku. The rebel Sabine Wren mentioned barium as a potential explosive fuel in her journal, and the scavenger Rey likewise noted the substance in the survival guide she wrote, documenting it as a hazard for scavengers on Jakku and its use for warding off gnaw-jaws.
==Description==
Barium was a poisonous substance that could take the form of either green-colored lumps of solid matter or a powder. It shared its name with the barium reed plantThe High Republic: The Rising Storm as well as the product known as Barium Fizz.Darth Maul – Black, White & Red 2 Barium could be used as fuel for vehicles or explosives, with the use of the substance in the latter leading to explosions with a green hue. Similarly, a fuel laden with barium could lead to a green-colored engine exhaust trail in an EML-850 light freighter.Star Wars Outlaws Powdered barium also acted as a repellent against gnaw-jaws, carnivorousBefore the Awakening insects living on the Inner RimStar Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game desert planet Jakku.
==History==
In 5 BBY,The mention of barium in Sabine Wren's in-universe journal represented by Sabine My Rebel Sketchbook is set between the formation of the Spectres and the events of Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion, both of which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 5 BBY. Sabine Wren, a member of the anti–Galactic Empire rebel crew of the starship Ghost, noted in herStar Wars: Timelines journal barium as a possible fuel for creating green-colored explosions. At one point, the individual Flarbola left a special barium-laden starship fuel in a container as part of a stash in a hangar on Achra Station, a space station orbiting the Outer Rim Territories planet Akiva.
In 3 ABY, the thief Kay Vess discovered the stash and took the fuel.
After the decisive Galactic Civil War battle on Jakku in 5 ABY, the planet's surface became strewn with the wreckage of starships and vehicles, leading to dangerous fuels such as barium leaking in its sands. At some point prior to her departure from Jakku in 34 ABY, the human scavenger Rey mentioned barium in the survival guide she was writing. She included in it a note with a visual depiction of a sample of the substance and wrote that barium—which she recommended handling with care—colored sand green, a fact that could inform scavengers to proceed with caution. In the book, Rey also suggested using powdered barium, laid out in a circle around oneself, in order to ward off gnaw-jaws in case of camping in Jakku's desert.
==Behind the scenes==
Barium was first mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in Sabine My Rebel Sketchbook, which was written by Daniel Wallace and published on February 3, 2015. Rey's Survival Guide, authored by Jason Fry, illustrated by Andrew Barthelmes, and released on December 18 of the same year, provided the first visual depiction of the substance. The 2019 reference book TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual by Ryder Windham misidentified the explosive compound baradiumFully Operational as barium.
The name "barium" was originally introduced to the Star Wars franchise in the Star Wars Legends continuity. It was featured in the form of a mention of barium liquid inMonsters and Aliens from George Lucas the non-canonical 1993 book Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas by Bob Carrau and then in Gregory Walker's 2009 Hyperspace-exclusive StarWars.com article "Dining at Dex's." Additionally, the Barium Frizz beverage appeared in "Be Still My Heart: The Bartender's Tale," a short story written by David Bischoff and published in the 1995 anthology Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina. In the real world, barium is a chemical element and metal with a silvery-white luster that, in nature, is always found in the form of chemical compounds. All soluble barium compounds are toxic to mammals. Barium salts are used to obtain green color in flares and fireworks.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Outlaws 
==Sources==
*Sabine My Rebel Sketchbook 
*Rey's Survival Guide 
*TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual 
==Notes and references==
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