Aluminite

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Aluminite was a commercially valuable ore. The asteroids of the Kadal Asteroid Field in the Bestal system[1] of the Outer Rim Territories' Varada sector[2] possessed rich aluminite deposits.[1]

During the existence of the New Republic, the company Fax Ventures engaged in the mining of aluminite in the Kadal Asteroid Field followed by the processing of the ore on the nearby planet Bestal Three. While those operations were highly profitable for the company, they nevertheless only served as cover for an even more lucrative venture—the harvesting of the seeds of Bestal Three's vortal trees for medicinal purposes.[1]

Behind the scenes

Aluminite was introduced in the Star Wars franchise in "Adversaries: Characters for the Star Wars: New Republic Campaign," a roleplaying game source article authored by Bill Slavicsek for use with West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and published in the ninety-seventh issue of the Polyhedron magazine in July 1994. Since that article was released outside of the Lucas Licensing process,[1] it was considered non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.[3] In the real world, aluminite is a white, yellow, or gray mineral that principally contains aluminium.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 PolyhedronLogo "Adversaries: Characters for the Star Wars: New Republic Campaign" — Polyhedron 97
  2. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  3. ↑ Email from Jason Fry on July 9, 2012 — Used with permission. Lucasfilm treats material from the various unlicensed roleplaying game magazines as non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity, with the only exceptions being the existence of those worlds and star systems that are referenced in The Essential Atlas and its StarWars.com Online Companion, and any other details that were referenced in, and thus canonized by, an official source.
  4. ↑ Premium-Era-real Aluminite: Mineral information, data and localities. on Mindat.org (January 7, 2025) (backup link archived on December 23, 2024)