Armorweave

Armorweave was an armored cloth material capable of dissipating blaster bolts, and with at least limited resistance to lightsaber attacks. Bounty hunters, mercenaries, and the counts of Serenno traditionally wore capes^[1] and jackets made out of armorweave. General Grievous and his IG-100 MagnaGuard bodyguards wore armorweave,^[2] and Darth Vader's cape was also made of this material.^[3] The Clawdite assassin Zam Wesell wore a suit of Mabari armorweave.^[4] The bodysuit under Mandalorian armor was made of armorweave.

Behind the scenes

As a flexible material used to make armor wearable as typical clothes, armorweave has similarities to the real-world material Kevlar, famous for its use in modern bulletproof vests.

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Appearances

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• Labyrinth of Evil
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization (and unabridged audiobook)
• Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (and unabridged audiobook)
• The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
• Rebel Force: Target (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
• Fate of the Jedi: Allies (and audiobook)

Sources

• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary (First mentioned)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: Darth Vader: A 3-D Reconstruction Log
• Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
• Enter the Unknown
• Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
• Stay on Target

Notes and references