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Luke Skywalker wearing a bacta mask
- "The bacta are growing well. Those scars should be gone in a day or so."
- ―2-1B removing Luke Skywalker's bacta mask
A bacta mask was a mask infused with bacta that was used to heal facial injuries. 2-1B applied one such mask to Luke Skywalker after he sustained a wampa attack prior to the Battle of Hoth.[1]
Behind the scenes
The bacta mask from a deleted scene
The bacta mask used to heal Luke Skywalker appeared in filmed but unused scenes from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.[2] Still photos from the scene have appeared in various places, and were the basis for the scene's inclusion in the Marvel Comics adaptation of the film.[1]
Star Wars Legends sources first used the term "bacta mask" in the 2010 article "The Empire Strikes Fact!"
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (In deleted scene(s))
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back novelization (and unabridged audiobook) (as "protective pad") (First appearance, in book)
- Star Wars (1977) 40 (recolorized in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 3: Resurrection of Evil and Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back)
Sources
- Star Wars: Behind the Magic
"The Empire Strikes Fact!" — Star Wars Insider 119 (reprinted in The Original Trilogy) (First identified as "bacta mask")- The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
