- "You wanna buy some death sticks?"
"You don't want to sell me death sticks."
"Uh, I don't wanna sell you death sticks."
"You want to go home and rethink your life."
"I wanna go home and rethink my life." - ―Elan Sel'Sabagno under the influence of Obi-Wan Kenobi's mind trick
Death sticks were a mild hallucinogen drug primarily sold on Outer Rim worlds, but could be found in abundance on Coruscant. Originally developed in the illegal pharmaceutical labs of CoCo Town, they were relatively cheap and were smuggled into the clubs of cities by slythmongers. The cilona extract offered euphoria in exchange for a horrific outcome, producing a twisted version of reality enhanced by bright colors. With each dose, the user's life was shortened, and the successive dosages took away larger chunks from a lifespan. With each successive dose, the desire for a harder reaction increased. It was thus very difficult for a user to shake their addiction without medical assistance.
Characteristics[]
- "Boy, I could sure go for a death-stick right now."
"Those things will kill you." - ―Two stormtroopers on Vjun
Death sticks came in two typical forms. In liquid form, they consisted of small tubes of red or yellow ixetal cilona fluid, which could be added to an alcoholic drink (some mixed them with Fizzyglug) or injected intravenously. A hardened variety containing dried granules of the drug could be smoked or pulverized and then snorted. When ingested, the drug was capable of greatly weakening a person's connection to the Force.
Rehabilitation for death stick addiction was available at medical centers at a cost of typically 2,500 to 3,500.
History[]
- "Death sticks, terrible stuff!"
- ―Jango Fett to Rozatta
Death sticks were a devastating factor in Balosar society. Pollution was one of the causes of the heavy addiction to death sticks, but the Balosars' immunity to toxins allowed them to consume them without much effect other than the life-long addiction. Some Balosars even entered the death stick business, where they would travel in hopes of finding potential customers.
During the reign of the Galactic Republic, illegal trade in death sticks became the greatest competition to the spice from Ryloth called ryll. The rivalry resulted in a hatred between the Balosars and Twi'leks.
In 34 BBY, Bando Gora leader Komari Vosa entered into a deal with Gardulla the Hutt, Senator Connus Trell of Ryloth, and the powerful Dug death-stick kingpin, Sebolto, to distribute contaminated death sticks, as a means of supplying the Bando Gora with 'brain dead' recruits.[5]
Shortly after the Invasion of Naboo, the Bando Gora distributed a more potent and deadly form of death stick to gather more members until the cult was destroyed by Jango Fett.
In 22 BBY,[source?] Elan Sel'Sabagno tried to sell Obi-Wan Kenobi death sticks, but Kenobi used a Jedi Mind trick to convince him he did not want to sell them to Kenobi, then to convince him to stop selling death sticks altogether, which eventually resulted in Elan "going home to rethink his life".[1]
At another time in 22 BBY,[source?] reporter Anjet Okeco wrote an article for HoloNet News about the use of death sticks among Coruscant's youth with Coruscant Health Officials estimating millions of children using them.[6] Soon after, two students at a sub-adult school in the Jrade District were found in possession of death sticks.[7]
Death sticks were both one of Tatooine's principal exports and imports. In 0 BBY, a patron of Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in Mos Eisley smoked a death stick while Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi visited the cantina.[2]
Cade Skywalker used death sticks to ease his emotional pain and to keep his famous ancestor from speaking to him from beyond the grave, although he used a Force healing power to keep the death sticks from causing any damage to his lifespan.
Appearances[]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
- "Galactic Power Brokers" — Star Wars Gamer 10
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 66 (SLE1-2, Elan Sleazebaggano)
- "Kessel: Hell in Space" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy" — Star Wars Insider 89
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Legacy Era Campaign Guide
- Sleazebaggano, Elan in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
- So Uncivilized: Great Gunslingers in Star Wars, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Enter the Unknown (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 1
- Lords of Nal Hutta
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- ↑ Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
- ↑ Darth Plagueis
- ↑ SPECIAL REPORT: The Death Stick Scourge — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #49 (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Death Sticks found in Subadult School — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #53 (content now obsolete; backup link)