The Hidden One Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I wonder, maybe it's just another healing subsatance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 And kolto is...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Kolto is a big part of the storyline in Knights of the Old Republic. Theres a theory going around that Republic Scientists found a way to manufacture Kolto, and called it Bacta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I'm pretty sure they are not the same thing. I believe kolto is found only on Manaan, and bacta is found only on Thyferra (X-Wing series). Assuming that is true, they must be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomie Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I think either Bacta is better than Kolto, or Manaan has run dry, since we've never seen even a hint of Kolto during the movies, or the EU that takes place around that time. at least, I think. Though I'm not an EU expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokill Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 kolto is yust an EU story there is none of that here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Originally posted by Doomie or Manaan has run dry I think that story works out best. After all, KOTOR takes place thousands of years before the movies. And we don't hear about Kolto in the EU because they just made it up for KOTOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Bacta that we know isn't from the movies either. Sure we have the "bacta tank" but what is it exactly? A little water tube that Luke is suspended in with a mask on and a giant diaper. We see a droid put a blinky light thing on the outside of it and he jerks around. Then in the EU it gets described as a red colored sticky "healing fluid." In other games it's been a blue tinted healing fluid (see JK1, RC). In the movies we didn't really know what it was or how it worked, only that it was somehow part of SW medical tech. I don't remember if they described how it worked in the ESB novelisation, it's been a long time since I've read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManaMana Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Hmmhmmm...! Bacta: http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/bactatank/index.html Now, try searching for "kolto". Is this thread ment to be here...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 It would probably fit better in the Expanded Universe Star Wars forum... The Databank entry is good, but seemingly in error. We never see any "red translucent fluid" in ESB that is identified as Bacta. We just see Luke in a tank seemingly filled with water. So any "red" bacta is off camera or otherwise hidden from our view. Maybe Lucas intended that it is red, so it's G-level canon, but I see no evidence of that just in ESB. Anyway, that's something for the SW Databank editors to work out. It's like saying Yoda's blood is blue. Apparently it's canon that it is (G-level since Lucas said it in the AOTC behind the scenes stuff), but we never see it on screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 If George wanted bacta to be red, he could have digitally recolored it for the DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Well, according to the "Behind the Scenes" tab: Databank When Luke is suspended in the bacta tank in The Empire Strikes Back, the liquid looks largely colorless due to the lighting on the set. Later, when he is recuperating in the medical center, a look at the tank in the background reveals a deep red hue. So I would assume that constitutes as G-Level canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Originally posted by Shok_Tinoktin Well, according to the "Behind the Scenes" tab: So I would assume that constitutes as G-Level canon. Sounds like a retcon to me. But when I get home I'll re-watch the scene on my ESB DVD and see. If this IS the case, it would be interesting to see if it's been that way all along or just in the 2004 edition. The first time I ever heard of Bacta being red was in an EU novel. And I've never seen a game with red bacta (unless you count the bacta tanks flashing red every so often in JK2 MP to be it, but then all health related stuff was keyed to red (the bacta juice was always light blue), like shields were keyed to green). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 This guy's question was rpolly answered, but if so I'm going to re0answer i because I didn't bother to read the whole thread I think kolto is bacta, because if you go into the kolto packing room on Manaan and ask for some kolto, the Selkath says "If you want a personal use package, go to the store". And the only ehaling "single-use" package is a bacta pack, 40 credits. And since kolto is the only healing substance, according to them, what do you think bacta is made out of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Jaxu Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 supposedly bacta is stronger than kolto don't quote me on that though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Originally posted by Master Jaxu supposedly bacta is stronger than kolto don't quote me on that though Actually, other way around: Kolto was a healing medicine far more powerful than Bacta (quoted from RPGGamers.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Jaxu Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 i said don't quote me because i knew i was probly wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Originally posted by Master Jaxu i said don't quote me because i knew i was probly wrong I know; I was just building on your post. You were right about bacta and kolto not being the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Jaxu Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 yea your right,so kolto is stronger than bacta right then whydon't they have kolto tanks instead of bacta tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kushan10 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 KOTOR took place about 3000 years before the battle of yavin it must have gone extinct by now so i think BACTA is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachineCult Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 KOTOR took place about 3000 years before the battle of yavin it must have gone extinct by now so i think BACTA is better kushan10, try not to revive such old threads, this one for instance is over a year old, the topic is over and done with. I would like to add, however, that seeing as Kolto occurs naturally on Manaan, then Bacta is a probably by-product or perhaps a refined version of the seemingly raw material Kolto. Or maybe at some point during the 3,000 years they just decided to change the name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niner_777 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 How is bacta used in RC? It appears to be some kind of healing radiation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Frost Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Acouding to wikipedia its a liqid. Maybe they pour it into eyes OR there is a special opening which alowes to go through the entire suit and eventualy over the wounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Frost Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Acording to wikipedia its a liqid. Maybe they pour it into eyes OR there is a special opening which alowes to go through the entire suit and eventualy over the wounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc-1207"Sev" Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Kolto is a healing substance found on the planet of manaan that is only back in the old"old" republic there isnt any because the sith and republic bother were fighting over it and eventually went dry also its better than bacta.also it is in games it in kotor2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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