What was Used BEFORE Bacta was Discovered? - Why One Planet was NEVER the Same After Bacta Adoption 

It's interesting how the creators of Bacta, a stronger healing liquid than Kolto, were much more open about how Bacta worked than the Selkath were with Kolto.

The Selkath: We don't believe sharing our knowledge with others will benefit us in the long run. The Sith: That is why you fail.

I think one of the major reasons that Manaan able to go back to some relevance during the Clone Wars was because Thyferra seceded and join the CIS leaving the Republic to explore other options for medical supplies like third party bacta vendors, the bota of Drongar and of course kolto.

Count dooku: "And finally, Mantu, your people were once a peaceful race. How far they have fallen."

There's a theory it used to be more potent but it started becoming less so as the Star map healed itself cause that healing was what was causing the kolto

As art reflecting life, the Selkath of Manaan serve as a warning for pinning so much of an economy to one resource

For such a life saving fluid it was, no one would ever expect bacta to have a horrible effect like this... RIP to the Selkath species of Manaan. May they sleep peacefully with the fishes 🐟

“GET SOME KOLTO, DELTA” Wonder how it would’ve changed the Republic Commando memes

It’s all fun and games until Vader gets an addiction to bacta

The Bacta Wars was the first star wars I ever bought with my own allowance money when I was a little kid in 96. I had other other books before that but my parents always bought them for me. So I'd love a video on the planet that makes bacta.

7:06 "For reasons unknown, the Kolto supply dwindled.." *Whistles innocently*

Zapp: I hate these filthy Neutrals, Kif. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me. Lol

Imagine we had bacta in real life.

Selkath: you took everything from us! Vratix: I don’t even know who you are

If I was a businessman I would buy a large amount Kolto, a PCL 27, and hundreds of cloning tanks and mass produce the fluid. I might add spices to improve effectiveness and then sell it to backwater worlds at a price cheaper than bacta. Controlling production and distribution would allow me to make a ridiculous profit. I’m surprised Lando never thought of it.

“Dante, in his Inferno, put those who are neutral in the everlasting fight between right and wrong in the lowest place in hell.” "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality." - Dante Alighieri

I love to hear about the aspects of Star Wars lore not spoken about enough, like corporations and stuff

All of this talk about joining the Republic and the Clones Wars made me wonder about what are the benefits of joining the Republic in the first place. Sure, the Selkath did this to themselves. But when it come to the other worlds, their reasons to leave during the Clones Wars are legitimate due to the oppression and mistreatments by the Republic. Plus, by the time of the Clones Wars, we only heard about the majority of the planets in the Mid and the Outer Rims wanted to leave the Republic again and again. So what are the benefits of joining the Republic anyway?

Great video on one of my favorite designed species but I'm curious why use so much clone wars era imagery (specifically all the clones and droids) in an old republic era topic? Looking forward to a video on the Vratix!

Selkath: “Hey guys want some healing juice? :D” Sith: *Bomber sounds intensify*

Narrator: “bacta destroyed a civilization!” Me: “they have done that themselves!”

Yes please make a video about theBacta Makers thank you and may the force be with you .

Selkath: We have the best healing agent ever [Vratix teleports behind them] Vratix: No longer. [The Vratix overheal the Selkath with bacta]

I wish bacta were real better than go to a hospital

So, basically, Manaan’s Kolto trade was the Star Wars equivalent of ancient China’s silk trade.

I would like to hear about Thyferra

So the selkath were basically Switzerland except instead of mountains it’s endless ocean.

Great video. Thanks for the update.

So essentially Manaan is the inverted Saudi Arabia of starwars instead of vast deserts its oceans both placing heavy reliance on one singular liquid resource

I'm always a fan of healing and it is awesome to see some background on these!

Serves them right for making Manaan such a boring, yawn-inducing planet.

"for reasons uknown" Revan: *sings shaggy* "WASN'T ME"

Glad you did a video on this Manaan is my favourite planet from KOTOR I just really like water planets, hence why I Love Kamino as well. Plus the soundtrack of Ahto City is amazing. And I love the Selkath as a species. So again well done!

Always wondered what happened to the Selkath after the Jedi Civil War. I get now why Dooku said that the Selkath used to be a mighty race, and they had since fallen from their former glory and prestige

i love the selkath section of kotor...that and the rakghouls are the closest the game gets to zombies. also i like their fishy gurgles.

Thankyou boss for that great info. It was 🔥

I considered Bacta to be like stem cells in our world. I still say we need to fund Stem Cell Research. Read about it enough and you'll realize no baby murder required. Can safely extract them from healthy adults as well.

So basically, Manaan then was a bit like the Qatar, U.A.E., or Saudi Arabia in today's world. And what happened to Manaan is what would happen to these countries if (for instance) algae biofuel ever becomes as cheap and easy to make as regular petroleum.

Glad the Selkath remained in canon via Clone Wars.

Kolto baby, play enough kotor to know that

The selcath are amazing !

Lol the Sith counter offer was hilarious

“Stop limping around and get some bacta, soldier."

If the video about Thyferra and the Vratix also includes the Bacta War, I'm all for it.

the selkath are the neutrals in futurama. cant change my mind

Just think about it, if someone discovered some new form of "wonder medicin" that would utherly replace fx. penicillin, it would pretty much spell the downfall of producers of the "old" product.

We need a video on the Blackwing Virus from Red Harvest and Death Troopers!!!

Also let me add some things. Like iron replacing bronze on our world, bacta initially was a weaker, but more available product. Plus, since is a synthetic product, it could be easily refined and improved. There was attempts to replicate kolto in laboratory, but there was never any results. Kolto also started to lose effectiveness. Could still heal, but was weaker than a few decades before. It is assumed was the result of overharvesting, tgat led the world to produce aweaker substance to support the excess of demand. By that time, however, bacta was already a powerful healing agent, and most labs could safely replicate it. By the time of the clone wars, kolto was very effective once more. However, was expensive, since was a natural profuct from a single world. The army was relting on bacta for centuries, and it was easily accessible, so only magisters and naturalists were interested in it. By the Galactic Empire era, Manaan was invaded, enslaved, and converted on a resort for the rich. However, kolto was harvested heavily once more, and sold cheaply to the masses, until the reserves depleted. Without any reason to stay there, the Empire abandoned manaan, leaving the people in poverty. Would take decades for the kolto supplies to recover, but by then Manaan was forgotten and isolated.

A pity. They would have been more sympathetic had they sided with the Republic in the Clone Wars. Even more so had they either stayed neutral or sided with the Rebels during the Dark Times. Wonder what real life medicinal parallels are connected with this "out with the old, in with the new" situation? Also reminds me of when the short lived Pony Express got replaced by the telegram. Oh, yes, please do the history of bacta.

Amazing video.

Bacta, never fails!😏👌

On to the next video 📹

essentially Mannan was space Venezuela both were nations that built their economy exclusively on the export of one product and suffered the consequences.

Hi Liked your video

Bacta didn't destroy their civilization, greed did.

So basically they became the alien star wars version of bioshocks rapture city🤔 just without the Adam drug…

Huh, didn't know there was something before bacta.

Before the vid starts, it's kolto--I remember it from KOTOR

legends Thyferra was amazing

In Star Wars canon however, Kolto was replaced by Bacta during the High Republic Era.

Yeah can u do a video about the Thyferrans pls 🥺🥺🥺

Can you do more something about abeloth?

Do a video on Red the Droid jedi. 😆

Let’s go first maybe?

Curiously, some sources say that kolto is actually better than bacta at dealing with certain injuries and illnesses, but bacta supplanted it by being more readily available and better for more things

*Intense Kotor flashbacks*

I thought Bacta was store brand Kolto.

I say let's do the Tythero next. :)

And then theres kolcta...

Lol "thr sith responded by bombing them"

The Senate has no need for bacta since he is all powerful.

Before even watching I wanted to just take a guess and say kolto.

Was that the same as shark in Phantom Mace?

Sorry Fish people, now you know how Drongar and its mutating Bota feel.

Yes to pytherons (sorry don't know spelling)

Are you kidding...we have Bacta on Earth, I use it all the time. It's called Bactine! LOL 😉

Wasnt koltho the better one? I think they offerd it to wedge to fight that bioweappn on coruscant, and the one that offerd it was a slave by the bacta companies or so🤔

Were there any species that were allergic to bacta or to whom bacta was highly poisonous?

Sith and Republic soldiers looking at each other on Manaan: da fuk they doing over there?

Would love to see a video about Thyferra next

👍👌

Never base your economy around a single resource.

I hate the entire selkath species. The Stivastin boss fight in SWTOR was hell.

not so much geopolitics as thalassopolitics, or maybe kosmopolitics.

Bacta killed the kolto star

Competition was always going cause more harm for some than for others.

But what is the actual difference between the two?

iOS vs Android

bruh i meant first

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