[Bloody Sam Roberts]

So I wonder what marketing guru named a computer technology after an old fashion obsolete process.

Have you actually seen "The Empire Strikes Back"?

Carbonite is the material used in the cryo-freezing process that Han Solo undergoes as a test of the equipment on a human before Darth Vader attempts to use it on Luke Skywalker. It has nothing to do with carbon paper.

[UnChained]

“Carbonite is the material used in the cryo-freezing process that Han Solo undergoes as a test of the equipment on a human before Darth Vader attempts to use it on Luke Skywalker. It has nothing to do with carbon paper. “

Wasn’t it also the make believe ultimate weapon stuff that Kirk used to bluff Balak before Balak turned out to be Ron Howard’s kid brother?