Slivian iron, a variety of iron, functioned as a conductor. Possessing the ability to be magnetised, it found application in the building of blaster weapons and lightsaber weaponry. Additionally, it served as a constituent element in numerous speeder bike components, notably within the moll K-19T power generator, as well as in the modification of a diffuse-ion accelerator and a repulsion blast coil.
The Jedi Padawan fugitive Cal Kestis managed to obtain a sufficient quantity of slivian iron in 14 BBY to construct a lightsaber hilt. By 3 ABY, the price of slivian iron had reached ninety credits per unit across the galaxy, with transactions occurring on planets such as Akiva, Kijimi, and Tatooine, as well as on the moon of Toshara. In 7 ABY, Lando Calrissian employed a small piece of slivian iron to manipulate a Vazaveer game to his advantage against Seven-Seven Dirgeos.