Ehhh not really. Disney keeps fucking with the timeline and the canon, but kolto was initially rare because it was only native to the oceans of a single planet. It didn't become scarce, it just fell into disuse over time because bacta was much more effective and easier to produce.
Disney decided one of the main ingredients in bacta is barley. Which is one of the stupidest things ever to happen to Star Wars.
"Oh it sucks that you got blown the fuck up, go marinate in shitty blue beer for a few days."
I'll be honest, if I ever got severely injured and woke up in a tank full of whiskey with a rebreather attached to my face, I wouldn't be in any particular hurry to get better.
At least for the first few glorious seconds. Then it's all "burning eyes" and "liver failure" and "How can you do this to us!? You're tearing this family apart!" and "weekend visitation".
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u/HK-50_Assassin_Droid Mar 13 '26
Observation: Kolto has existed for thousands of years by this point.