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The fictional Star Wars universe features an intricate array of weapons, whose uses and powers range from interpersonal combat to destroying entire space stations or even planets and solar systems in single sweeps. Some of them resemble stereotypical science fiction weapons, while others, perhaps most notably the lightsaber, are uniquely associated with the franchise. While the original trilogy's weapons were, in essence, classic space opera armaments, the expanded universe has some semblance of a consistent, detailed weapons technology. Star Wars creator George Lucas had originally written the summaries for fifteen stories that would make up his entire Star Wars saga. ...
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Ship-mounted weapons
Blasters Blaster is a term that can be used interchangeably with the term "laser" for everyday conversation. Regardless, blasters and lasers are particle beam weapons, which fire a "bolt" of energy. The designs of blasters are a fair bit older than that of lasers, becoming less common in newer ships. With their design, blasters have high fire cycle rates, enabling them to multi fire, a mode of fire in which the rate of discharge is increased at the cost of accuracy. Blasters, because they are weaker than laser of similar size, are limited to starfighters. Han Solos DL-44 blaster pistol In the fictional Star Wars universe, the most common weapon is the blaster. ...
Among the oldest and most venerable of blaster technology is the triple blaster, which dates back to the ancient days of the Old Republic. It works by using three separate blasters connected to the same targeting system, often found in coordinated sets of two or four, to fire simultaneously on a target. No company still mass produces them, and by the Rise of the Empire, triple blasters become exceedingly rare. Form of Government Federal Republic--Unicameral--Parliamentary Official language Basic Capital Coruscant Judicial Branch Supreme Court Legislative and Executive Branch Galactic Senate Senate Chair and Head of State Supreme Chancellor Assistant Senate Head Vice Chair Establishment 25,000 BBY Reorganization into the Galactic Empire 19 BBY Re-establishment 5 ABY...
In the fictional Star Wars universe, Rise of the Empire refers to the early years of Emperor Palpatines Galactic Empire as well as the years and events leading up to it. ...
An updated version of blaster technology is the auto blaster, a modern redesign. Designed for the B-wing fighter, it has an even higher rate of fire than other blasters, but is not available to other models until after the Battle of Endor. The B-wing is the one of the largest starfighters in the fictional Star Wars universe. ...
The Battle of Endor was the climactic battle depicted in the 1983 film, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. ...
Blasters are allowed on civilian vessels except for heavy blaster cannons during the Rise of the Empire, when they are restricted to corporations through the purchase of Imperial licenses. In the fictional Star Wars universe, Rise of the Empire refers to the early years of Emperor Palpatines Galactic Empire as well as the years and events leading up to it. ...
The most common manufacturer of blasters during the films is BlasTech, which among other lines has a contract with both the Imperial Military and the Rebellion. It also manufactures the Protector civilian fighter-grade blaster line. In the fictional Star Wars universe, BlasTech Industries is a market leader in the manufacturing of personal energy weapons and light artillery. ...
Lasers In the Star Wars Universe, laser cannons are like blasters, but much more powerful. They are usually used on fighters, freighters, and other small ships, as big warships use Turbolasers. Quad laser cannons have been mentioned on the Millennium Falcon and the Trade Federation battleships. While they generally have a destructive impact, very rarely they can have an effect similar to Ion Cannons (see below), as happened to Luke Skywalker at the Battle of Hoth. Star Wars creator George Lucas had originally written the summaries for fifteen stories that would make up his entire Star Wars saga. ...
The Millennium Falcon takes off from Tatooine The Millennium Falcon is a starship in the fictional Star Wars universe, piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca after Solo apparently won it from Lando Calrissian in a high-stakes game of sabacc. ...
The Trade Federation is a fictional organization that exists in the Star Wars universe at the time of the Galactic Republic. ...
HMS Victory in 1884 In naval warfare, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. ...
Luke Skywalker (born 19 BBY) is a fictional character of the Star Wars universe, a Jedi Knight, who plays a major role in the series of films. ...
The Battle of Hoth is a fictional event in the 1980 science fiction film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ...
To solve the apparent discrepancy between Star Wars lasers and real lasers (real lasers don't fire at sublight speeds, are not visible from the side etc.), various explanations have been given. One of them is that Star Wars lasers are in fact real lasers fired at lightspeed etc., however a sublight tracer bolt goes before it. The bolt itself is invisible, though the laser that follows can be seen by the naked eye. So targets will be destroyed, killed, etc. before the laser seems to reache. While perhaps sounding a little ad hoc, it is consistent with what is seen on screen. Additionally, this explanation also seems consistent with official material, e.g. matching extremely well with what the book Incredible Cross-sections of Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones (also known as AOTC:ICS) says about energy weapons on page 3.
In the Star Trek universe however, lasers are somewhat debated. In some episodes they are deemed pointless, as they cannot even penetrate the shields of a starship such as the USS Enterprise, USS Dauntless, and other such ships. Lasers cannot cause damage to the hull plating of a ship either. Yet in some episodes, it can be observed that lasers on more powerful enemy vessels can be dangerous.
Turbolasers Turbolasers are the immensely scaled up versions of the blaster and laser cannon that are shown on the films; even the smaller ones are able to eradicate fairly large asteroids in a single shot. They can also be planet-based weapons, with power to match their immense proportions. These can be seen on the Death Star as they are the turrets that the rebel fighters avoid with their speed and are shooting at them when they go down the trench. Turbolasers are the standard weapon on most cruiser-sized or bigger ships, including Victory, Venator, Imperator, Executor, and Eclipse-class Star Destroyers. Massive ships, such as the Eclipse class Star Destroyers, carry gargantuan numbers of Turbolasers and are capable of bombarding the surface of a planet into a flaming ruin. This type of orbital bombardment is known as "Base Delta Zero". Turbolasers require vast amounts of energy and are therefore powered by individual power generators instead of smaller, dispensible "power packs" like blasters. Some of them also have slow fire rates. It takes a huge amount of energy to get sustained rapid fire. Turbolasers are primarily used for capital ship combat since their targeting computers normally are not fast enough to track the smaller craft like fighters and bombers.
Despite their immense firepower, turbolasers are not entirely effective against fighters. Skilled pilots can dodge the heavy bolts and it takes time for the turbolaser to rotate, while the fighter can also use surperior manuverability. In addition, turbolasers fire slowly. It is more effective to "take them out ship to ship" aka send out other fighters.
Turbolasers are best used against slow or stationary or targets that have poor manuvering abilities.
Ion cannons Ion Cannons are designed to knock out electrical systems. Firing bolts of ionized energy, they can disable everything from propulsion to life support systems. They are often used on capital starships to facilitate the capture of enemy vessels. They can also be planet-based weapons, as seen in the Battle of Hoth when the Rebels used one to disable a Star Destroyer, allowing a transport to escape through the Imperial barricade. Rebel Y-wing fighters carry a pair of light Ion cannons, useful for disabling freighters and convoy ships that would ordinarily be severely damaged by a laser bolt barrage or a proton torpedo. The Battle of Hoth is a fictional event in the 1980 science fiction film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ...
The Y-wing, built by Koensayr, is one of the Rebel starfighters in the fictional Star Wars universe. ...
Proton Torpedo formaly known as Triple D Industry is an Australian band formed 7 years ago by school students with some extra time on their hands. ...
Tractor beams Tractor beams (which are commonly used in many science-fiction works) are used by ships to bring small ships into the docking bay of large vessels. Tractor beams require their own generators, making them somewhat inefficient. The tractor beams aboard the Death Star took energy from the main reactor, giving them a constant flow of power and making it impossible for a vessel caught in it to escape. However, if one of the tractor beam's seven links to the reactor was severed, the projectors would be inactive and vessels would be allowed to escape, as Obi-Wan Kenobi discovered. Typically, tractor beam generators are too large for fighters or bombers to carry them. A tractor beam is a hypothetical device with the ability to attract one object to another from a distance. ...
The first Death Star The second Death Star The Death Star is a giant military space station in the fictional Star Wars universe. ...
Obi-Wan Ben Kenobi (57 BBY - 0 BBY) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, a Jedi Master of legendary status. ...
Gravity well projectors While not weapons in the classic sense, gravity well projectors are used to artificially project a strong gravity field in an area of space where no major masses usually exist, making it impossible to use Hyperspatial engines. The main function of any Interdictor Cruiser ship is to use this effect to foil hit-and-run tactics and keep outmaneuvered enemies from escaping. Interdictor Cruisers work just as well in reverse: Grand Admiral Thrawn used them to drag his own ships out of hyperspace in pinpoint combat formation, catching opposing New Republic forces off-balance. A gravity well is the scientific/science fictional term for the distortion in space-time caused by a massive body such as a planet. ...
Interdictor Cruiser is a term used to decribe any starships from the fictional Star Wars universe capable of interfering with hyperspace travel. ...
Grand Admiral Thrawn is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe who first appeared in the Timothy Zahns Heir to the Empire Trilogy of novels, set five years after the time of Return of the Jedi. ...
Concussion missiles These missiles came in different shapes and sizes, from capital ship-range to starfighters. The Millennium Falcon modified freighter, A-Wing Interceptors and Slave I patrol ship were armed with concussion missiles. In James Kahn's novelization of Return of the Jedi, Lando implies that concussion missiles have greater armor-piercing capability than proton torpedoes. The Millennium Falcon takes off from Tatooine The Millennium Falcon is a starship in the fictional Star Wars universe, piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca after Solo apparently won it from Lando Calrissian in a high-stakes game of sabacc. ...
The A-wing, a fictional interceptor starfighter in the Star Wars universe, is used by the Rebel Alliance. ...
Slave I closing in on Geonosis Slave I is Jangos and Boba Fetts spaceship in the Star Wars saga. ...
Energy torpedoes Energy torpedoes is a cheaper and less powerful version of proton torpedoes. They are featured in Wizard of the Coast's roleplaying book "Starships of the Galaxy" and they are mounted on the Naboo Starfighters in The Phantom Menace movie. They look like energy bolts when fired. In role-playing, participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. ...
Film poster for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 film by George Lucas starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and Jake Lloyd. ...
Proton torpedoes Main article: Proton torpedo Proton Torpedo formaly known as Triple D Industry is an Australian band formed 7 years ago by school students with some extra time on their hands. ...
Proton torpedoes are guided weapons fired from tubes on various spacecraft. Their tubes commonly mounted on Rebel starfighters, torpedoes are the staple warhead of the Rebel Alliance. It was one of these that was shot from Luke Skywalker's X-Wing into the exhaust port of the first Death Star that saved Yavin 4 and many other planets from sure destruction. In LucasArts' "X-Wing", it is shown that Proton torpedoes are more powerful, but Concussion missiles are faster and better at tracking. However, some sources show they have the same power and abilities.
Superlaser Found only aboard the Death Stars and the Eclipse Star Destroyer, the superlaser is a weapon of incomprehensible destruction. The Death Star was created to house this superweapon since the weapon required a titanic reactor core and focusing channels. The superlaser was designed primarily for the destruction of an entire planet and the weapon did so with frightening efficiency. Requiring the Death Star's hypermatter reactor to charge for a full day before the planet-destroying weapon could be fired, the superlaser was of an extremely advanced design. Using a technology called composite beam lasers, the superlaser actually consisted of eight enormously powerful lasers merging into one superlaser. Fortunately for the galaxy, the weapon was used only a couple of times. The weapon was operated by top Imperial gunners and the gunner stations were under the heaviest security since the superlaser could become a extremely potent threat to the Empire if it fell under the wrong hands. A smaller, less powerful superlaser was found onboard the Eclipse-class Star Destroyer and had roughly 2/3 the power of the Death Star's superlaser. Its ability to destroy a planet came from it's ability to drill into the planets core causing it to super-heat and destroy the planet.
Galaxy Gun Another one of the Imperial Superweapons, the Galaxy Gun was another weapon of colossal destruction. The Galaxy Gun was actually a massive starship that surrounded the enormous weapon. It fired gigantic missiles that were astonishingly fast in both sublight and lightspeed realms. The missile was designed to destroy entire planets but its particle disentigrator warhead could be programmed to take out certain strategic locations such as cities or military bases or plants. The warhead was a particle disentigrator and upon detonating, it would explosively convert all matter into energy. The Galaxy Gun's advantage to the Death Star was that it was in a fixed location. The Imperial fleet was always around the weapon making any attempt to raid and destroy or sabotage it apparent suicide.
Sun Crusher The utterly devastating Sun Crusher could fool most uninformed people. Looking like an ordinary starship, the Sun Crusher was actually another one of the Empire's Superweapons. A little larger than a fighter, the Sun Crusher was almost indestructible. It sported four lasers and quantum-crystalline armor that was compacted into layers seven times, making the craft able to take heavy turbolaser fire and it survived from a blast from the Death Star. The main armament of the Sun Crusher was it's eleven plasma charged warheads. Once launched, the warhead would protect itself in a shell of plasma making the warhead look like a heavy laser bolt. The warhead would then travel into the center of a star where the warhead would arm and release extremly dense and enormous amounts of energy making the star go supernova. The resulting explosion would take out entire solar systems effectively eradicating trillions of beings within a short time frame. The Sun Crusher was "hijacked" by Han Solo, the soon-to-be jedi Kyp Durron, Chewbacca, and Qwi Xux to escape from an Imperial emplacement.
The Sun Crusher was destroyed when Kyp Durron flew it into a black hole in the Maw during the attack on the Maw Installation.
Personal ranged weapons The standard weapon of classic science fiction, the ray gun, is also the most common weapon in the Star Wars universe, although the lasers of Star Wars are most likely high power plasma weapons. There are many variations of blasters; pistols, carbines, cannons, assault rifles and even machine guns. For example, Princess Leia Organa wielded a Sporting Blaster when her ship was boarded by Darth Vader's forces, while Han Solo prefers a Heavy Blaster Pistol (a BlasTech DL-44). The most common blaster is the E-11 blaster rifle, the standard weapon of Imperial Stormtroopers. Several of Star Wars' fictional weapons are modified from real-life blank firing prop guns; Han Solo's pistol is a customized Mauser C96, whilst the Stormtroopers carry Sterling submachine guns or MG42 WW2 German heavy machine guns (most easily seen in the detention center break-in in Episode IV). The concept of a death ray is generally portrayed as some form of directed energy weapon that projects energy at a person or object in order to destroy them. ...
The word plasma has a Greek root which means to be formed or molded (the word plastic shares this root). ...
Her Royal Highness, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan (born in 19 BBY), is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe played by Aiden Barton in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, actress Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI, and by Ann Sachs in the 1980s...
Darth Vader (41 BBY–4 ABY) is a fictional character from Star Wars. ...
Han Solo (born 29 BBY), a character in the fictional Star Wars universe, is played by actor Harrison Ford in the Star Wars movie series. ...
The E-11 blaster rifle is a fictional weapon from the Star Wars saga. ...
Imperial Stormtroopers are highly trained shock troops in the fictional Star Wars universe. ...
Mauser is the common name of German arms manufacturer Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensysteme GmbH, as well as the line of bolt action rifles they built for the German armed forces. ...
Mauser C96 Country Germany Type Semi-automatic pistol Inventor Paul Peter Mauser Date of design 1895 Service duration 1899-present(?) Cartridge 7. ...
The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1953 until 1988 when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1 SA80 assault rifle. ...
The Maschinengewehr 42, MG-42, or MG42 was a machine gun that was developed for and entered service with Nazi Germany in 1942, during World War II. The 7. ...
The average output of a blaster (data from tech manuals) is about 8 megajoules. Starship scale blasters are called lasers, while capital scale blasters based on a slightly expanded technology (supported by capacitors and turbines) are called turbolasers. According to official literature on blaster output, the heavy turbolasers mounted on the Old Republic-era Acclamator have an energy output of 200 gigatons per shot. Newer ships in the classic Star Destroyer line are equipped with much larger weapons. A megajoule (abbreviation: MJ) is a unit of energy equal to 1000000 joules. ...
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Acclamator-class assault ship is fictional starship from the universe of Star Wars. ...
The immense Star Destroyers are themselves dwarfed by an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. A Star Destroyer is any of a broad class of fictional starships in the Star Wars universe. ...
The blasters supposedly operate off of a Tibanna gas cartridge and a power pack, with the weapon magnetically 'bottling' the Tibanna gas and then exciting it as it is fired. This is similar to the actual operation of real-world gas lasers. A type of gas mined from the planet Bespin and used in the production of starship blasters. ...
The gas laser is a kind of laser in which some sort of gas (such as helium or neon) is discharged to produce the laser light. ...
DC-15 blaster rifle - Main article: DC-15 blaster rifle
The standard weapon of the Republic clone troopers. The weapon fired blue plasma bolts, foregoing the need for projectile ammunition. Though hard to aim, the blasters were deadly in the hands of the specially trained clone troopers. The DC-15 blaster rifle is a fictional weapon from the Star Wars saga. ...
Grand Army of the Republic Clone Troopers are fictional soldiers from the Star Wars saga, cloned from bounty hunter Jango Fett. ...
The word plasma has a Greek root which means to be formed or molded (the word plastic shares this root). ...
The DC-15 primarily came in two versions; a long-barreled, long-range blaster rifle (The DC-15A) and a smaller, lightweight pistol/carbine (The DC-15S)
DC-17 blaster rifle - Main article: DC-17 blaster rifle
The standard issue blaster for the Clone troopers and various other clones, including the Shocktroopers that lay waste to the Jedi Temple, Commander Cody's Squad 7 and Commander Gree. This weapon is a variant of the DC-15 blaster rifle, which is what standard clone troopers use. It is a Blaster Carbine which was in more common use at the end of the Clone wars than at the start. This was due to its ease of operation compared to the DC-15. It can, like the E-11 be holstered if the stock is folded forward. It lacks the power of the larger weapon though. It was the basis of E-Tech's design of the E-11 Blaster, which stormtroopers use. Do not confuse this weapon with the DC-17m commando blaster. (The one refered to in the main article) The DC-17m Blaster Rifle is a fictional weapon from the Star Wars saga. ...
Grand Army of the Republic Clone Troopers are fictional soldiers from the Star Wars saga, cloned from bounty hunter Jango Fett. ...
The word blaster can mean more than one thing. ...
BlasTech A-280 Blaster Rifle The BlasTech A-280 blaster rifle is the standard issue blaster rifle among the soldiers of the Rebel Alliance. The A-280 blaster rifle was see in the hands of Rebel Alliance soldiers during the Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back as well as in the hands of Rebel Alliance commandos during the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi.
The BlasTech A-280 blaster rifle prop was built from an old World War 2-era German MP44 "assault rifle". German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...
Sturmgewehr 44 Nationality Germany Type Assault rifle Inventor Gustloff Date of design 1943 Service duration July 1944 - May 1945 Cartridge 7. ...
BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle - Main article: E-11 blaster rifle
The basic E-11 blaster rifle is 43.8 cm long (folded), and weighs 2.6 kilograms. The power cell housing opens on the left side of the action housing, above the trigger, giving the E-11 a very low profile (useful when shooting prone or from a barricade), with a standard power cell providing 100 shots. The blaster gas chamber contains sufficient supplies for thirty power cells. The E-11 blaster rifle is a fictional weapon from the Star Wars saga. ...
All moving and/or metal parts are fitted with a corrosion-proof, vacuum-rated, dry lubricant. The top of the receiver has a universal, quick detach sight rail, which comes from the factory mounted with a light, ring reticule, 2x optical scope. The basic, three piece folding stock rides along the left side, under the power cell. When ordering from the factory, one may specify that they wish a fixed stock or a one-piece, right-folding stock at no extra cost.
DH-17 blaster pistol The Blastech DH-17 is a favored weapon by both the Imperial Navy and Rebel/New Republic Navy officers. It is primarily designed for ship use, where it can peirce blaster armor but not a ships hull. The weapon is also favored by ground forces but the blaster pistol was allso used bt the galactic republic in star wars battle front and the star wars clone wars show Executor and several escorting star destroyers In the fictional Star Wars galaxy, the Imperial Navy, or more properly, the Imperial Starfleet, was the military arm of the Galactic Empire charged with maintaining security in Imperial space. ...
DL-44 blaster pistol The BlasTech DL-44 is a heavy blaster pistol. It packs far more power than most pistols, but this means that the power pack is exhausted after just 25 shots, as opposed to 100 or so shots from conventional pistols. However, the blaster is widely favored by mercenaries and bounty hunters, as it is easily modified. This is the favorite weapon of Han Solo, who carries a modified version with efficient galven circuitry, which allows the pistol to deal more damage without draining additional energy. Han's blaster is capable of blowing nearly half-metre wide holes in your average wall. Compare this to the fact that a Stormtrooper's glancing hit did nothing more than scorch Leia's arm in Return of the Jedi and you have evidence of how powerful the modified blaster really is A Blaster, along with the ray gun, is a standard science fiction weapon. ...
Han Solo (born 29 BBY), a character in the fictional Star Wars universe, is played by actor Harrison Ford in the Star Wars movie series. ...
Movie poster Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is a science fiction film that debuted in 1983, and re-released with changes in 1997 and 2004. ...
The DL-44 blaster pistol prop was built from an old Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" pistol. Mauser C96 Country Germany Type Semi-automatic pistol Inventor Paul Peter Mauser Date of design 1895 Service duration 1899-present(?) Cartridge 7. ...
T-21 Rifle The T-21 Rifle is a standard-issue Imperial Stormtrooper weapon, capable of powerful and rapid fire. Imperial Stormtroopers are highly trained shock troops in the fictional Star Wars universe. ...
CDEF Pistol/Rifle/Carbine The CDEF weapons are usually seen as basic and low quality, dealing minimal damage and far from precise.
Wookiee Bowcaster The Bowcaster is the traditional weapon of the Wookiees. It is a common misconception that it launches energy bolts, like a blaster. However, it actually launchers quarrels, similar to a hyper-advanced crossbow. The quarrels are surrounded by an energy cocoon while in flight, which gives them the appearance of extra-long blaster bolts; hence the misconception. The cocoon gives them an extremely high stopping power. Wookiees can load their bowcasters with both standard and explosive tipped quarrels, and the bandolier across Chewbacca's chest likely holds both. The spring that powers the bowcaster is extremely hard to pull back, and humans are generally incapable of cocking a bowcaster. However, modern bowcasters seem to have an automatic cocking system, allowing any species to use them. These bowcasters are also capable of loading more than one quarrel into their chamber, giving them a shotgun-like effect. A Wookiee is a member of a fictional race of hairy bipeds in the Star Wars universe. ...
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Tenloss Disruptor Rifle The Tenloss Disruptor Rifle is outlawed by the New Republic but is still produced on the black market and used by some outlaws and criminal elements. Disruptor weapons can disintegrate matter at the molecular level and rips apart living material with ease and speed. The rifle uses large amounts of energy to acquire the complete disentegration of its targets and therefore the rifle can only fire roughly ten shots before the power pack must be replaced. With the zoom scope, users of the rifle can assassinate someone from a great distance.
Imperial Repeater Also known as the "autogun", is fast and highly accurate. It fires blue energy bolts. It can also fire a trio of bolts simultaneously in a triangular configuration.
Imperial Heavy Repeater A devastating weapon used by Imperial troops, which sprays a torrent of metallic bolts at an extremely high rate of fire. A secondary indirect fire mode allows the gun to fire an orb of concussive energy. The heavy repeater is valued by the Imperials for its rate of fire and effective suppression fire capabilities.
Golan Arms FC-1 Flechette Launcher Based upon the shotgun design, the FC-1 fires a spray of metal flechettes. This is very effective at close range, and especially as an antipersonnel weapon against soft targets. However, the flechettes have little effect on most combat armor. The flechette launcher also has a secondary firing mode in which it fires two proximity grenades. A pump-action and two semi-automatic action shotguns and boxes of ammunition A shotgun is a firearm typically used to fire a number of small spherical pellets, the shot, from a smoothbore barrel of relatively large diameter. ...
Stouker Concussion Rifle The Stouker fires a concussive blast creating an explosion that spreads about 4 meters in diameter. The secondary mode's fire is less devastating in radius but has more impact on the target.
Electroscope Rifle A rifle with a zoom electroscope and powerful shots.
Modified Bryar Pistol The Bryar pistol is a Bryar rifle with stock and muzzle sawed. A fairly standard, relatively accurate blaster pistol with one exception: It has the ability to "charge up" and one fire large blast as opposed to faster, weaker ones. This has no detrimental effects on the gun or it's accuracy, but it does consume ammunition at a much higher rate than normal. The Bryar Pistol was the preferred weapon of Kyle Katarn until he adopted a lightsaber as part of his Jedi training. Although it is no longer his primary weapon, Katarn continues to carry it as a backup. Kyle Katarn is a character in the fictional Star Wars universe, the protagonist of the video game Star Wars: Dark Forces and its sequels. ...
Jedi activate their lightsabers in the Battle of Geonosis. ...
The name is an invention of Justin Chin, inspired by the composer Gavin Bryars. Richard Gavin Bryars (born 1943) is an English composer and double bass player that can be related to experimental music, avant-garde, neoclassicism, and ambient. ...
Jeron Fusion Cutter It is used in mining situations to cut rock. It fires green bolts from each of the 4 chambers, or from all 4 simultaneously at will.
Destructive Electro-Magnetic Pulse 2 Gun A cone-shaped gun that fires an electromagnetic pulse. It severely damages droids and other electrical systems, and is also capable of doing light damage to living tissue.
Training Remote Whilst not a firearm in the traditional sense, training remotes have been known to be used in offense. Most commonly used for training, The Jedi use remotes as target practice by deflecting the remote's low energy lasers with their lightsabers. One of the few remotes to gain note was one created by a Zabrak named Bao-Dur. After he created the remote, it followed him through his life and even through the Mandalorian Wars that the Zabrak helped end at Malachor V. Later Bao-Dur and the remote met the Exile that he had earlier met in the Mandalorian Wars. After the remote and Bao-Dur followed the Exile back to Malachor V Bao-Dur asked the remote to activate the destructive Mass Shadow Generator that he created to end the earlier war. The remote performed his masters request and stayed behind to ensure the activation of the generator. Jedi activate their lightsabers in the Battle of Geonosis. ...
Bao-Dur and the Remote are Star Wars fictional characters in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ...
The Mandalorian Wars are a fictional event in the Expanded Universe of the Star Wars saga. ...
Malachor V is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. ...
Bao-Dur and the Remote are Star Wars fictional characters in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ...
Bao-Dur and the Remote are Star Wars fictional characters in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ...
Bao-Dur and the Remote are Star Wars fictional characters in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ...
Carbonite freeze gun This weapon throws streams of liquid carbonite that freeze targets, leaving them in suspended animation or killing them. The frozen mass then can be broken in pieces by anyone near by, finishing off the victim. Recovery from such a shot is unlikely, as this freezing is uncontrolled. Carbonite is an explosive made from such ingredients as nitroglycerin, wood meal, nitrate, and some nitrate as that of sodium, also nitrobenzene, saltpeter, sulfur, and diatomaceous earth. ...
Suspended animation is the slowing without termination of life processes by external means. ...
This weapon is similar to Samus Aran's Ice Beam, or Duke Nukem's Freezethrower.
Heavy launchers
Merr-Sonn PLX-2M Portable Missile System
 PLX-2M "PLEX" Portable Missile System The PLX-2M is an extremely powerful weapon that fires Arakyd 3T3 missiles. The sheer explosive power of the PLX-2M makes it dangerous to fire blindly in close quarters, but is extremely effective when used as a 'smart' tracking weapon. The PLX-2M has two 'smart' firing modes - the first causes the missile to home in on the magnetic emissions from the repulsorlifts of speeders, and the second causes the missile to home in on infrared heat sources, allowing the user to attack landspeeders, airspeeders, and even low-flying spacecraft. Of course, the launcher also has an unguided 'dumb' firing mode for manual aim.
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In military science, smart weapons refers to munitions equipped with guidance technology that actively seeks a target with little or no direction from a remote controller after the munitions are launched. ...
A repulsorlift is an anti-gravity technology in the fictional Star Wars universe, capable of levitating any object to which it is applied. ...
As depicted in Star Wars, an aircraft that uses anti-gravity (repulsorlift) thrust rather than aerodynamics for lift. ...
Landspeeders are the Star Wars equivilent of automobiles. ...
As depicted in Star Wars, an aircraft that uses anti-gravity (repulsorlift) thrust rather than aerodynamics for lift. ...
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Rail charges launcher Rail charge launchers fire bullets or pellets at an exceptionally high velocity via magnetic acceleration from alternating polarity superconducting rails. This particular launcher can also fire guided "mini-missiles," which seek targets after being launcher. Because of their speed, this tracking is only accurate at long range.
Packered Mortar Gun This is effectively a weak grenade launcher with a long range and a fast rate of fire.
Assault Cannon
Melee weapons
Lightsaber - Main article: Lightsaber
The lightsaber is the traditional weapon of the Jedi Order. It usually consists of a cylindric hilt, about 30 centimeters long, which upon activation emits a colored blade of pure energy. This blade can cut through anything except for another lightsaber blade, powerful energy shields, and a mineral known as Cortosis ore. Dense materials like Phrik alloy also gives significant resistance against a lightsaber. Jedi activate their lightsabers in the Battle of Geonosis. ...
Jedi in Action The Jedi are a fictional monastic peacekeeping organization from the Star Wars saga, known for their talent in the Force. ...
Cortosis is a rare mineral from the Star Wars Universe. ...
Energy sword The energy sword is an ancient development in weaponry, consisting of a plasma charged blade powered by a power cell in the hilt, with a pair of Velmorite crystals used for focusing. While similar to the lightsaber of the Jedi Knights, the energy sword is not comparable in strength to the Jedi weapon, although it is deadly precise. Energy swords have mainly ceremonial uses: Velmorian duel traditions settled disputes with energy swords, and very elderly Jedi and Sith use these for ceremonies. Jedi in Action The Jedi are a fictional monastic peacekeeping organization from the Star Wars saga, known for their talent in the Force. ...
Jedi in Action The Jedi are a fictional monastic peacekeeping organization from the Star Wars saga, known for their talent in the Force. ...
In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Sith were a humanoid race enslaved by a group of warrior priests who follow the dark side of the Force and serve as the evil counterparts to the Jedi. ...
Vibro-weapons Many variations of the Vibro-blade exist. Swords, pikes, knives, and axes all consist of a basic design. The hilt or handle usually contains a mechanism that causes the blade to vibrate at an incredible speed, causing even the slightest glancing blow to become a gaping wound. The complex design (most, if not all, Vibro-weapons have Cortosis particles "weaved" into their construction) allows such weapons to parry the blows of Lightsabers, energy swords, or a random blaster bolt.
Stun Baton Stun Batons are the future of billy clubs. They are in the form of a one or two-foot long metal cylinder with a thin handle on one end of it. The cylinder has a high-voltage electrical current running through it, which can be set to do anything from sting to kill. These common weapons are used by planetary police forces for crowd control and to stop un-armed criminals, but they're little use against a blaster. Hercules fights the Lernaean Hydra with a club A club or cudgel is perhaps the simplest of all melée weapons. ...
Lightwhip With effects similar to those of a lightsaber, this weapon has a longer range. It is built by Obi-Wan Kenobi and used by the Nautolan Jedi Kit Fisto during their mission on Ord Cestus.
Demolition weapons
Thermal detonator Thermal detonators are highly unstable grenade-like weapons used primarily by bounty hunters and mercenaries. The material used is called baradium, which is a highly unstable compound prone to explosions.They cause enormous damage by initiating a fusion reaction upon detonation, with a blast radius of 20 metres or more. Some detonators have an even greater radius, although Stormtroopers carry miniature 5-metre ones. . Thermal detonators have the unique ability of creating a blast that only goes as far as its blast radius. After that, the blast field collapses, and anything even slightly beyond the blast radius is left unharmed. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, a detonator was used by a disguised Princess Leia to help free Han Solo from his carbonite prison inside Jabba the Hutt's palace. The weapon has also been used in various Star Wars computer games. Movie poster Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is a science fiction film that debuted in 1983, and re-released with changes in 1997 and 2004. ...
Her Royal Highness, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan (born in 19 BBY), is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe played by Aiden Barton in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, actress Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI, and by Ann Sachs in the 1980s...
Han Solo (born 29 BBY), a character in the fictional Star Wars universe, is played by actor Harrison Ford in the Star Wars movie series. ...
Jabba Desilijic Tiure, or simply Jabba the Hutt, (596 BBY–4 ABY) (offspring of Zorba The Hutt) is a character in the Star Wars movies. ...
Flash Detonators Much like real-life flashbang concussion grenades, flash detonators emit a blinding flash of light and ear piercing noise (verify?) in a contained radius, temporarily stunning and disorienting targets.
Sonic Detonators Sonic detonators emit violent sonic waves upon explosion, damaging nearby organic beings and potentially rupturing internal organs.
Cryoban Grenades Upon exploding, cryoban grenades rapidly cause everything in a radius around them to freeze.
I.M. Mines I.M. stands for "Imperial Machines", an outside contractor of Imperial weapons. It is a simple kind of mines that can be set in two functions: explode by time set or by proximity.
Trip Mines Trip mines consist of a beam projector affixed to a shaped explosive casing. The laser activates once the trip mine is placed, extending a beam from the charge to the nearest surface that intersects its path. If this beam is broken or the charge is fired upon, the mine will detonate and damage anything caught within its radius.
Sequencer charges These come in two types: automatic and manual. Automatic work like mines, while manual work like detonation packs.
Detonation Packs A detonation pack is a small explosive with a remote activator that can be triggered by the user. The pack is set in place or thrown and is then detonated whenever the user desires. Typically this is used to ambush enemies or blow open doors that are otherwise sealed to the user.
Concussion Grenades There are two varieties of concussion grenades. One of the two is a fairly standard grenade. It explodes with a small blast radius and expels a sonic shockwave that stuns anybody just outside its blast radius. The other kind does not detonate in a traditional sense. It causes only the shockwave, stunning anybody hit by it rather than killing or wounding them.
Jedi Shadow Bomb A shadow bomb is essentially a proton torpedo with the propellant fuel replaced by packed baradium, the material used in the destructive thermal detonators. A Jedi would then use the Force to propel the bomb into an enemy ship. Shadow bombs were developed during the Yuuzhan Vong war. Each Vong ship had gravity generators that could create minature singularities to suck in laser fire and ordinance. Since proton torpedoes are primarily detected by the propellant trail it leaves, the Vong couldn't sense them, making shadow bombs effective towards the late stages of the war.
References - Sansweet, Stephen J. (1998) Star Wars Encyclopedia, The Ballantine Publishing Group. ISBN 0-345-40227-8
- Slavicsek, Bill, Collins, Andy, and Wiker, JD (2002) Revised Core Rulebook (Star Wars Roleplaying Game), Lucas Books. ISBN 0-7869-2876-X
- Grubb, Jeff and Stephens, Owen K.C. (2002) Arms and Equipment Guide (Star Wars Roleplaying Game), Lucas Books. ISBN 0-7869-2782-8
- Stephens, Owen K. C. (2001) Starships of the Galaxy (Star Wars Roleplaying Game), Lucas Books. ISBN 0-7869-1859-4
See also The interstellar epic Star Wars uses science and technology in its settings and storylines, though they are not considered hard science fiction. ...
Many science fiction stories feature a variety of fanciful and not-so-fanciful weapons. ...
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