List of Star Wars weapons
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[edit] Ship-mounted weapons
Ship-mounted weaponry in the Star Wars universe is often found on combat craft, though some merchant vessels and other non-combat spacecraft may have armaments to deter pirates. Ship-mounted weapons range from offensive weaponry, such as Laser cannons and powerful turbolasers, to defensive emplacements such as rapid-fire quad turrets.
Small starfighters like the Rebel Alliance X-wing and Y-wing are often armed with proton torpedoes, which deliver a devastatingly powerful blast.
[edit] Personal ranged weapons
The ray gun, the standard weapon of classic science fiction, is also the most common weapon in the Star Wars universe under the name "blaster". There are many variations of blasters: pistols, carbines, cannons, assault rifles and even machine guns.[1] For example, Princess Leia Organa wielded a sporting blaster when her ship was boarded by Darth Vader's forces[1][2], while Han Solo prefers his heavily modified blaster pistol (a BlasTech DL-44)[1]. One of the most common and well-known blasters is the E-11 blaster rifle, the standard weapon of Imperial stormtroopers. Several of the Star Wars films' fictional weapons are modified from real-life blank-firing prop guns: Han Solo's pistol is a customized Mauser C96, while the stormtroopers carry Sterling submachine guns or the World War II-era German MG34 general purpose machine gun, most easily seen in the detention center break-in in Episode IV.
[edit] Heavy ranged weapons
The Star Wars universe makes use of fictional weapons that correspond in class to those of real-world armaments, those include mortars, grenades, land mines, missile launchers, shotguns and remote explosives.[1]
Some of those have effects that are unknown to science. For example, Cryoban grenades can be used to freeze organic matter and the thought bomb is a weapon that destroys all Force sensitive beings within a certain radius[citation needed]. Not even single-celled organisms survive. In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, a disguised Princess Leia used a thermal detonator to help free Han Solo from his carbonite prison inside Jabba the Hutt's palace, by threatening to release the fail-deadly trigger if her demands were not met, impressing Jabba. The weapon has also been used in various Star Wars computer games (i.e., Lego Star Wars II and Star Wars Battlefront II). Another weapon featured is the E-B WEB heavy turret, a large, tripod mounted blaster seen in Hoth Battle, resembling a large machine gun.
[edit] 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.
- Star Wars.com (2008). "Databank: Lightsaber". http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/lightsaber/.
- 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.
- Grubb, Jeff and Stephens, Owen K.C. (2002). Arms and Equipment Guide (Star Wars Roleplaying Game). Lucas Books. ISBN 978-0-7869-2782-1.
- Stephens, Owen K. C. (2001). Starships of the Galaxy (Star Wars Roleplaying Game). Lucas Books. ISBN 978-0-7869-1859-1.
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] External links
- Turbolaser Commentaries - a study and quantitative assessment of Star Wars turbolasers
- The Parts of Star Wars - a detailed website on the weapons of the Star Wars saga
