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Slugthrower

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"It's like a projectile from a slugthrower. Like someone whipped a rock real fast."
―Joss Adren[1]
Projectile rifle TFA

Slugthrowers were a type of handheld projectile range weapon that used kinetic energy to fire solid projectiles (known as slugs), as opposed to the energy bolts fired by a blaster.[2] Slugs could be fired by weapons such as a slugthrower pistol,[3] slugthrower rifle,[4] and scatter gun.[5] Shotguns were similar to scatter gun slugthrowers.[6]

Carnelion IV inhabitants, the Open and Closed, used a variety of slugthrower weapons in their war against each other, some gatling gun variants are vehicle mounted on Open's large bipedal walkers.[7] Natives from Haruun Kal used crude slugthrowers. These were ineffective against Stormtrooper armor.[8]

Typically, Force sensitive lightsaber users were able to successfully parry slugs without issue.[9] However, in certain occasions, slugthrowers were surprisingly useful against lightsabers, as when a slug flying at high speed made contact with a plasma blade, it would simply melt instead of being deflected like a typical blaster bolt. Molten vapor fragments and/or shrapnel could then scatter towards the face or bare hands of the lightsaber user, and cause harm if they were not careful.[10]

Jas Emari used a custom made slugthrower rifle in the months preceding the Battle of Jakku.[11] Marauders on Hetzal Prime used slugthrower rifles and scatter guns.[9] Cyn's team used slugthrower pistols.[12]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
  2. ↑ Heir to the Jedi
  3. ↑ Fully Operational
  4. ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
  5. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront
  6. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Wookiee Hunt"
  7. ↑ Obi-Wan and Anakin 4
  8. ↑ "The Final Order" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
  10. ↑ Obi-Wan and Anakin 5
  11. ↑ Aftermath: Life Debt
  12. ↑ "Hard Shutdown" — Darth Vader – Black, White & Red 1