When the blaster was fired, a small amount of gas moved from the cartridge through the Heter valve into the gas conversion enabler chamber, commonly called the XCiter. Generating the bolt relied on two components: a gas cartridge filled with an energy-rich blaster gas (typically Tibanna) and a power pack. Instead of firing a coherent beam of light like the archaic laser, the blaster fired a compressed, focused, high-energy particle-beam that was very destructive, commonly referred to as a 'bolt'. Here, the device is being rigged to explode. that always works' ― Kir Kanos destabilizes a blaster pistol, creating a makeshift bomb Ī blaster pistol.

Throughout the Clone Wars, a clone trooper usually held a blaster rifle if not any type of specialist. Some beings used blasters from their youth: Anakin Skywalker owned a small ion blaster in his childhood, Leia Organa was given a sporting blaster when she was a teenager, and Mandalorian children were given blasters, along with extensive training, prior to becoming thirteen standard years old. Blasters ranged in size and power from compact pistols to large, heavy rifles to starship-mounted blaster cannons. The most commonly used weapon in the galaxy, blasters' intense beams consisted of compacted high-energy particles and intense light that could kill or paralyze their target, depending on the setting. ' Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side.' ― Han Solo, to Luke Skywalker on the supposed advantages of a blaster over a lightsaber Ī blaster, also called a gun, was a ranged weapon that fired bursts of particle beam energy called blaster bolts from a replaceable power pack.

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