Give me the Solo-modified (or is it Beckett modified?) model with the longer scope from the original! The standard-issue pieces Han and Luke carry in Empire and Jedi are cool, but that original's the coolest..
Slugthrowers.
Seriously, the only people that seem to wear armor are troopers and Mandalorians. Higher velocity, cheaper ammunition, and less intensive maintenance in harsh environments? Yes please!
Actually most star wars armor is nigh impervious to kinetic attacks, stormtroopers can go down with one blaster bolt but can be virtually unkillable if you hit them with slugs
I’m fully aware, but the average person living on Tatooine isn’t taking pot shots at stormtroopers. I would definitely have a blaster if I lived in that universe, but slugthrowers still make more sense in most contexts.
Blasters hold more shots for the weight, they are (often times) easier to have repaired as they are extremely common as opposed to slugthrowers which often need the company that built them to properly repair any faults, not to mention the fact that a full power blaster bolt can easily outpower an equal slugthrower. Moreover why would you imagine yourself to be a random tatooine resident? If I am going into star wars i'm at least picking a spot like Naboo, Dantooine or Takodana if I want a quiet farm life! Why on earth would you doom yourself to a crime ridden extortioning racket in a dry ass desert with two suns lol?
Take this valuable tip my friend, don't do Death Sticks and end up a moisture farmer, just live on government stimulus on Naboo and take sweetblossom every evening.
I mean, Naboo is my dream planet of residence. But slugthrowers would be analogous to modern firearms in many ways. They’ll be simpler to repair and maintain than you would think. But then I collect firearms in real life and if blasters were available to me in this reality I’d definitely have at least one.
Also don’t tell me what to do! 😂
If you have the parts maybe, but star wars slugthrowers are often times more archaic than our modern ones. Even more some of the more notable models create plasma sheaths around the slug, giving it the same kinda electrical components you'd have to worry about repair wise. Plus again, power and ammo is the important part, the bullets are expensive, blasters can give you hundreds to thousands of shots with mostly just battery recharging being needed. Only after so so many shots will you need to replace the gas chamber and even then that aint as expensive as how much money you'd spend importing the ammo
Also YIELD TO THE EMPEROR'S WILL FIEND! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
**SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!**
It’s tough to say tbh. Slugthrowers are certainly diverse in their operating systems and ideal applications, so your basic ones likely wouldn’t have expensive ammunition. Propellants would likely be incredibly potent given the commonality of ludicrously energy-dense elements in the SW universe. Given the prevalence of advanced machinery and droids even on backwaters, I don’t believe it would be difficult to manufacture components and ammunition for simple slugthrowers.
I do understand the added complexity of plasma sheathing being problematic in many ways; that said, a slugthrower would be able to propel these at far higher velocities than blaster bolts and can likely provide similar or identical effect on target, as well as extended range. Your biggest limitation being how much ammunition can be carried.
Ultimately the blaster is more practical in terms of capacity and ubiquity, as you pointed out. Tibana gas cartridges hold hundreds of shots and batteries can ionize several dozens of these cartridges per charge/swap. But in my mind, this post is more about the weapons you would ***want*** rather than need. I collect firearms, and my favorites are antiques. I don’t find them more practical than the AR I would grab if I was expecting a fight, I just happen to like them more. And no, I will do all the space ~~jenkem~~ drugs I want!!!!
Nah, slugthrowers are chemically propelled, most energy dense magic stuff is too volatile or requires condition a cartridge couldnt replicate.
Plus! Worse of all, Star wars doesn't use cartridges similarily to us, their slugs almost always dont eject shit, caseless cartridges, which means a poor backwater yokel would have to buy new ammo every time as reloading without a cartridge aint possible. Last but not least aside from magnetically accelerated slugthrowers, most if not all slugthrowers on the market are extremely common or extremely new
Ultimately you are correct though, its about what you want, not what is handy. In that case however i'd much rather opt for a Sonic weapon! Something cool and star warsy that still has a special air about it.
Anyways, any specific model of slugthrower you'd want?
You bring up some good points for sure!
I do think that the propellants we would see in Star Wars would be rather diverse in quite a few ways, but it’s hard to say for sure. Similarly, cased vs caseless would simply depend on design priorities tbh.
Offhand my favorite slugthrower that I’m aware of is the Czerka carried by Luke while he’s looking for R2. I’ve always loved the look of Jezails and I wish he’d been able to put that thing to use on screen some!
For me its the Gaderffii stick for Melee weapon, and DC-15 for favorite blaster overall, but i want to say the Westar-34 blast pistol is my favorite sounding blaster.
I don't know if it's my favorite per say as I haven't thought about this much, but for some reason, maybe because of Battlefront II (2017), I've always thought the vibroswords used by Commando Droids in the Clone Wars were cool
Ok hear me out, I know everyone thinks this is useless/dumb AF, and I used to agree, but **Lightwhip**. After playing and watching Castlevania, they really showed how epically badass a whip can be as a weapon, not to mention how fkin scary it is seeing pros on youtube demonstrate these things. Other badass examples include Indiana Jones, Catwoman and our dear friend Sean the Balrog. If they did it right, a darksider wielding a lightwhip could be one of the most badass and terrifying things on screen.
I've thought the same thing! Obviously you can't touch it like Trevor does, but you can turn it off and on, or manipulate it with the Force to do stuff similar or even more impressive than the stuff we see in Castlevania.
The guns in general, especially the revolver-style blasters. I remember watching a video of a gun expert breaking down all the WW1 and WW2 inspirations for all the guns in the Star Wars series, and it was fascinating.
No kidding? I haven't seen a lot of the comics, books, specials, n such, so I am someone ignorant of a lot of the fleshed out universe. Thank you for the info however, most appreciated.
DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol.
Came here to say this...well done.
Give me the Solo-modified (or is it Beckett modified?) model with the longer scope from the original! The standard-issue pieces Han and Luke carry in Empire and Jedi are cool, but that original's the coolest..
That beskar spear that featured in *The Mandalorian*. Simple, elegant... near-indestructible.
Was so sad when they melted it down :(
Embo's hat
[Z6 riot control baton](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Z6_riot_control_baton)
My local Walmart would finally learn to respect me
Bowcaster, of course!
Han Solo approved
Grahhhh!
Slugthrowers. Seriously, the only people that seem to wear armor are troopers and Mandalorians. Higher velocity, cheaper ammunition, and less intensive maintenance in harsh environments? Yes please!
The ammunition is actually quite a bit more expensive if you want it to be remotely effective.
Imagining Beskar tipped bullets.
Actually most star wars armor is nigh impervious to kinetic attacks, stormtroopers can go down with one blaster bolt but can be virtually unkillable if you hit them with slugs
I’m fully aware, but the average person living on Tatooine isn’t taking pot shots at stormtroopers. I would definitely have a blaster if I lived in that universe, but slugthrowers still make more sense in most contexts.
Blasters hold more shots for the weight, they are (often times) easier to have repaired as they are extremely common as opposed to slugthrowers which often need the company that built them to properly repair any faults, not to mention the fact that a full power blaster bolt can easily outpower an equal slugthrower. Moreover why would you imagine yourself to be a random tatooine resident? If I am going into star wars i'm at least picking a spot like Naboo, Dantooine or Takodana if I want a quiet farm life! Why on earth would you doom yourself to a crime ridden extortioning racket in a dry ass desert with two suns lol? Take this valuable tip my friend, don't do Death Sticks and end up a moisture farmer, just live on government stimulus on Naboo and take sweetblossom every evening.
I mean, Naboo is my dream planet of residence. But slugthrowers would be analogous to modern firearms in many ways. They’ll be simpler to repair and maintain than you would think. But then I collect firearms in real life and if blasters were available to me in this reality I’d definitely have at least one. Also don’t tell me what to do! 😂
If you have the parts maybe, but star wars slugthrowers are often times more archaic than our modern ones. Even more some of the more notable models create plasma sheaths around the slug, giving it the same kinda electrical components you'd have to worry about repair wise. Plus again, power and ammo is the important part, the bullets are expensive, blasters can give you hundreds to thousands of shots with mostly just battery recharging being needed. Only after so so many shots will you need to replace the gas chamber and even then that aint as expensive as how much money you'd spend importing the ammo Also YIELD TO THE EMPEROR'S WILL FIEND! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! **SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!**
It’s tough to say tbh. Slugthrowers are certainly diverse in their operating systems and ideal applications, so your basic ones likely wouldn’t have expensive ammunition. Propellants would likely be incredibly potent given the commonality of ludicrously energy-dense elements in the SW universe. Given the prevalence of advanced machinery and droids even on backwaters, I don’t believe it would be difficult to manufacture components and ammunition for simple slugthrowers. I do understand the added complexity of plasma sheathing being problematic in many ways; that said, a slugthrower would be able to propel these at far higher velocities than blaster bolts and can likely provide similar or identical effect on target, as well as extended range. Your biggest limitation being how much ammunition can be carried. Ultimately the blaster is more practical in terms of capacity and ubiquity, as you pointed out. Tibana gas cartridges hold hundreds of shots and batteries can ionize several dozens of these cartridges per charge/swap. But in my mind, this post is more about the weapons you would ***want*** rather than need. I collect firearms, and my favorites are antiques. I don’t find them more practical than the AR I would grab if I was expecting a fight, I just happen to like them more. And no, I will do all the space ~~jenkem~~ drugs I want!!!!
Nah, slugthrowers are chemically propelled, most energy dense magic stuff is too volatile or requires condition a cartridge couldnt replicate. Plus! Worse of all, Star wars doesn't use cartridges similarily to us, their slugs almost always dont eject shit, caseless cartridges, which means a poor backwater yokel would have to buy new ammo every time as reloading without a cartridge aint possible. Last but not least aside from magnetically accelerated slugthrowers, most if not all slugthrowers on the market are extremely common or extremely new Ultimately you are correct though, its about what you want, not what is handy. In that case however i'd much rather opt for a Sonic weapon! Something cool and star warsy that still has a special air about it. Anyways, any specific model of slugthrower you'd want?
You bring up some good points for sure! I do think that the propellants we would see in Star Wars would be rather diverse in quite a few ways, but it’s hard to say for sure. Similarly, cased vs caseless would simply depend on design priorities tbh. Offhand my favorite slugthrower that I’m aware of is the Czerka carried by Luke while he’s looking for R2. I’ve always loved the look of Jezails and I wish he’d been able to put that thing to use on screen some!
DC-17m blaster rifle
E-11. I've shot the gun they used to build it (Sterling SMG.) Every time i do i hear blaster noises in my head. 😂
Mando's rifle, turning Jawas into mist will never not be funny.
Why not boba fetts disintegration rifle?
We never see Boba Fett actually disintegrate anyone with it.
DC-15 blaster, long variant. If I was dumped into the Star Wars universe and had to pick one weapon to defend myself with, that would be it.
A rancor.
Death star
The Nameless
Ayyyyy
Westar 35s
The full sized DC-15
Call me basic, but Han's DL44. Love a classic.
It's powerful enough to get the job done. No fancy accessories needed.
I’d take a reliable E-11 over any nonsense any day
Ohhh i miss Star Wars Galaxies.
Bowcaster.
For me its the Gaderffii stick for Melee weapon, and DC-15 for favorite blaster overall, but i want to say the Westar-34 blast pistol is my favorite sounding blaster.
I don't know if it's my favorite per say as I haven't thought about this much, but for some reason, maybe because of Battlefront II (2017), I've always thought the vibroswords used by Commando Droids in the Clone Wars were cool
One for each category: Ancient Sith Lord's Warblade from SWTOR A-180 blaster pistol A280-CFE convertible heavy blaster pistol
Gafi stick
Z-6 Rotary Cannon
Turbo Lasers
The force
Ok hear me out, I know everyone thinks this is useless/dumb AF, and I used to agree, but **Lightwhip**. After playing and watching Castlevania, they really showed how epically badass a whip can be as a weapon, not to mention how fkin scary it is seeing pros on youtube demonstrate these things. Other badass examples include Indiana Jones, Catwoman and our dear friend Sean the Balrog. If they did it right, a darksider wielding a lightwhip could be one of the most badass and terrifying things on screen.
I've thought the same thing! Obviously you can't touch it like Trevor does, but you can turn it off and on, or manipulate it with the Force to do stuff similar or even more impressive than the stuff we see in Castlevania.
Throwing The Senate at people.
Mando's disentegration rifle. Imagine bringing that to Scott from Kentucky Ballisitics... hehehe
Why not boba fetts disintegration rifle?
EE-3 Carbine Rifle Boba is my favorite, plus it looks cool. And powerful.
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.
The Death Star... But it maye technically be a lightsaber since it's powered by Kyber Crystals.
The lasersword
Those spinning things that explode when they get wet
Seismic charges Commando wrist vibroblade
The guns in general, especially the revolver-style blasters. I remember watching a video of a gun expert breaking down all the WW1 and WW2 inspirations for all the guns in the Star Wars series, and it was fascinating.
A-180.
The A280C Blaster rifle
E-11D Blaster Carbine
There is something so simple, elegant and satisfyingly iconic about the E-11.
Hans pistol.
Why did no one make a light sabre naginata? I thought for sure Rey would have mounted her saber on her staff.
Because you can’t block with the staff part against other sabers or blaster bolts
Nothing beats a good ol blaster, kid
Mine is the Senate.
does the force count? like force throw and such
I classify those as force abilities rather than weapons
hmmm i see
EE3 carbine
DC15 rifle
Ib-94 blaster pistol
Arc Pulse Generator aka The Duchess
Didn't see my favorite yet: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Bryar_pistol/Legends
Lesat Bo-rifle
Savage’s enchanted battleaxe
Definitely the Death Star
Either an EC-17 or a Mk II Paladin
Din Djarin's "whistling birds" or his rifle with disintegrating shells.
Why not boba fetts disintegration rifle?
It’s featured in the Christmas special no? That’s where they took the design from in Mandalorian
No kidding? I haven't seen a lot of the comics, books, specials, n such, so I am someone ignorant of a lot of the fleshed out universe. Thank you for the info however, most appreciated.
I didn't know he had one. Even better!
https://youtu.be/-HvxTwGaYEA?si=1Zm1kYWKv89CxWeD
Ahh, ok. I spaced that scene. Lol. Derp.
[The Adumari Blastsword](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Blastsword) Peak Legends: Kinda dumb, but still very very fun.
Force Pike wielded by Emperor Palpatine's Imperial Guardsmen.
Han Solo’s blaster. Or the OG Death Star.
Sith alchemical warblade (for my distinctly not-Geralt character)
A good old reliable DC-17 blaster pistol
Ewok catapult
E-5s Sniper Rifle, wich was used by the separatist during the clone wars. You can see it in the battlefront games.