The bounty hunter Aurra Sing is also identified as wielding an Adventurer slugthrower rifle, which is described as flooding the firing chamber with a rich oxidizer as it detonates its shell to give the projectile extra range and power. Reference material identifies the Tusken Raiders as using a type of slugthrower called a cycler rifle, built from stolen and scavenged parts and firing a solid shot enveloped in energy. Projectile weapons, also referred to as slugthrowers, appear in the Star Wars universe in various forms. First appearing in Attack of the Clones, Geonosian sonic weapons are described as using oscillators to create powerful sonic blasts which are enveloped in plasma-containment spheres and fired at the enemy. It also refers to Geonosians specifically as being well-known within the setting for their sonic weaponry. Such weapons are commonly used by bounty hunters as a way to incapacitate their prey according to background material. ДЄ unique type of DEW appearing in Star Wars films and other media are sonic weapons. A surface-based ion cannon designed to ward off orbiting starships, the v-150 is described as having a maximum range of 180,000В km (110,000В mi) and is powerful enough to disrupt an Imperial Star Destroyer with a single bolt. The v-150 Planet Defender which appears in The Empire Strikes Back defends the Rebel base on Hoth. Jawas use scrap-built ionization blasters to disable droids as seen in A New Hope. ДЄnother common type of DEW in the Star Wars universe is the ion cannon, which background literature describes as firing powerful bolts of ionized energy designed to overload electrical systems or fuse mechanical components, disabling a target without causing lasting damage. Turbolasers require large crews and power generators to function but are effective against other capital ships and planetary targets. The most powerful type of these weapons are referred to as turbolasers, commonly found on Star Wars capital ships. Blaster cannons and laser cannons are more powerful types of these weapons commonly found on Star Wars vehicles, starfighters and other spacecraft, with laser cannons generally considered superior of the two. Small-arms blasters come in many types, from pistols to rifles, with accuracy and range improving as barrel length increases.

The in-universe description for how these weapons function is that a high-energy gas is charged by a power cell and converted into plasma, which is fired as a coherent energy bolt at the enemy via magnetic bottle effect.

Directed-energy weapons (DEW) figure prominently in the Star Wars franchise, with the most common type referred to as lasers or blasters.

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