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Heavy blaster pistol
Production information
Type	Blaster
Usage and history
Era(s)	Rebellion era
Affiliation	Alliance to Restore the Republic

A heavy blaster pistol, or heavy blaster, was a more powerful version of the standard blaster pistol.

DescriptionEdit

Heavy blaster pistols were basically cut-down blaster rifles,^[1] utilizing a more highly powered gas chamber, firing larger, more damaging bolts with a wider beam. Though bulkier and heavier than a standard blaster pistol, the heavy blaster's advantage was firepower.^[1] It had destructive power comparable to a blaster rifle but a shorter range than the typical blaster pistol. The power pack was generally the same size as a standard pistol and was consumed at a considerably higher rate than a typical blaster pistol. Due to the weapon's formidable power it was in most systems heavily restricted if not entirely illegal.^[1]

UsageEdit

Heavy blaster pistols were very popular with soldiers and mercenaries of all sorts.

HistoryEdit

The Arkanians were the first to experiment with creating blaster pistols with the same energy output as blaster rifles around 5,000 BBY. It took some time for the concept to be widely adopted, and it wasn't until the time of the Jedi Civil War that power output of heavy blasters around the galaxy began to match Arkanian standards.