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Marksman-H combat remote
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Marksman-H combat remote |
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0.15 meters (diameter) |
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Light blaster |
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- "Look, good against remotes is one thing. Good against the living? That's something else."
- ―Han Solo to Luke Skywalker
The Marksman-H combat remote, also referred to as a seeker droid[1] and training remote, was a remote used for military training. Manufactured by Industrial Automaton, it was equipped with non-lethal blasters to prevent injuries to the target.
The fast-moving and unpredictable remote was commonly used by marksmen to improve reaction time and aiming skills. In order to prevent damage, remotes were usually shot at with light-only blasts. Many smugglers and bounty hunters also used remotes to perfect their quick draw skills. Most famously, Han Solo was known to own and practice with a Marksman-H model training remote.
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History
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During the time of the Galactic Republic, Jedi Younglings would practice Shii-Cho with these remotes. Indeed, the Younglings were using them, under supervision of Yoda, when Obi-Wan Kenobi came to them for help in locating Kamino. Later, Luke Skywalker was also seen to be practicing with one in the Millennium Falcon. Luke was impatient and could not predict what the remote would do, but then Ben Kenobi put down the blast visor on Luke's helmet. Eventually Luke saw the point of this; after a little more practice, he could block the droid at will.
They were also used as shooting range targets as part of the training of clone sharpshooters during the Clone Wars.[2]
Behind the scenesEdit
The training remote Luke practices with in A New Hope was originally conceived as an automated execution droid used by the Empire. These execution droids would wander population centers and scan for enemies of the Empire based on the identities of known targets stored in their memory banks. Upon locating them, the targets would be executed on the spot.[3]
AppearancesEdit
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Sharpshooter
- The Pirates of Tarnoonga
- Han Solo at Stars' End
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
- Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars 3: Death Star
- Star Wars 18: The Empire Strikes (Appears in hologram)
- Star Wars 26: Doom Mission
- Star Wars 33: Saber Clash
- Star Wars Adventures Volume 3: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes
- The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Heir to the Empire
- I, Jedi
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Jade Solitaire
- "Revenants"—Star Wars Tales 18
Non-canon appearancesEdit
SourcesEdit
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 97 (JED10, Jedi Field Equipment)
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual
Training remote in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
