A pulse cannon was a powerful rapid fire weapon that fired a concentrated bolt of fusion plasma, generally in the form of an incredibly fast moving small orb of blue or purple light.

Generally not used by military forces due to their destructive nature, a pulse cannon inflicted extreme pain on its victim, quickly causing death as the extreme heat of the bolt burned through it's victim. Due to the above average speed of the bolts, and the rate at which they could be discharged from a weapon, pulse cannons were often used to take out groups of stationary or fast moving targets.

IG-88, a droid bounty hunter, carried a modified version of this weapon, as did Dash Rendar. The Plasma cannons used by the Zann Consortium were sometimes referred to as a pulse cannon.

A phased pulse cannon was an especially powerful pulse cannon capable of destroying fast moving speeder bikes.^[1]

By 16 ABY, large versions of these weapons were mounted on the New Republic's Nebula-class Star Destroyers.^[2]

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AppearancesEdit

• Knight Errant (Mentioned only)
• Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
• Shadows of the Empire video game
• Before the Storm

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
• The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
• Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Dagobah Limited (Card: {{{cardname}}})
• Xim Week: The Despotica (Part I) on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• Xim Week: The Despotica (Part II: The Pirate Prince) on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• Xim Week: The Despotica (Part III: Xim at Vondor) on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• Xim Week: The Despotica (Part IV: Evocar) on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare

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