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Standard issue blaster rifle of the Imperial Stormtroopers. The E-11 blaster rifle props were built from the British-made [[Sterling SMG | Sterling L2A3]] submachine gun. Numerous main characters, including Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker ([[Mark Hamill]]), and Han Solo ([[Harrison Ford]]) use the weapon. | Standard issue blaster rifle of the Imperial Stormtroopers. The E-11 blaster rifle props were built from the British-made [[Sterling SMG | Sterling L2A3]] submachine gun. Numerous main characters, including Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker ([[Mark Hamill]]), and Han Solo ([[Harrison Ford]]) use the weapon. | ||
While the gun is being fired, in some scenes, if you look closely, you can see the spent casings being ejected out of the gun. The one that comes to mind is in '' | While the gun is being fired, in some scenes, if you look closely, you can see the spent casings being ejected out of the gun. The one that comes to mind is in ''A New Hope'' when Luke and Leia swing across the gap to the other side of the bridge while inside the death star. The stormtrooper that fires at them from the platform they just left clearly has spent casings coming out of the gun. | ||
[[Image:SterlingSMG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sterling Submachine Gun - 9mm]] | [[Image:SterlingSMG.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sterling Submachine Gun - 9mm]] | ||
[[Image:SWE11br.jpg|thumb|none|500px|BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle. Standard-issue blaster rifle of the Imperial Stormtroopers]] | [[Image:SWE11br.jpg|thumb|none|500px|BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle. Standard-issue blaster rifle of the Imperial Stormtroopers]] | ||
[[Image:Star Wars-Sterling2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stormtroopers fire their E-11 blaster rifles at the Rebels on the ship Tantive IV in ''A New Hope.'']] | [[Image:Star Wars-Sterling2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stormtroopers fire their E-11 blaster rifles at the Rebels on the ship Tantive IV in ''A New Hope.'']] | ||
[[Image:StarWars-Sterling3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When Leia fires it, a spent shell casing is | [[Image:StarWars-Sterling3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When Leia fires it, a spent shell casing is visible (circled in red).]] | ||
[[Image:Starwars-Sterling4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Han Solo fires his E-11 blaster rifle at Stormtroopers while trapped in the Death Star.]] | [[Image:Starwars-Sterling4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Han Solo fires his E-11 blaster rifle at Stormtroopers while trapped in the Death Star.]] | ||
[[Image:Starwars-Sterling5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luke Skywalker fires his E-11 blaster rifle while stuck on a bridge in the Death Star.]] | [[Image:Starwars-Sterling5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luke Skywalker fires his E-11 blaster rifle while stuck on a bridge in the Death Star.]] | ||
[[Image:STarWars-Sterling.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A stormtrooper with a BlasTech E-11 during the arrest of Rebel forces in ''Return of the Jedi.'']] | |||
[[Image:Starwars-Sterling6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Yeeeh ha ha!" An Ewok holds a captured E-11 blaster rifle while cheering in victory during the Battle of Endor.]] | [[Image:Starwars-Sterling6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Yeeeh ha ha!" An Ewok holds a captured E-11 blaster rifle while cheering in victory during the Battle of Endor.]] | ||
Revision as of 00:15, 17 August 2010
Throughout the six films of the Star Wars saga, creator George Lucas was determined that the universe he envisioned would have a "lived-in" look to it. Thus, the many weapons seen in the saga are in fact visually modified or based upon real-world weapons.
The following lists the real-world firearms that were visually modified for use in the six films of the Star Wars saga:
Original Trilogy
Vostok Margolin .22LR target pistol
In the early scenes of A New Hope and in a few scenes in Return Of The Jedi, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) can be seen with a Defender Sporting Blaster, actually a Vostok Margolin .22 LR Target Pistol, with some muzzle attachment fitted.
BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle (Sterling L2A3)
Standard issue blaster rifle of the Imperial Stormtroopers. The E-11 blaster rifle props were built from the British-made Sterling L2A3 submachine gun. Numerous main characters, including Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) use the weapon.
While the gun is being fired, in some scenes, if you look closely, you can see the spent casings being ejected out of the gun. The one that comes to mind is in A New Hope when Luke and Leia swing across the gap to the other side of the bridge while inside the death star. The stormtrooper that fires at them from the platform they just left clearly has spent casings coming out of the gun.
BlasTech DH-17 blaster pistol
The BlasTech DH-17 blaster pistol is one of the blaster pistols on issue to the Rebel Alliance. Like the E-11 blaster rifle prop, the DH-17 blaster pistol prop was also built from the British-made Sterling L2A3 submachine gun.
BlasTech A280 and A295 blaster rifles
Standard issue blaster rifle of the Rebel Alliance ground forces in both The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi. Both the A280 and A295 blaster rifle props were CAST FROM replicas simlilar to (built from) both the World War 2-era German Sturmgewehr 44 (The Empire Strikes Back) and from the M16 series rifles (Return Of The Jedi).
DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle (MG34)
Standard issue heavy blaster of the Imperial Stormtroopers. The DLT-19s were nothing more than World War 2 German MG34 general purpose machine guns with little to no modifications to its external appearance.
T-21 Blaster Rifle (Lewis Machine Gun)
The heavy blaster seen carried by the Sandtrooper Officer is a modified British Lewis light machine gun.
DL-44 blaster pistol
The DL-44 blaster pistol was the blaster of choice for Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and the Rebel Alliance and was possibly the best known duplicate of a real gun. The DL-44 blaster pistol prop was built from a Mauser C96 handgun, sometimes with a sniper scope. The modifications are obviously added on to the exterior, though the distinct "broomhandle" grips are still wooden.
Jawa blasters
The blaster utilized by the Jawa who shot R2-D2 in A New Hope was built from a cut-down British Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* series bolt-action rifle with the grenade launcher cup attached to the shortened barrel.
Boba Fett's EE-3 Blaster Carbine
The prop Boba Fett uses in the films is a modified Webley & Scott No.1 Mark 1 Flare Gun.
Ponda Baba's SE-14C blaster pistol
The SE-14C blaster pistol Ponda Baba used when his partner, Evazan, tries to get Luke Skywalker into a fight at the Mos Eisley cantina in A New Hope is actually a Swiss Rexim-Favor submachine gun with the stock, barrel, and magazine removed and has a double sniper scope attached.
Prequel Trilogy
Naboo Blaster
In Episode I "The Phantom Menace", the Naboo troops used this weapon that was based around a Walther LP300 Model Air Gun.
Calico M950A
Also seen in The Phantom Menace is the Naboo assault blaster, which appears to be based off of the Calico M950A.
DC-15A Heavy Plasma Rifle
Manufactured by BlasTech Industries, the DC-15-series was a range of plasma weapons used by the Republic clone troopers during the Clone Wars in Episode II "Attack of the Clones" and Episode III "Revenge of the Sith". It is based on parts from the German MG34 making up the rear half, as well as much of the Sterling L2A3 turned upside-down for the front.
DC-15S Compact Plasma Rifle
Like the M16 has the M4, the DC-15A has the DC-15S. It is basically a compacted version of the DC-15, lacking some of the range but making up for it in size (or lack thereof). It is usually seen in the hands of officers, most notably Commander Bacara when he and the Galactic Marines kill Ki-Adi-Mundi. What weapons this is built upon (if any) is currently unknown.