Jawa ionization blaster/Legends
- "We're doomed!"
- ―Droid response to seeing an ionization blaster
Jawa ionization blasters were built by the Jawas who lived on Tatooine to capture droids. The guns themselves were cobbled together from whatever scrap the Jawas could scavenge. The gun was made of a blaster rifle stripped down to its power pack, and then had its components replaced with an ion accelerator which was created using a droid restraining bolt and an accu-accelerator from a capital ship ignition system.
When fired, the blaster attached the restraining bolt to the droid and then ordered a stop command which made the droid halt. Normally the bolt just told a droid to halt, but the addition of the accu-accelerator caused a large ion burst to completely disable the droid for a short while. Its maximum range was about 12 meters while its optimum range was about 8 meters. The blaster would cause no damage against organic creatures but would give them a nasty sting.
A Jawa ionization blaster was used to capture C-3PO and R2-D2 when they were stranded on Tatooine.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
"Spare Parts" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
"There's Many a Slip Betwixt Cup and Lip" – Mos Eisley Adventure Set- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
- Tatooine Sojourn
Sources
Star Wars (Pack: Jawa) (backup link)- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Luke Skywalker) (Picture only)
- Cracken's Rebel Field Guide
- The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
- Live-Action Adventures
- Gamemaster Toolkit: Live-Action Adventures (as ion droid gun)
- Introductory Adventure Game (as Jawa demp gun)
- Mos Eisley Adventure Set
- Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
"Furry and Fury" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (As "homemade ion pistol")- Star Wars Fandex Deluxe Edition
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (As "Jawa ionization gun")
Jawa blaster in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
Jawas in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)