SE-14 blaster pistol

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The SE-14, also known as the Separatist blaster pistol or the SR combat pistol during the Clone Wars, was a basic blaster pistol produced by BlasTech Industries.

Description

The SE-14 blaster pistol consisted of little more than a tube with a grip, and a small power pack located beneath the muzzle.

It was also referred to as the SR combat pistol.[4] It cost 500 credits.

History

An SE-14 in use.

The SE-14 was used by the B1-Series battle droids of the Separatist Droid Army during the Clone Wars and was referred to as the Separatist blaster pistol. Due to the touchy situation of producing weapons for an enemy of the Galactic Republic, BlasTech denied that it was one of their designs. Nevertheless, the pistol remained in use as a backup weapon for the Droid Army throughout the conflict.[1][2]

After the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Galactic Empire, BlasTech was contracted by the Empire to produce the SE-14 weapon as a fully automatic backup sidearm, known as the SE-14r.[source?] Another upgraded version, the SE-14C, was later released.[5]

Smugglers and criminals were known to use the SE-14, as evidenced when Ponda Baba attempted to use one to shoot Luke Skywalker in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina.[6]

Behind the scenes

The SE-14 seen in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope is a cut-down Swiss Rexim-Favor submachine gun and is also seen in the movie Alien.[7]

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