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The '''Amban phase-pulse blaster''' was a type of two-pronged [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]]. In [[1 ABY/Legends|1 ABY]], the [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] used an Amban phase-pulse blaster to save [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] from a [[Panna dragon]] on [[Panna Prime]].

==Description==
The Amban phase-pulse [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]]<ref name="Character Key">{{Cite_web|url=http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data/500/medium/JPG_boba_holiday-ck.jpg|title=BOBA FETT Character Key|work=[https://forum.rebelscum.com Rebelscum.com Forums]|publisher=rebelscum.com|archiveurl=https://archive.is/HU5B1}}</ref> was a type of handheld blaster technology. The weapon had a [[Stock/Legends|stock]] at its base and a grip near its forked end. The Amban phase-pulse blaster could be used at a medium range, and it was capable of fighting off large [[Species/Legends|creatures]].<ref name="Holiday Special" />

==History==
{{Quote|You saved my life. Thank you.|Luke Skywalker, to Boba Fett|<ref name="The Star Wars Holiday Special">{{Shortstory|story=The Story of the Faithful Wookiee|book=The Star Wars Holiday Special}}</ref>}}
[[File:Star-Wars-Boba-Fett-animated-version-sixth-scale-hot-toys.png|thumb|right|175px|Boba Fett carried an Amban phase-pulse blaster.]]
In the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[1 ABY/Legends|1 ABY]],<ref name="1 ABY">{{SWBoards|url=thread.jspa?threadID=152583&start=870|thread=Holocron continuity database questions|user=Leland Y Chee|date=October 12, 2006|time=6:13 PM|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510064423/http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=152583&start=870|quote=Wookiee Life Day occurs every 3 years, one of which fell at ~1.5 ABY.}}</ref> the [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] wielded one such weapon. While on the mud-[[Moon/Legends|moon]] of [[Panna Prime]], Fett witnessed the young [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|rebel]] [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] come under attack by a [[Panna dragon]], which began to [[Diet/Legends|devour]] the [[Pilot/Legends|pilot's]] [[BTL-S3 Y-wing starfighter]]. Skywalker's [[Blaster pistol/Legends|blaster pistol]] had no effect on the beast, so Fett intervened. From the back of a [[Paar's ichthyodont]], the bounty hunter fired his Amban phase-pulse blaster at the dragon, and it retreated. After the incident, Skywalker thanked Fett for saving his life.<ref name="Holiday Special" />

==Behind the scenes==
The Amban phase-pulse blaster first appeared in "[[The Story of the Faithful Wookiee]]," an animated segment of [[1978]]'s ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'',<ref name="Holiday Special" /> and it was named in the production's Boba Fett character key.<ref name="Character Key" />

The design of the Amban phase-pulse blaster was repurposed for [[Chop'aa Notimo]]'s [[Electrostaff/Legends|electrostaff]] in the [[2008]] [[video game]] [[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'']].<ref name="Force Unleashed">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' video game]]</ref>

In 2020, a version of the Amban phase-pulse blaster, named the Amban JP Blaster Rifle, was added to the online multiplayer game [[Cartel Market|''Star Wars: The Old Republic''{{'s}} Cartel Market]] to commemorate the release of the second season of ''[[The Mandalorian]]''.

==Appearances==
*[[Cartel Market|''Star Wars: The Old Republic'' Cartel Market]]
*{{Shortstory|story=The Story of the Faithful Wookiee|book=The Star Wars Holiday Special}} {{1st}}
*[[The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (Little Golden Book)|''The Story of the Faithful Wookiee'' Little Golden Book]]

==Sources==
*{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection|pack=Boba Fett (Animated Debut)|altlink=https://www.rebelscum.com/TAC24bobaanimated.asp}}
*{{InsiderCite|106|Classic Moment}} {{Imo}}
*{{SWYoutube|ftUjHQd4s78|Grievous Comes to Battlefront II and the Latest on The Mandalorian|archivedate=20200728150317}}
*{{TORweb|url=info/news/article/20201020-0|text=Cartel Market Additions: Game Update 6.1.4}}

==Notes and references==
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{{Interlang
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|es=Bláster de pulso fásico ambano/Leyendas
|nl=Amban Phase-Pulse Blaster
|pl=Ambański blaster fazowo-impulsowy
|ru=Амбанский фазово-импульсный бластер
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