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[[File:Flare_gun_SWTOR.png|thumb|250px|A Flare gun]]
A '''flare gun''' or '''flare pistol'''<ref name="Elrood">[[Operation: Elrood (book)|''Operation: Elrood'']]</ref> was a device used to launch a [[Flare/Legends|flare]] of light into the air to signal for help when in distress or to notify of the user's location. After the [[Battle of Alderaan]], hundreds of [[Republic trooper]]s used Flare guns to alert the [[Republic Navy]] after the victory over the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Sith Empire]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]].<ref name="Hope">[[Hope (cinematic trailer)|''Hope'' cinematic trailer]]</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
A Flare gun prop is included in the Collectors Edition of ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''<ref name="Collector's Edition">{{TORweb|url=info/news/news-article/20111021|text=A Look Inside the Collector's Edition}}</ref> as well as the Digital Upgrade Pack.<ref name="TOR Store">{{TORweb|url=buy|text=Store}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*[[Hope (cinematic trailer)|''Hope'']]
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel]]''
*{{SWG|An Empire Divided}} {{ID|flare pistol}}
*[[Operation: Elrood (book)|''Operation: Elrood'']] {{ID|flare pistol}}
*{{Journal|13|Special Ops: Ship Jackers}} {{Mo}} {{ID|flare pistol}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 69|''Star Wars'' (1977) 69]] {{1st}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Dark Empire Sourcebook|story=The Ordeal of Boba Fett|stext=''The Ordeal of Boba Fett''}}

==Sources==
*''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''
*{{SonyCite|url=content.jsp?page=Combat%20Upgrade:%20New%20Weapons%20-%20Pistols|text=Combat Upgrade: New Weapons - Pistols|archivedate=20051018114701}} {{ID|flare pistol}}
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]
*''[[Enter the Unknown]]''
*[[Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Age of Rebellion'' Core Rulebook]]

==Notes and references==
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