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The '''Valken-38 blaster rifle''' was a [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]]/[[Sniper rifle/Legends|sniper]] rifle and weapon of choice of the [[Corellian/Legends|Corellian]] [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Dengar/Legends|Dengar]]. He used it to kill or wound his prey from a long distance.

==Behind the scenes==
The Valken-38 carbine is referenced in the [[Aurra Sing: Dawn of the Bounty Hunters|Dawn of the Bounty Hunters]] book ([[Chronicle Books|Chronicle]], 2000), and the Valken-38 rifle is featured in the [[Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game]] [[Galactic Hunters]] edition (fixed card #21), from 2009.

Earlier, production images from [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']] show Dengar holding a WWII-era German [[Wikipedia:MG_42|MG 42]] (''Maschinengewehr 42'') machine gun with the bipod and buttstock removed. And in pre-production photos, Dengar is seen with a slightly modified [[Wikipedia:MG_34|MG 34]] (''Maschinengewehr 34''), which is the base weapon identified 'in universe' as both the [[W-90 concussion rifle]] and [[DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle/Legends|DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle]]. When it came time to shoot the movie, however, the MG 34 ended up in the hands of [[4-LOM/Legends|4-LOM]]. Neither of these weapons, though, is explicitly identified as the Valken-38.

==Sources==
*{{CCG|set=Dagobah Limited|cardname=Dengar's Blaster Carbine}}
*''[[Aurra Sing: Dawn of the Bounty Hunters]]'' {{C|as Valken-38 blaster carbine, p.31}}
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20050120a|text=We Don't Need That Scum|int=We Don't Need That Scum|archivedate=20090603071210}}
*{{SWGTCG|set=Galactic Hunters|cardname=Valken-39 Blaster Rifle}}''
*''[[Star Wars: Head-to-Head Tag Teams]]''
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]] {{Po}}
*''[[Star Wars: Force Collection]]'' {{C|Card: IG-88B (★★★★)}} {{Po}}

[[Category:Blaster sniper rifles]]