BlasTech Industries

BlasTech Industries was an arms manufacturer. It notably produced the E-11 blaster rifle used by the Galactic Empire as well as the DH-17 blaster pistol and the DL-18 blaster pistol. Ezra Bridger's speeder bike was equipped with twin JB-37 blaster cannons manufactured by BlasTech. BlasTech also manufactured the DL-44 heavy blaster pistol favored by Han Solo.

During the Age of the Empire, BlasTech established a weapons laboratory in the Easthills near the planet Lothal's Capital City. In order to circumvent treaty restrictions on major corporations selling armaments to the First Order, BlasTech jointly spun off a subsidiary with Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. to operate within the borders of the First Order. This subsidiary, Sonn-Blas Corporation, manufactured the majority of First Order weaponry. BlasTech also created the EL-16 blaster some time between the Battle of Endor and the rise of the First Order.

Pistols of Blastech
Over the lifespan BlasTech Industries, countless models and designs blaster pistols was conceived and produced. From the hard hitting DL-44 heavy blaster pistol to the "light" EC-17 hold-out blaster. And countless others, for stat-owned and private use. In fact the Automatic DH-17 blaster pistol proved so successful that both army and navy personal of both Alliance and Imperial Military during the Galactic Civil War.

Stat business
Major state contracts were a major source of revenue for Blastech. Blaster weaponry such as the DC-17(clone war), SE-14r(Galactic Civil War) and the SE-44C(First Order–Resistance war), among others, were used extensively during their respective Galactic wars.

Appearances

 * Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
 * Rebel Journal by Ezra Bridger
 * Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice
 * Thrawn: Alliances
 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
 * Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure
 * Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
 * Star Wars: Uprising
 * Aftermath
 * Aftermath: Life Debt

Non-canon appearances

 * Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes