Flamethrower

Flamethrowers were weapons that fired streams or bursts of fire. Although they were often used as an anti-personnel weapon, as in the case of the wrist-mounted flamethrower owned by bounty hunter Jango Fett, some individuals, like the Dug Podracer pilot Sebulba, mounted flamethrowers onto vehicles. Sebulba used his flamethrower as a weapon against other Podracers to help him illegally win the Boonta Eve Classic. Mandalorian warriors often integrated flamethrowers into their vambraces as one of their many anti-Jedi tools, as the flames could not be blocked by the single beam of a lightsaber, forcing the defender to either retreat or try to avoid the fire. A Force wielder with sufficient skill, strength in the Force and time to react could shield themselves from the flames with the Force, though this required considerable effort.

A millennia-old infantry mainstay, flamethrowers were modernized by Mandalorian super commandos and Republic-era clone troopers during the Clone Wars.

Flamethrowers were used during the Clone Wars by clone flametroopers, during the Galactic Civil War by Imperial flametroopers and Rebel Alliance flame troopers, and during the cold war and subsequent conflict by First Order flametroopers.

History
At the Boonta Eve Classic, Sebulba equipped his podracer with flame throwers. He use them as weapon against other Podracers to help him win the the podrace. Bounty hunters such as Jango Fett and Cad Bane used flamethrowers against the Jedi.

During the Clone Wars, the Clone flametrooper under Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi and Commander Jet used flamethrowers against the Geonosians at the Second battle of Geonosis. The Mandalorians, such as members of the Death Watch, the Mandalorian Guards, and the Mandalorian super commandos used flame throwers against their enemies.

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens