Power mace

"What's your specialty?" "Survival! But obviously you people don't intend to let me practice it!" "I mean weapons, Solo. Cooperate. Give the bettors something to go on." "Well, since you don't allow blasters&hellip; how about my own cruiser and a full complement of proton torpedoes?" "Very funny. Let's see if you're still laughing when you reach the arena."

- A Big Game administrator and Han Solo

The power mace was a melee weapon that consisted of a thin handle and a large, spherical striking end, roughly the size of a Human head, covered in long spikes. The mace had an electrical charge that added extra damage upon a successful attack; the wielder held the power mace in one hand and attempted to hit opponents with the weapon's spiky head. At least one model was gray in color.

On a visit to the space station known as the Wheel during the Galactic Civil War, Human smuggler Han Solo entered a gladiatorial competiton called the Big Game in the hopes of winning a cash prize that would enable him to pay off his debts to the station's administration. When the smuggler refused to give one of the game officials his preferred melee weapon in protest over what he suspected to be tampering in the game's rankings, the smuggler was assigned a power mace and power shield for his first bout. Solo faced a lumbering member of a four-armed species who wielded poisonous dagger thorns. Although Solo's power mace lacked the power to affect the large opponent, the Human tripped the four-armed combatant with the energy shield, causing the multi-limbed gladiator to fall upon a dagger thorn and die.

Behind the scenes
Han Solo's power mace appears in a February 1979 issue of Marvel Comics' Star Wars comic book, Star Wars 20: Deathgame. The issue was written by Archie Goodwin, and illustrated by Carmine Infantino and Bob Wiacek.

Appearances

 * Star Wars 20: Deathgame