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"Blast 'em!"
―A B1 battle droid armed with an E-5[11]

The E-5 blaster rifle was a bulky blaster rifle[12] manufactured by Baktoid Armor Workshop. It was reverse-engineered from a BlasTech design[1] of the E-series.[13] The E-5[5] visually resembled a blaster rifle[14] nicknamed "Beti" from the High Republic Era.[15]

History[]

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The EE-5 was the primary weapon of the B1-series battle droid.

The E-5 was created[13] and adapted from the BlasTech design to be used by B1-series battle droids. It was later used by BX-series droid commandos. It was used throughout the Clone Wars, making it the most common weapon of the Separatists. The blaster generated excessive heat, which was caused by its rapid-fire mode, making it uncomfortable for organics to use but more than adequate for a battle droid.[1] Along with strong blasts as a result of the weapon's large gas chamber, the blaster also supported a stun setting.[source?]

Following the Clone Wars, a police droid model[9] that resembled the BX-series commando droid[16] also used the E-5. These police droids wielded E-5s while patrolling a decommissioning facility in Coronet City on the world of Corellia. Additionally, many E-5s and their B1 owners were set to be melted down in the facility, although a number of the droids were reactivated during an infiltration. Many reactivated B1s again wielded E-5 blaster rifles, using them to fire upon the police droids.[9]

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NED-B wields a modified E-5 blaster rifle in the defense of Jabiim.

NED-B used a modified[17] E-5 against stormtroopers during the Imperial attack on Jabiim.[18] Baze Malbus wielded a personally modified[19] E-5 blaster[20] identified as an E-5 carbine[19] during his opposition to the Galactic Empire's occupation of Jedha. He repeatedly needed to fix the blaster until it finally was too broken for further use, which his friend Chirrut Îmwe considered a shame. Malbus soon replaced the E-5 with a repeating cannon.[20] During the Cold War, the Warbird gang continued to use these blaster rifles.[21]

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Behind the scenes[]

Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide mistakenly refers to the E-5 as a blaster pistol.[17]

Appearances[]

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A B1-series battle droid aims his E-5 blaster rifle.

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Non-canon appearances[]

Sources[]

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Padmé using an E-5 during the first battle of Geonosis.

Notes and references[]

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