- "I don't know many people who are fireproof. You're not hunting droids, are you?"
- ―An arms dealer selling a flamethrower
Flamethrowers were weapons that fired streams or bursts of fire.
Description[]
- «Hahaha! You are on fire and also dead.»
- ―0-0-0, to a group of droid workers that BT-1 destroyed with his flamethrower in Geonosian hive-mind
A millennia-old infantry mainstay, flamethrowers were modernized by Mandalorian super commandos and Republic-era clone troopers during the Clone Wars.[2] 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,[1] 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.[13]
Mandalorian warriors often integrated flamethrowers[14] into their vambraces as one of their many anti-Jedi tools,[15] as the flames could not be blocked by the single beam of a lightsaber, forcing the defender to either retreat.[1][16][17] 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.[18] Mandalorian plasma shields could also be used to defend against flamethrower attacks.[19]
History[]
Under the Republic[]
- "We're almost through. Bring in the flamethrowers."
- ―Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi, during the Second Battle of Geonosis
At the Boonta Eve Classic,[20] Sebulba equipped his podracer with flamethrowers. He use them as weapon against other podracers to help him win the the podrace.[13] Bounty hunters such as Jango Fett[1] and Cad Bane used flamethrowers against the Jedi.[16]
During the Clone Wars, the clone flametroopers under Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi and Clone Commander Jet used flamethrowers against the native Geonosians at the Second battle of Geonosis.[3] The Mandalorians, such as members of the Death Watch,[4] the Mandalorian Guards,[5] and the Mandalorian super commandos used flamethrowers against their enemies.[21] Gar Saxon of the super commandos had a ZX flame projector on his arm.[22]
The Empire and beyond[]
- "Burn them out."
- ―Moff Gideon summons an incinerator trooper
The Galactic Empire's Elite Squad Troopers could be armed with flamethrowers.[24] During the Galactic Civil War by Imperial flametroopers and Rebel Alliance flame troopers.[8] Imperial dewback troopers made use of CR-24 Flame Rifles during the reign of the Galactic Empire.[25]
Gideon's Imperial remnant had at least one incinerator trooper.[23]
During the Cold War and subsequent conflict against the Resistance, the First Order employed flametroopers.[10]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Star Wars: Visions — "Tatooine Rhapsody"
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Landing at Point Rain"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Friend in Need"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Corruption"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Eminence"
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- ↑ Star Wars: Outer Rim
- ↑ Darth Vader (2015) 4
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sebulba's Podracer in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Legacy of Mandalore"
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hunt for Ziro"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shades of Reason"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Jedi Night"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Phantom Apprentice"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 1
- ↑ Star Wars: Legion — Gar Saxon Commander Expansion (Card: Saxon's ZX Flame Projector)
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 The Mandalorian — "Chapter 8: Redemption"
- ↑ Sizzle | The Bad Batch on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- ↑ Star Wars: Legion — Dewback Rider Unit Expansion (Card: CR-24 Flame Rifle)