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The Gi/9 antipersonnel laser cannon,[2] also known as the Gi/9 antipersonnel blaster cannon,[1] was a model of laser cannon[2] manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation. The Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure's LO-KD57 luxury barge, the Khetanna, was equipped with Gi/9 cannons mounted on the rails of the sail barge's top deck. As the weapons were removable, the exact number of cannons on the ship varied, but there were typically twenty mounted.[1]
The weapons saw use during a skirmish above the Great Pit of Carkoon on the planet Tatooine when a group of Jabba's prisoners freed themselves and attacked the Hutt's forces. As the fighting broke out,[3] the Nikto Vizam[4] mounted a Gi/9 on the Khetanna's rails and opened fire on the Bantha-II cargo skiff carrying the prisoners. A human member of the sail barge's crew also manned a cannon later in the conflict and fired on the same skiff.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Gi/9 antipersonnel laser cannons first appeared in the 1983 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.[3] In the current Star Wars canon the weapon was first identified in the 2020 reference book Star Wars: Fascinating Facts, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Gi/9 antipersonnel laser cannon was first identified in the 2007 reference book Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections, which was written by Curtis Saxton and David West Reynolds.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
Sources[]
Star Wars Helmet Collection 19 Weapons & Uniforms: Jabba's Skiff Guards (Indirect mention only)- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Vehicles (First identified as Gi/9 antipersonnel laser cannon)
- Star Wars: The Vintage Collection (Pack: Special 3 Action Figures Set) (backup link)
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Legacy"
- Star Wars: Fascinating Facts (First identified as Gi/9 antipersonnel blaster cannon)
- Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
- "The Battle of Hoth and the Second Death Star" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Indirect mention only)
- Under The Helmet: The Legacy Of Boba Fett
