A harpoon gun was a hunting implement designed to fire a spearlike missile attached to a long cord. A harpoon gun that was originally intended for elephoth hunting was part of the standard equipment in the Alliance to Restore the Republic. At the Battle of Hoth, Rebel Commander Luke Skywalker salvaged a harpoon gun from his T-47 snowspeeder and used it to lift himself underneath an All Terrain Armored Transport. The commander used his lightsaber to cut a hole and then threw a thermal detonator in the hole, causing the AT-AT to blow up.[1]
Former stormtrooper Finn used a harpoon gun to shoot Wooro in the shoulder.[2]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (First identified as harpoon gun)
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? audiobook
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
- AT-AT Attack!
- "Against All Odds" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
- "Against All Odds" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
- The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel
- Allegiance 3
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Snowspeeder - Blueprints)
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- "The Battle of Hoth and the Second Death Star" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
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