Laser cutter

A laser cutter used by U9-C4 during the Clone Wars

"EXTREME CAUTION -- Do not look directly into laser beam."

―A hazard label on U9-C4's laser cutter

A laser cutter, also known as a cutting laser, was a type of laser used for cutting. A cutting laser was contained within the finger of the right arm of the IG-88 line of assassin droids created by Holowan Laboratories.

Appearances

• The Old Republic: Annihilation
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Secret Weapons"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Point of No Return"
• "Changing the Odds: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
• "Changing the Odds: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
• Black Ice
• Scoundrel's Luck (First appearance)
•  "The Evacuation of Jatee"—Supernova
• Operation: Elrood
• Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88 (as cutting laser)
•  "Street Drama"—Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
• A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale
• X-Wing: Iron Fist (Mentioned only)
•  "Waystation"—The Kathol Rift
• Darksaber
• "Two for One"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
• The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant (as cutting laser)
• Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen

Sources

• Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
• The Star Wars Sourcebook
• Imperial Sourcebook
• Death Star Technical Companion
• Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
• Wanted by Cracken
• Death Star Technical Companion, Second Edition
• Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
• Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition
• Platt's Starport Guide
• Flashpoint! Brak Sector (Also as "cutting laser")
• "The History of R-Series Astromech Droids"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 7
• Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995)
• Heroes & Rogues
• The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
• Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
• Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy
• Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook
• Secrets of the Sisar Run
•  "Galactic Gazetteer: Hoth and the Greater Javin" on Wizards.com (original article link, backup link)
•  "Secret Weapons" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
• The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett
• Suns of Fortune (as cutting laser)
•  Colonel Meebur Gascon in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
•  Doctor Gubacher in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
•  M5-BZ in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
•  QT-KT in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
•  U9-C4 in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
•  WAC-47 in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide (as cutting laser)
• Strongholds of Resistance

External links

• Laser cutting on Wikipedia
•  The recoil packs quite a wallop on StarWars.com (backup link)