Poison dart

KaminoanSaberdart-SW100Objects — A Kaminoan saberdart

A poison dart,^[1] also referred to as a toxic dart,^[2] was a type of dart. Poison darts were fired from needle dart guns^[3] to inject poisons.^[1] A Kamino saberdart was a toxic dart from the planet Kamino, and was identifiable by the cuts on the side.^[2] Kamino saberdarts used a combination of Malkite themfar and Fex-M3,^[1] and the bounty hunter Jango Fett once used a Kamino saberdart to kill Zam Wesell.^[2] The assassin droid IG-88 carried poison darts.^[1]

Asajj Ventress used a Dathomirian poison dart during a mission to get revenge on her former Sith Master Count Dooku. She planned to use a Dathomirian poison dart, which was circular with retractable wings and a retractable needle, to numb his senses so her Nightsister allies Naa'leth and Karis could help to kill him. However, Dooku was proven to be too strong despite the poison.^[4] On Kenari, its people uses poison darts to attack their enemies. In 5 BBY, a leader of warrior children was killed by a survivor of a Republican starship, leading the children to fire dozens of poison darts at the survivor to avenge their leader.^[5]

The assassin Ochi used a sniper rifle to shoot a poison dart, coated in Yurfloo, that grazed the neck of Major Erstin Deez, a member of the Emperor's Royal Guard. Later, when Deez and the other guards, the other guards were poisoned with Ziroxin-12, stood before Palpatine and Grand Vizier Mas Amedda in Palpatine's throne room, they all suddenly dropped dead due to being poisoned, to the surprise of Amedda.^[6]