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- "A well-built sniper rifle is a beautiful thing. Ours has two separate levels of zoom: 'Up-close-and-personal' and 'Hello-you're-dead.'"
- ―RC-1207
Sniper rifles were long-range weapons, either projectile or, more commonly, blaster-based (these were also called sniper blaster rifles).[1] The purpose of a sniper rifle was to kill a target at extreme distances. A sniper blaster rifle fired a long beam of energy, capable of killing with a single headshot.
Sniper blaster rifles often had a bipod and targeting scope mounted on them.[1]
History
Tusken Raiders on Tatooine often used projectile sniper rifles to take potshots at podracers. A sniper rifle was used by Zam Wesell to destroy her ASN-121 droid during the plot to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala in 22 BBY. Another was used by Aurra Sing during the Senate hostage crisis to take out Senate Commandos. A sniper rifle was used in a failed attempt to assassinate Satine Kryze on Coruscant by a Death Watch assassin. The bounty hunter Jango Fett attempted to collect a bounty by killing a clone deserter with his son Boba Fett, but failed. He possibly used a T-28 repeating sniper rifle on a tripod on top of a building. The Tenloss Syndicate was the maker of the notorious DXR-6 disruptor rifle, which, when fitted with a zoom scope, became an especially deadly sniper rifle.
In the days of the Old Republic, Aratech Repulsor Company was notable for their highly-accurate sniper weapons.
List of sniper rifles
- Adventurer slugthrower rifle
- DC-15x
- DC-17m (Sniper Attachment)
A DC-17m with a sniper attachment
- DXR-6 disruptor rifle.
- E-5s
- E-11s
- E-17D
- Karpaki Fifty
- QuietSnipe
- Sith sniper rifle
- SoroSuub X-45
- T-28
- Valken-38 blaster rifle
- Verpine shatter gun
- Separatist commando sniper rifle
Appearances
Sources
- Obi-Wan: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Scum and Villainy (sourcebook) (As "sniper blaster rifle")
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Aurra Sing (★★))
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Aurra Sing (★★★★))