- "I don't know many people who are fireproof. You're not hunting droids, are you?"
- ―An arms dealer selling a flamethrower
Flamethrowers were weapons that fired streams or bursts of fire.
Description[]
- «Hahaha! You are on fire and also dead.»
- ―0-0-0, to a group of droid workers that BT-1 destroyed with his flamethrower in Geonosian hive-mind
A millennia-old infantry mainstay, flamethrowers were modernized by Mandalorian super commandos and Republic-era clone troopers during the Clone Wars.[2] Although they were often used as an anti-personnel weapon, as in the case of the wrist-mounted flamethrower owned by bounty hunter Jango Fett,[1] some individuals, like the Dug podracer pilot Sebulba, mounted flamethrowers onto vehicles. Sebulba used his flamethrower as a weapon against other podracers to help him illegally win the Boonta Eve Classic.[13]
Mandalorian warriors often integrated flamethrowers[14] into their vambraces as one of their many anti-Jedi tools,[15] as the flames could not be blocked by the single beam of a lightsaber, forcing the defender to either retreat.[1][16][17] A Force wielder with sufficient skill, strength in the Force and time to react could shield themselves from the flames with the Force, though this required considerable effort.[18] Mandalorian plasma shields could also be used to defend against flamethrower attacks.[19]
History[]
Under the Republic[]
- "We're almost through. Bring in the flamethrowers."
- ―Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi, during the Second Battle of Geonosis
At the Boonta Eve Classic,[20] Sebulba equipped his podracer with flamethrowers. He use them as weapon against other podracers to help him win the the podrace.[13] Bounty hunters such as Jango Fett[1] and Cad Bane used flamethrowers against the Jedi.[16]
During the Clone Wars, the clone flametroopers under Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi and Clone Commander Jet used flamethrowers against the native Geonosians at the Second battle of Geonosis.[3] The Mandalorians, such as members of the Death Watch,[4] the Mandalorian Guards,[5] and the Mandalorian super commandos used flamethrowers against their enemies.[21] Gar Saxon of the super commandos had a ZX flame projector on his arm.[22]
The Empire and beyond[]
- "Burn them out."
- ―Moff Gideon summons an incinerator trooper
The Galactic Empire's Elite Squad Troopers could be armed with flamethrowers.[24] During the Galactic Civil War by Imperial flametroopers and Rebel Alliance flame troopers.[8] Imperial dewback troopers made use of CR-24 Flame Rifles during the reign of the Galactic Empire.[25]
Gideon's Imperial remnant had at least one incinerator trooper.[23]
During the Cold War and subsequent conflict against the Resistance, the First Order employed flametroopers.[10]
Appearances[]
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- Star Wars: Force Arena
- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- "Undead or Alive" — Tales from the Rancor Pit
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm audiobook
- The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower
- The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower audiobook
- "Deck the Halls" — Life Day 1
- The High Republic (2021) 13
- "Light in the Darkness" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life
- "Light in the Darkness" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life audiobook
- The Vow of Silver Dawn (Mentioned only)
- Padawan
- Padawan audiobook
- "Stolen Hope" — Revelations (2023) 1
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Landing at Point Rain"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Weapons Factory" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Corruption"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hunt for Ziro"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Nomad Droids"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Friend in Need"
- "Bane's Story" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (Mentioned only)
- "Bane's Story" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Eminence"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shades of Reason"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "In Search of the Crystal"
- Hyperspace Stories 9
- Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 1
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Old Friends Not Forgotten"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Phantom Apprentice"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Replacements"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Reunion"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Bounty Lost"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Devil's Deal"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Rescue on Ryloth"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "War-Mantle"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Return to Kamino"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Solitary Clone"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Point of No Return"
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Steal (Mentioned only)
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue
- Darth Vader (2017) 18 (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Lost Stars
- Lost Stars audiobook
- Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow
- Star Wars Rebels — "Legacy of Mandalore"
- Star Wars: Commander
- Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original
- Darth Vader (2015) 3
- Darth Vader (2015) 4
- Darth Vader (2015) 6
- Darth Vader (2015) 10
- Star Wars (2015) 13
- Star Wars (2015) 14
- Darth Vader (2015) 25
- Star Wars (2015) 21
- Star Wars (2015) 24
- Doctor Aphra (2016) 5
- Doctor Aphra (2016) 28
- Star Wars (2015) 43
- Star Wars (2015) 54 (Mentioned only)
- Hyperspace Stories 7
- "Tales of Villainy: A Last Chapter" — Star Wars Adventures (2020) 13
- Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Boba Fett - The Bounty Hunter"
- Bounty Hunters 1 (In flashback(s))
- Bounty Hunters 5
- War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha 1
- War of the Bounty Hunters – Jabba the Hutt 1 (In flashback(s))
- War of the Bounty Hunters 1
- War of the Bounty Hunters 2
- War of the Bounty Hunters 3
- Crimson Reign 1
- Star Wars (2020) 23 (Mentioned only)
- Darth Vader (2020) 18
- Hidden Empire 3
- Doctor Aphra (2020) 30
- Sana Starros 4
- Bounty Hunters 35 (Cover only)
- Star Wars (2020) 46 {{Flash}
- Star Wars: Uprising
- Aftermath: Life Debt (Appears in poster)
- Aftermath: Life Debt audiobook (Appears in poster)
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
- The Mandalorian Junior Novel
- The Mandalorian Junior Novel audiobook
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian: The Manga
- The Mandalorian: Season 1: Volume 1
- The Mandalorian 1
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 2: The Child"
- The Mandalorian 2
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 3: The Sin"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 4: Sanctuary"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 6: The Prisoner"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 7: The Reckoning"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 8: Redemption"
- The Mandalorian: This is the Way
- The Mandalorian: A Clan of Two
- The Mandalorian 8
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
- The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 10: The Passenger"
- The Mandalorian Season 2 2
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 13: The Jedi"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 16: The Rescue"
- The Mandalorian: The Rescue
- The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" (In flashback(s))
- The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 17: The Apostate"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 20: The Foundling"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 23: The Spies"
- The Mandalorian — "Chapter 24: The Return"
- Ahsoka — "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness"
- "The Perfect Weapon" (Mentioned only)
- "The Perfect Weapon" audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Poe Dameron 2
- Poe Dameron 3
- Age of Resistance - Finn 1
- Poe Dameron 11 (In flashback(s))
- Phasma (Mentioned only)
- Phasma audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens audiobook
- Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "The First Order vs. The Resistance"
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Spark of the Resistance
- Spark of the Resistance audiobook
- "Black Spire: Return to a Shattered Planet" — Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel audiobook (Mentioned only)
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Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Star Wars: Visions — "Tatooine Rhapsody"
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Landing at Point Rain"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Friend in Need"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Corruption"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Eminence"
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- ↑ Star Wars: Outer Rim
- ↑ Darth Vader (2015) 4
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sebulba's Podracer in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Legacy of Mandalore"
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hunt for Ziro"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shades of Reason"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Jedi Night"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Phantom Apprentice"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 1
- ↑ Star Wars: Legion — Gar Saxon Commander Expansion (Card: Saxon's ZX Flame Projector)
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 The Mandalorian — "Chapter 8: Redemption"
- ↑ Sizzle | The Bad Batch on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- ↑ Star Wars: Legion — Dewback Rider Unit Expansion (Card: CR-24 Flame Rifle)