Star Wars

Throughout the six films of the Star Wars saga, creator George Lucas was determined that the universe he envisioned would have a "lived-in" look to it. Thus, the many weapons seen in the saga are in fact visually modified or based upon real-world weapons.

The following lists the real-world firearms that were visually modified for use in the six films of the Star Wars saga:

The Star Wars Saga (1977-2005)

Original Trilogy

Vostok Margolin .22LR target pistol

In the early scenes of A New Hope and in a few scenes in Return Of The Jedi, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) can be seen with a Defender Sporting Blaster, actually a Vostok Margolin .22 LR Target Pistol, with some muzzle attachment fitted.

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600pLeia with the Vostok Margolin pistol before shooting a stormtrooper with it.

BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle (Sterling L2A3)

Standard issue blaster rifle of the Imperial Stormtroopers. The E-11 blaster rifle props were built from the British-made Sterling L2A3 submachine gun. Numerous main characters, including Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) use the weapon.

While the gun is being fired, in some scenes, if you look closely, you can see the spent casings being ejected out of the gun. The one that comes to mind is in "A New Hope" when Luke and Leia swing across the gap to the other side of the bridge while inside the death star. The stormtrooper that fires at them from the platform they just left clearly has spent casings coming out of the gun.

Sterling Submachine Gun - 9mm

BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle. Standard-issue blaster rifle of the Imperial Stormtroopers

A stormtrooper with a BlasTech E-11 during the arrest of Rebel forces in "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi."

Stormtroopers fire their E-11 blaster rifles at the Rebels on the ship Tantive IV in "Star wars Episode IV: A New Hope."

BlasTech DH-17 blaster pistol

The BlasTech DH-17 blaster pistol is one of the blaster pistols on issue to the Rebel Alliance. Like the E-11 blaster rifle prop, the DH-17 blaster pistol prop was also built from the British-made Sterling L2A3 submachine gun.

A group of Rebels with BlasTech DH-17s.

Rebels open fire on the stormtroopers invading the ship Tantive IV.

BlasTech A280 and A295 blaster rifles

Standard issue blaster rifle of the Rebel Alliance ground forces in both The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi. Both the A280 and A295 blaster rifle props were CAST FROM replicas simlilar to (built from) both the World War 2-era German Sturmgewehr 44 (The Empire Strikes Back) and from the M16 series rifles (Return Of The Jedi).

DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle (MG34)

Standard issue heavy blaster of the Imperial Stormtroopers. The DLT-19s were nothing more than World War 2 German MG34 general purpose machine guns with little to no modifications to its external appearance.

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum

The Sandtrooper officer on the left carries the DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle (MG34).

T-21 Blaster Rifle (Lewis Machine Gun)

The heavy blaster seen carried by the Sandtrooper Officer is a modified British Lewis light machine gun.

The Sandtrooper officer in the middle carries the T-21 Blaster (Lewis Machine Gun sans drum magazine).

DL-44 blaster pistol

The DL-44 blaster pistol was the blaster of choice for Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and the Rebel Alliance and was possibly the best known duplicate of a real gun. The DL-44 blaster pistol prop was built from a Mauser C96 handgun, sometimes with a sniper scope. The modifications are obviously added on to the exterior, though the distinct "broomhandle" grips are still wooden.

The Star Wars version of the pistol.

Han Solo with his DL-44 blaster pistol in "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi." In the background is Leia with her Vostok Margolin .22LR target pistol.

Jawa blasters

The blaster utilized by the Jawa who shot R2-D2 in A New Hope was built from a cut-down British Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* series bolt-action rifle with the grenade launcher cup attached to the shortened barrel.

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The Jawa aims the Jawa blaster at R2-D2.

The Jawa fires the Jawa blaster, disabling R2-D2.

The Jawa with the Jawa blaster as he calls out his fellow Jawas.

Boba Fett's EE-3 Blaster Carbine

The prop Boba Fett uses in the films is a modified Webley & Scott No.1 Mark 1 Flare Gun.

Prequel Trilogy

Naboo Blaster

In Episode I "The Phantom Menace", the Naboo troops used this weapon that was based around a Walther LP300 Model Air Gun. Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) also uses this weapon.

Feinwerkbau C55 Model Air Gun

Calico M950A

Also seen in The Phantom Menace is the Naboo assault blaster, which appears to be based off of the Calico M950A.

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(The image was all that was available at the time. The top one is a toy version, and the bottom is a Battle Droid blaster, which isn't based off of anything real. Scaling is way off, of course.)

The Naboo blaster which is called, according to the Star Wars wiki, the CR-2 blaster.

DC-15A heavy blaster rifle

Manufactured by BlasTech Industries, the DC-15-series was a range of plasma weapons used by the Republic clone troopers during the Clone Wars in Episode II "Attack of the Clones" and Episode III "Revenge of the Sith". It is based on parts from the German MG34 making up the rear half, as well as much of the Sterling L2A3 turned upside-down for the front.