X - 45 sniper rifle The X - 45 sniper rifle was a highly accurate sporting sniper rifle produced by the SoroSuub Corporation . The X - 45 was available from as early as the Clone Wars , throughout the rule of the Galactic Empire , and into the administration of the New Republic . One of the few downsides of the weapon was its fragility , as it had to be carried in a special case and only extracted when needed . The bolt it fired was thinner than a normal blaster bolt but was much more lethal , a result of its being overfocused in the barrel . The weapon was initially marketed as a civilian weapon called the Riflette , but the X - 45 quickly became popular with assassins and was re - categorized for military use . Description . The X - 45 sniper rifle , manufactured by the SoroSuub Corporation , was a medium - sized sporting blaster rifle noted for its high accuracy , especially if the target was within a fifty - meter range and the shooter fired in controlled single shots . The energy beam it fired was overfocused in the barrel , which resulted in a thinner but much more lethal blaster bolt . Using the X - 45 allowed the shooter to pick off his target without drawing too much attention . The rifle had a long computerized targeting scope that was nearly the same length as the X - 45 ' s body , a stock , and a clip capacity of twenty - five shots . The X - 45 weighed four kilograms and had a maximum range of 500 meters . The rifle could be disassembled and put into a specially made case . The X - 45 ' s major drawback was its extreme fragility , so the rifle was normally carried in the case until it was needed . The entire process of unpackaging and assembling the rifle took some time . The X - 45 cost between 750 and 1 , 000 credits . History . The X - 45 sniper rifle was SoroSuub ' s attempt to carve out its share of the sporting blaster market . The sniper rifle was developed at some point before the second year of the Clone Wars . During that time , a group of adventurers known as the Heroes of Cularin were investigating a murder that had occurred on the resort moon of Dorumaa in the Cularin system . Echari Di ' San , the President of the Cularin Trade Alliance , was accused of killing a man named Rysko Barnt in the local Cantina Oceana . Determined to help Di ' San prove his innocence , the Heroes of Cularin tried to meet a waiter called Hukno Rit , who could testify on Di ' San ' s behalf . However , when they arrived to pick Rit up , they found him dead and were attacked by a well - trained strike team armed with X - 45 sniper rifles . The strike team had been dispatched by Thon Larimhor , the man who had set Di ' San up . The Heroes of Cularin survived the encounter and eventually managed to expose Larimhor . Advertised as a sporting blaster rifle called the " Riflette , " the X - 45 was released to civilian markets during the regime of the Galactic Empire . The accurate and commonly available rifle quickly became popular with assassins , so it was eventually reclassified as a military weapon . During the New Republic ' s rule over the galaxy , the X - 45 sniper rifle was included in " Gundark ' s Gear Datalog " , an illegal database run by the notorious arms dealer Gundark . The database included annotations from smugglers , thieves , mercenaries , and other outlaws on some of the items . A note filed under the X - 45 ' s entry , left by an individual with the screen name Aiden around 10 ABY , stated that Aiden had often used the X - 45 rifle while working as a " freelance troubleshooter . " Aiden praised its accuracy , but also provided a note explaining how to increase it even more , up to thirty percent , by taking a targeting package from a security droid , or other similar fourth degree droid unit , and patching it into the X - 45 ' s computerized scope . Behind the scenes . The X - 45 sniper rifle was first mentioned in " Blasters for Hire , " an article written and illustrated by Anthony P . Russo and published in " Star Wars Adventure Journal 3 " on August 1 , 1994 . The rifle was subsequently mentioned in several other reference books , for both West End Games ' " " and Wizards of the Coast ' s " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " . Its first mention in an in - universe work was in Sean Stewart ' s 2004 novel " " . The X - 45 was subsequently featured in " Plea Bargain " , a year five adventure in the Living Force RPG campaign . In 2008 , it received in an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . There are several discrepancies regarding the X - 45 rifle . Although " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " states that the rifle was first produced during the reign of the Galactic Empire , " Plea Bargain " and " Yoda : Dark Rendezvous " see the rifle being used during the Clone Wars , years prior to the Empire ' s rule . However , other sources only state that the rifle was released to civilian markets during the Empire ' s rule , not excluding the possibility of it being produced earlier . Additionally , " Blasters for Hire " and the " " reference book give the X - 45 ' s price as 750 credits . However , " Arms & Equipment Guide " and " Ultimate Adversaries " sourcebooks place the price at 1 , 000 credits . This article assumes that the rifle ' s price varied between these estimates .