Imperial Repeater Rifle The Imperial Repeater Rifle , also known as the Imperial Repeater Gun or Autogun , was a type of repeating blaster prevalent during the time of and immediately after the Galactic Civil War . The weapon was originally developed by Moff Rebus as a prototype weapon for the Dark trooper s , though it was later replaced by the assault cannon . The weapon was primarily found in Imperial armories after that , as well as in space stations including Fuel Station Ergo . After the end of the Galactic Civil War in 4 ABY , the weapon was adopted by the Imperial Remnant forces under the leadership of the Dark Jedi Jerec . It continued in the service of the remnant through 10 ABY during Operation Shadow Hand . By 12 ABY Remnant forces adopted to the Imperial Heavy Repeater , replacing the old weapon entirely . Description . A fast and highly accurate ranged weapon , the Imperial Repeater Rifle featured two firing modes : a single shot mode and a slower tri - shot burst mode that fired in a triangular configuration . The tri - shot mode was powerful against Jedi , as they could only block one or two bolts with their lightsaber , while one would always get through . The primary firing mode featured a very high rate of fire that could cut through swaths of enemies in little time , although this brought about the weapon ' s main flaw ; Due to the high rate of fire , the Repeater could burn through ammunition extremely quickly . The primary mode ' s pinpoint accuracy , however , more than made up for the ammo consumption , as the weapon could effectively be used at great distances , although the projectiles lost momentum the longer they went , thus long range hits wouldn ' t be as damaging . Granted , the weapon wasn ' t as damaging as blasters anyway due to the lightness of the projectiles and the lack of force behind the bullets . The weapon ' s housing was constructed in a fairly angular fashion , the barrel housing of the weapon constructed like a triangle . There were three barrels overall , one in each corner of the triangular housing . This was the feature that enabled the tri - shot mode . A drum was attached to the right side of the Repeater ' s body which housed the ammunition . The internal belt was wrapped around the insides of the weapon , and the belt and the rounds were be visible on the left side of the weapon . The projectiles did not use casings . The grip and trigger was on the back of the main body . Most models were equipped with a wood grip . A long thin stock protruded from the back of the grip at the bottom . Behind the scenes . According to Justin Chin , the Phase II dark trooper was originally going to carry a Imperial Repeater with a ribbon chain clip to an ammo pack slung in the back . However he doesn ' t make clear if ' originally ' refers to the game designers ' ( oou ) or the Imperials ' ( iu ) intention . The ' Dark Trooper Weapon ' Katarn finds in the second level of the game matches indeed a Repeater Rifle in appearance . The resource files for Dark Forces contain an animation labeled " IDTGUN " , corresponding with a single IDTGUN sprite which is the prototype weapon the player recovers . However , the DTGUN animation is a placeholder animation of a simple character jumping . Despite Katarn observing that the weapon is too large to have been carried by a normal human soldier , the Repeater appears to be perfectly wield - able by Kyle and anyone else , and is very much prevalent ( and actually appears quite compact ) in " Dark Forces " ' s sequel , .