Stokhli spray stick Stokhli spray sticks , also known as simply stokhli sticks , were nonlethal ranged weapons used to stun and capture living beings . They were developed by the Stokhli nomads of the planet Manress . Description . Originally created by the nomadic Stokhli species on the planet Manress , Stokhli spray sticks served as effective long - range stun weapons , and were first employed for big game hunting . These weapons had enough power to knock out large animals like gundarks , making them very popular among big - game hunter s . The sticks operated by shooting a mist to an optimum range of 100 meters and a maximum range of up to 200 meters . A thumb trigger adjusted the range finder to set how quickly the net formed , a dial set the width of the net , and a control button could alter the intensity of the stun charge . As the net wrapped around its target , it delivered a stun charge . The strength of the net combined with the powerful electrical stun were generally able to completely immobilize a person or an animal . Resembling a meter - long metal tube with a nozzle at one end , the sticks were usually fitted with stun pads to deliver additional shocks if the subject remained conscious . This allowed the weapon to be used as a close - range melee weapon as well . When fired , the weapon emitted a hissing sound , and the net sprayer caused significant recoil . The spraymist solution was resistant to most solvents , and it even exhibited considerable resistance to lightsabers since it continuously re - formed until hitting its target . For all its advantages however , the weapon was ineffective against Yuuzhan Vong as they were immune to the spray stick ' s stunning mist . Each stick weighted only four kilograms and held ten spraymist cartridges , with each cartridge producing 500 meters of netting . However , despite their effectiveness , they were rarely found off Manress since the spraymist solution was manufactured only by the Stokhli people , and the cost was considerably high at 14 , 000 credits per weapon . Despite this , most galactic governments ( including the Galactic Empire and the New Republic ) were able to procure these weapons . History . Users of the Stokhli spray stick included bounty hunters like Boba Fett ( who took his from a Stokhli nomad he encountered on Tatooine ) , and some security organizations like CorSec which used them to apprehend criminals . Gardulla the Hutt provided Stokhli spray sticks , nicknamed ' goo guns ' , to the professional Dug podracer Sebulba and his henchmen ( the Sakiyan bounty hunter Djas Puhr , together with the hulking mercenaries Khiss , a Dug , and Gondry , an Abyssin cyclops ) , preparatory to their pursuit of unknown juvenile thieves : Anakin Skywalker , his rescuer - friends , and the beautifully fragile creatures they rescued , the Ghostling children . The chase ran its course through the Hutt ' s notoriously dangerous pleasure garden within her Tatooine palace . The garden was filled with all manner of exotic ( and mostly predator y ) flora and fauna — in truth , it was a savage jungle . The Bothan boy Dorn was grazed by the stun - fire of a spray stick shot by the Sakiyan slave tracker , while Khiss the mercenary spray - stick blasted a huge swamp slug back into the waters whence it surfaced to devour him . A hapless worrt was next blasted by the Sakiyan and set to snoring . During the Galactic Civil War , Imperial security agents occasionally used Stokhli stun sprays to capture criminals and Rebel Alliance agents . During the Thrawn campaign in 9 ABY , Noghri Death Commando s under Grand Admiral Thrawn used Stokhli spray sticks in a kidnapping attempt against Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo on the planet Bimmisaari . However , the Noghri attack failed . Emperor ' s Hand Mara Jade once used a Stokhli spray stick as a tool , rather than a weapon , to create a bridge to reach an outside window on the twentieth floor of Moff Glovstoak ' s palace . The spray mist solidified enough for her to climb , and eventually evaporated to leave no trace of her private pathway . When the New Republic became the dominant galactic government , security officers used them to guard high - security prisoners . By 26 ABY , during the Yuuzhan Vong War , a short - range version of the Stokhli spray stick was available which was almost small enough to be concealed . However , the Yuuzhan Vong were found to be immune to the stunning power of either type of Stokhli spray stick .