Gi/9 antipersonnel laser cannon

The Gi/9 antipersonnel laser cannon, also known as the Gi/9 antipersonnel blaster cannon, was a model of laser cannon manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation. The Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure's LO-KD57 luxury barge, the Khetanna, was equipped with Gi/9 cannons mounted on the rails of the sail barge's top deck. As the weapons were removable, the exact number of cannons on the ship varied, but there were typically twenty mounted.
The weapons saw use during a skirmish above the Great Pit of Carkoon on the planet Tatooine when a group of Jabba's prisoners freed themselves and attacked the Hutt's forces. As the fighting broke out, the Nikto VizamStar Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z mounted a Gi/9 on the Khetanna's rails and opened fire on the Bantha-II cargo skiff carrying the prisoners. A human member of the sail barge's crew also manned a cannon later in the conflict and fired on the same skiff.
==Behind the scenes==
Gi/9 antipersonnel laser cannons first appeared in the 1983 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. In the current Star Wars canon the weapon was first identified in the 2020 reference book Star Wars: Fascinating Facts, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Gi/9 antipersonnel laser cannon was first identified in the 2007 reference book Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections, which was written by Curtis Saxton and David West Reynolds.Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition 
*Star Wars: Complete Vehicles 
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*Star Wars: Fascinating Facts 
*Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
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*Under The Helmet: The Legacy Of Boba Fett
==Notes and references==
Category:Corellian Engineering Corporation products
Category:Laser cannons