Rebel Marksman/Legends

A Rebel Marksman was a sniper who served in the Alliance to Restore the Republic. They were typically equipped with an E-17d sniper rifle, a DL-44 heavy blaster pistol as a side-arm, Class-A thermal detonators, and an R-4 recon droid,Star Wars Battlefront: Prima Official Game Guide but some were outfitted with autoturrets in place of recon droids.Star Wars: Battlefront II
Rebel marksmen were deployed on many battlefields during the Galactic Civil War, including the raid on Yavin 4, the Battle of Hoth, and the Battle of Endor. They were motivated individuals, and a squad of them were capable of routing a whole company of Imperial stormtroopers. A prominent number of Rebel marksmen were women.
==Behind the scenes==
The Rebel marksman fills the sniper class role for the Rebel Alliance in the Star Wars: Battlefront video game series. Rebel snipers also appear in the Endor downloadable expansion to the 2010 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, an alternate Battle of Endor scenario.
===Non-canon history===
A squad of snipers accompanied a Rebel strike force to the planet Endor in an attempt to destroy the shield generator protecting the under-construction Death Star II. They were all killed by the Dark Apprentice, the clone of Galen Marek.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Battlefront 
*Star Wars: Battlefront II
*Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
*Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II 
*Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
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==Sources==
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*Star Wars Battlefront: Prima Official Game Guide
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==Notes and references==
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