Ion rifle

An iron rifle was a type of blaster rifle that sent electric arcs. A weapon capable of disabling droids, an iron rifle was among the arsenal of Silvo's pirates during the New Republic Era.
==Characteristics==
A type of blaster rifle with three distinct barrels, ion rifles were typified by utilizing electrical arcs instead of plasma bolts, a peculiar characteristic that made them useful in disabling droids. Once fired, electrical arcs would course over a droid, leading to its complete shutdown.
==History==
In the New Republic Era, the Skeleton Crew comprising the younglings Fern, KB, Wim, and Neel found themselves stranded in space aboard the legendary pirate vessel Onyx Cinder. Guided by the reactivated pirate droid SM-33, the children landed on Borgo Prime, where they had a run-in with a malevolent pirate crew. Overwhelmed by the pirates' manpower, the youngsters resorted to SM-33, who stood up for them by repelling the enemy's attacks. When the Skeleton Crew was about to board a dinghy and make their way back to their starship, they were caught off guard by the pirates Gunter, Vane, Brutus, Pax, and Chaelt. A temporary leader of the pack, Brutus used an ion rifle to remotely disable SM-33, whom his underlings had priorly failed to defeat. As he strode towards the younglings, the Shistavanen handed the rifle to Chaelt, who struggled to grab it due to the weapon's weight. As the girl Fern argued with Brutus, Chaelt confusedly took her on gunpoint and kept aiming at her until her captain ordered placing the children in a brig pending further interrogation.
==Behinds the scenes==
The ion rifle made its canonical debut in the live-action television series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, first appearing in the pilot episode "Way, Way Out Past the Barrier," which aired on December 2, 2024. The weapon's specifications, in turn, were provided by Disney+ audio description and subtitles. In addition, a cut picture presenting the ion rifle seen in the episode had priorly been released by Entertainment Weekly.
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