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This article is about the Bowcaster component. You may be looking for the weapon created by Jeigh Esse.

A polarizer was a component of a Wookiee bowcaster,[2] connected by a spar piece known as a Conducting Rod.[1] Each bowcaster had two polarizers, and an alternating polarity pulse was passed between them. This allowed the the weapon to accelerate the metal bowstring forward at tremendous speed, launching an explosive quarrel.[2]

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