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"Your opponent is IG-88…a Holowan Laboratories Phlutdroid armed with pulse cannons, concussion discs, vibroblades and a DAS-430 Neural Inhibitor."
Gak-Sixtoo, to Ochi[1]
IG-88 wields a pulse cannon.

IG-88 wields a pulse cannon.

Pulse cannons were incredibly powerful, long-range blaster rifles which utilized the frame assemblies of DLT-20A blaster rifles. During the Galactic Civil War, pulse cannons were the weapon of choice for many sharpshooters.[2] The IG-series bounty hunter IG-88 used a pulse cannon.[3]

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Behind the scenes

Pulse cannons appear in Star Wars Battlefront, a canon video game developed by DICE and released in 2015. In Battlefront, pulse cannons are a type of "Star Card," hands which players can select and add to their loadout and then use during matches.[2]

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