Blaster

Blasters are common small arms used in Star Wars. The firepower of blasters varies, and at least some blasters have adjustable power settings. High-powered blasters can blow large chunks out of concrete (or to be precise -- it's construction material equilevent in the worlds of Star Wars) walls, while low-powered blasters may only cause survivable wounds. Some blasters even have a "stun" setting.

Differences From Turbolasers

Luke Skywalker referred to his modified airspeeder as using blasters, indicating that larger versions of blasters exist. However, these should not be confused with turbolasers. Blasters do not appear to be lightspeed weapons, although some evidence exists for their having a faster "invisible" component with the visible portion being waste energy.