Blaster

Blasters are most commonly seen small arms used in Star Wars. The firepower of hand-held 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 -- its construction material equivalent in the worlds of Star Wars) walls, while low-powered blasters may only cause survivable wounds. Some blasters 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 an invisible damaging component that is just ahead of a visible bolt of waste energy.

Another instance of vehicle size blaster use is the Z-95 Headhunter, a snub fighter precursor to the X-Wing, commonly employed by pirates and private groups.