Laser

A laser or a laser beam, was a beam of focused light operating under similar principles as blaster weaponry. Like blaster bolts, laser beams were considered particle beams, but unlike blaster bolts which were formed from ions of gas, laser beams consisted of particles of light known as photons, which moved at the speed of light. Lasers could be fired as sustained beams or pulse-like bolts.

Lasers were utilized in laser weapons, which operated in a similar fashion as blasters. They were usually mounted on starfighters, freighters, and other small spaceships; larger warships instead used turbolasers, which provided even more destructive power, but required cumbersome generators and other equipment. Laser cannons were sometimes mounted in turreted pairs, while ships such as Trade Federation Lucrehulk-class battleships and the Millennium Falcon were equipped with quad laser cannon turrets.

Opirus Personal Lasers manufactured laser-engraving mechanisms.

The protocol droid I-5YQ was fitted with two finger lasers.

Advanced laser technology was more powerful than regular laser technology, and was available to upgrade attack vehicles in the time between the Invasion of Naboo and the Galactic Civil War.

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