- "Execution by blaster is too good for them, let's make this hurt."
- ―Captain Phasma ordering Finn and Rose Tico to be executed via laser ax
A BL-155 Laser ax was a type of ax[2] that was utilized by Executioner troopers.[3] It could be used to issue swift capital punishment via beheading.[4] The axe consisted of four pairs of monomolecular energy ribbons, meant to cause severe pain upon executing victims.[1]
A deactivated and closed laser ax
During the Battle of Oetchi, Resistance agents Finn and Rose Tico, and the slicer DJ, were captured during their infiltration of the Supremacy. Captain Phasma called in executioner troopers wielding laser axes to execute Finn and Rose after DJ traded Resistance intel for his freedom. However, Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo sacrificed herself and the Raddus to cripple the Supremacy before the prisoners could be executed.[4]
During the rescue of Tamara Ryvora, aboard the Thunderer, Kazuda Xiono was wrestling with an executioner when Jarek Yeager used a stormtrooper's F-11D blaster rifle to shoot the executioner, allowing Kaz to make off with their ax. Soon after, within the hangar, Commander Pyre wielded an ax as he advanced on Kaz, who, pinned down by a box, struggled to reach his ax. Before Pyre could kill Kaz, CB-23 used her grappling cable to grab his ax. Pyre attacked CB with his laser ax and struck her down, causing her to short circuit. However, Kaz struck him from behind with another laser ax, knocking out the commander.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Force Arena
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Join the Resistance: Attack on Starkiller Base
- Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition audiobook
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel audiobook
- The Last Jedi Adaptation 5
Star Wars Resistance — "The Escape"
Sources[]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Behind The Scenes on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) (First pictured)- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as Laser ax)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Ultimate Sticker Collection
- The Last Jedi: Bomber Command (Picture only)
LEGO Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi (Set: 75197 First Order Specialists Battle Pack)
Star Wars: The Black Series (Pack: First Order Stormtrooper Executioner) (backup link)- The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition (First identified as BL-155 Laser ax)
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: First Order Executioner Stormtrooper - 2020 Base Series 2)
"Melee and Ranged Weapons" — Star Wars Encyclopedia- Star Wars: Timelines (Picture only)
First Order stormtrooper executioner in the Databank (backup link)- Laser Ax in the Databank (backup link)
