Noslo-19 slug rifle

The Noslo-19 slug rifle was a slugthrower rifle that was manufactured by Czerka Arms. Bane Malar, a Kessel-based bounty hunter who worked for the Galactic Empire, used a Noslo-19 with specialty ammunition.

Description[]

Czerka Arms' Noslo-19 slug rifle was a slugthrower rifle^[1] with a large stock and trigger that could be operated by a Humanoid's hands. The blaster rifle included a long barrel and a small targeting scope. The Noslo-19 also had a removable shoulder strap attached to the stock and the barrel in front of the scope. Colored silver,^[2] the Noslo-19's stock, pistol grip, and handguard were brown in color.^[1]

History[]

Malar tk — Bane Malar (left) armed with his Noslo-19.

The Galactic Empire-affiliated bounty hunter Bane Malar favored a powerful Noslo-19 with specialty ammunition. With Malar operating from the planet Kessel, he used the customized slug rifle along with an enviro-suit, the latter to adopt to Kessel's thin atmosphere.^[1] At some point after the Battle of Yavin, Malar was armed with the Noslo-19 when he fought a Sullustan, whom he disarmed using telekinesis.^[3]

At some point by 4 ABY,^[4] Malar was on^[1] the planet^[5] Tatooine at the palace of Jabba the Hutt,^[1] a crime lord on the planet.^[5] Malar had accepted a contract from the Black Sun crime syndicate to assassinate Jabba,^[1] and took the Noslo-19 with him while he was at the palace.^[6]

Behind the scenes[]

The Noslo-19 slug rifle was first depicted by an illustration in the 1992 Heir to the Empire Sourcebook, written by Bill Slavicsek for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game,^[7] before being also pictured by Bane Malar's card in the 1998 Jabba's Palace Limited set of Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game.^[6] The weapon was first named^[1] when Edward M. Erdelac, writing as "caledre,"^[8] wrote about Bane Malar for StarWars.com's Hyperspace feature "What's The Story?,"^[1] with the entry published on March 27, 2008.^[9] In July the same year,^[10] the Noslo-19 slug rifle was also included in a Bane Malar action figure released as part of Hasbro Inc.'s Star Wars: The Legacy Collection line. The rifle was colored silver for the action figure,^[2] contradicting the black coloration of the rifle used by the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.^[6] This article treats the silver color as the rifle's in-universe color.