While the C96 was of German origin and was carried by German soldiers in both real World Wars, another national leader carried one as a young officer. Different scopes were mounted to the weapon – originally it was a German World War I era Hensoldt Wetzlar Dialyt 3x scope, but this was changed to a World War II M19 brass azimuth-finding telescope sight from an M4 Sherman tank. It is actually based on the Mauser C96 with a heavy barrel, a mounted scope, and the muzzle cone from an M3 “Grease Gun.”Īccording to various sources, the live-fire C96 used by Solo in A New Hope was actually the same “prop gun” carried by Frank Sinatra in the film The Naked Runner.
One of the most famous “blasters” in the Star Wars films is the one seen carried by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and at times Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Designed by Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin (1906-1975), this pistol has been used in shooting competitions around the world since 1950. One factor that played into the realism of the arsenal of Storm Trooper weapons, Han Solo’s infamous blaster, and countless other guns is that these were in fact dressed up weapons from our world! Here is a look at how modern – and not so modern – firearms were dressed up in the Star Wars films. The musical score was bombastic yet classically inspired and had very realistic looking weapons. Unlike other sci-fi films of the era that featured “futuristic” looking costumes, disco-inspired music, and ray guns, Star Wars offered costumes that were seemingly retro yet militaristic. evil – that borrowed heavily from American westerns, war films, and notably the samurai epic The Hidden Fortress by director Akira Kurosawa.
Perhaps one of the things that made Star Wars so accessible was in its approach to science fiction. The cultural impact of these films can’t be understated. The “final” film in the Star Wars saga, The Rise of Skywalker, came out last December, concluding the sequel trilogy. Peter Suciu takes a look at a wide array of Star Wars weapons - guns like Han Solo’s (in)famous blaster and more.
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