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Star Wars > Jawa Ion Blaster Replica

Replica of the Jawa iob blaster from Star Wars, made from a Lee-Enfield rifle, and offered for sale on eBay.. Via Xavier, who has more info.

It's neat, but it isn't much of a replica. Some of the Star Wars guns were based on real arms, but the ion blaster seems to have been made from scratch. The actual movie prop looks completely different.

UPDATE: In comments Trebor writes;

Actually, that *is* an more-or-less accurate recreation of the Jawa rifle from A New Hope. The movie prop, like the eBay item, was made from a cut-down Lee Enfield #1 Mk 3.

Here's a link. Look at the pic of the Jawa with the rifle.

http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/jawablaster/?id=bts

That second picture is a prop from one of the later movies of a different Jawa gun.

Man, if you can't trust Wookiepedia, who can you trust?