From the Vault: Han Solo's DL44 Heavy Blaster Pistol скачать в хорошем качестве

From the Vault: Han Solo's DL44 Heavy Blaster Pistol

Some of the most famous guns never really existed or existed only as movie props. Keith, Steve, and Caleb are at Rock Island Auction Co. to show us one of the.... scratch that, THE most famous laser guns of all time, Han Solo's DL44 Heavy Blaster Pistol from Star Wars. It somehow found its way to Rock Island through a temporary anomaly in the space-time continuum. Caleb fills us in on the Blaster's history. They were manufactured by a company called BlasTech during the Republic era, but the Empire banned them because they could penetrate Storm Trooper armor. The maximum effective range for penetrating the armor is only about 75 meters. Power is generated by power cells that produce about 50 shots each using a mixture of electricity and gas. Caleb explains the Galvan circuitry that generates the "bolt" of laser energy the Blaster.... well, blasts. A vibrator in the grip warns the shooter when he has about 5 bolts left. After the Empire seized power, Blasters continued to be manufactured on the QT in the Outer Rim. A lesson, says Keith, that gun control doesn't work in far, far away galaxies either. Han Solo was given his Blaster by Tobias Beckett, who originally acquired it as a carbine but extensively modded it into a pistol. This is the exact gun Darth Vader took from Solo at the Sky City, and it was recovered from Vader's personal residence after his death. Well, actually, he's not exactly "dead" dead - Keith explains. This is also the gun Solo blasted Greedo with at the cantina. Keith assures us Solo fired first (sorry, George Lucas). The DL44 looks suspiciously like a modified Mauser Broomhandle pistol. Could the Mauser have been modeled after it? Maybe an interstellar visitor left a DL44 behind after helping the Egyptians build the pyramids? The sighting device looks like a simple single-power rifle scope from mid-20th century Earth in the remote, unfashionable Milky Way Galaxy. Look, the universe is a rough place. If you want to live long and prosper, keep your Blaster by your side at all times, and make sure you know where your towel is. Serious Final Note: Rock Island's DL44 Heavy Blaster is thought to be one of only THREE surviving examples used in the filming of "Star Wars"..... (OK, fine) "Star Wars: A New Hope" in 1977. Pre-auction estimates suggested it would sell for $300,000 to $500,000. According to a local TV news report, it sold for $1,057,500.