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Electromagnetic pulse grenade

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"Rex! Droid poppers, now!"
―Ahsoka Tano[5]

An electromagnetic pulse grenade (EMP) grenade, also called a droid popper,[9] was a type of grenade that utilized electromagnetic emissions. They could be used to disable a battle droid's circuits[1] or to incapacitate humans.[2][4] When used against stormtroopers,[10] it overloaded their armor electronics,[11] though its effectiveness depended on distance and placement relative to the target. They were used by the Jedi and their clone troopers against the Separatist Droid Army during the Clone Wars.[9]

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Behind the scenes

Electro Magnetic Pulse grenades first appeared in The Courtship of Princess Leia, a Star Wars Legends novel written by Dave Wolverton[12] that was released on April 1, 1994.[13] They became canon when they appeared in "Duel of the Droids," the seventh episode of the canon animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' first season,[5] which originally aired on November 14, 2008.[14]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Common Ground"
  3. ↑ Battlefront II: Inferno Squad
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Outpost"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Duel of the Droids"
  6. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A War on Two Fronts"
  7. ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Tipping Point"
  8. ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "The Doza Dilemma"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Droid Popper in the Databank (backup link)
  10. ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "War-Mantle"
  11. ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Fire Across the Galaxy"
  12. ↑ The Courtship of Princess Leia
  13. ↑ The Courtship of Princess Leia on Amazon.com (backup link)
  14. ↑ StarWars.com The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Duel of the Droids on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)