Editing Sonic Weaponry (section)

==Star Wars==
Sonic weapons are a thing in ''[[Star Wars]]''. They are far less common than blasters and generally less effective all-around, but have two important niches. Firstly they function underwater without receiving expensive modifications or being purpose built to do so, which is quite important in a galaxy full of water planets and aquatic species. The second, and rarer in-universe but common in the situations stories normally show, is that they are very effective against Jedi. While a lightsaber will reflect a blaster bolt and melt a slugthrower (firearm) projectile, a sonic blast isn't impeded at all. Thus they are common among people who expect to fight Jedi.

Sonic Weaponry is one of the many things introduced for RPG purposes that spread to the rest of the expanded universe. They first appeared in ''Galladinium's Fantastic Technology'' and its follow up ''Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear'' for [[West End Games]]' ''[[Star Wars RPG]]'', though there it's only a type of stun weapon. Sonic weaponry actually appears briefly in ''Attack of the Clones'', but the concept is so generic it's doubtful it was based on earlier examples.