P08 in the new Star Wars movie Rogue One!

Tinplatejeff · 12-16-2016, 01:22 AM

Just got home from seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the theater. It's great, set before the original movie from 1977. I noticed the main character's (Jyn Erso) blaster looked a lot like a P08. Searched the web and sure enough it's a modified P08! Note, all the sci-fi blasters in the Star Wars movies are based on real guns including Han Solo's which is a modified Mauser.

https://www.inverse.com/article/2508...e-one-blasters

http://www.legendarycostumeworks.com...-ORDER%29.html

Eugen · 12-16-2016, 07:59 AM

Cool factoid. Nice find and thanks for sharing.

Vlim · 12-16-2016, 09:19 AM

I hope that they used a non-firing replica as a basis, like they did with the Han Solo Blaster

sheepherder · 12-16-2016, 09:23 AM

But were they all replicas??? The 1977 storm troopers carried white-painted MG-34's, and the little brown-hooded creatures had a cut-down Enfield jungle carbine...

DonVoigt · 12-16-2016, 09:24 AM

Vilm,
I'm pretty sure it is an "air soft" or some such; just look at the visible trigger spring.

Tinplatejeff · 12-16-2016, 11:25 AM

Keep in mind the pic I embedded is a replica prop made by someone not connect with the movie itself. Also, if any members here are also on the RPF, there's a huge thread over there on the blaster:

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=255244

And video on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/6mqbfcrVQ48

Vlim · 12-16-2016, 11:51 AM

Well, it does mean that a lot of P08 replicas will now be modified / hotrodded / customized

Tinplatejeff · 12-16-2016, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlim

Well, it does mean that a lot of P08 replicas will now be modified / hotrodded / customized

Well, I can't speak for others, but I know I plan to.

Zorba · 12-16-2016, 03:48 PM

Looks like the love child of a Luger, and a Ruger 22/45 lite.

kurusu · 12-16-2016, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorba

Looks like the love child of a Luger, and a Ruger 22/45 lite.

Well... Love is overrated.

rolandtg · 12-16-2016, 04:30 PM

The "blaster rifles" the stormtroopers carried were modified Sterling machine guns.
Some fired blanks from a short five or ten round magazine.
In some scenes of the first movie you can see spent blanks ejecting and on the floor. (Most visible during the scene where Luke and Leia swing across the chasm.)

Wilhelm · 12-16-2016, 10:29 PM

And the rebel rifles used on Hoth in TESB were modified MP44's! UGH what a waste!!

1933 FORD NUT · 12-17-2016, 12:21 AM

Here's one from Mad Max Fury Road .

Tinplatejeff · 12-17-2016, 12:26 PM

More info, in universe it's a BlasTech A180 pistol.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/A180_pistol

12-16-2016, 01:22 AM	#1
Tinplatejeff User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Indiana Posts: 68 Thanks: 77 Thanked 44 Times in 23 Posts	P08 in the new Star Wars movie Rogue One! Just got home from seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the theater. It's great, set before the original movie from 1977. I noticed the main character's (Jyn Erso) blaster looked a lot like a P08. Searched the web and sure enough it's a modified P08! Note, all the sci-fi blasters in the Star Wars movies are based on real guns including Han Solo's which is a modified Mauser. https://www.inverse.com/article/2508...e-one-blasters http://www.legendarycostumeworks.com...-ORDER%29.html __________________ "We are simply passing through history. This, this is history." - Rene Belloq to Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	But were they all replicas??? The 1977 storm troopers carried white-painted MG-34's, and the little brown-hooded creatures had a cut-down Enfield jungle carbine... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,355 Times in 2,041 Posts	Vilm, I'm pretty sure it is an "air soft" or some such; just look at the visible trigger spring. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

12-16-2016, 11:25 AM	#6
Tinplatejeff User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Indiana Posts: 68 Thanks: 77 Thanked 44 Times in 23 Posts	Keep in mind the pic I embedded is a replica prop made by someone not connect with the movie itself. Also, if any members here are also on the RPF, there's a huge thread over there on the blaster: http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=255244 And video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6mqbfcrVQ48 __________________ "We are simply passing through history. This, this is history." - Rene Belloq to Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

12-16-2016, 09:19 AM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	I hope that they used a non-firing replica as a basis, like they did with the Han Solo Blaster

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Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Well, it does mean that a lot of P08 replicas will now be modified / hotrodded / customized

12-16-2016, 03:48 PM	#9
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 528 Times in 290 Posts	Looks like the love child of a Luger, and a Ruger 22/45 lite.

12-16-2016, 04:30 PM	#11
rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 479 Thanks: 389 Thanked 265 Times in 114 Posts	The "blaster rifles" the stormtroopers carried were modified Sterling machine guns. Some fired blanks from a short five or ten round magazine. In some scenes of the first movie you can see spent blanks ejecting and on the floor. (Most visible during the scene where Luke and Leia swing across the chasm.)

12-16-2016, 10:29 PM	#12
Wilhelm User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 365 Thanks: 48 Thanked 136 Times in 60 Posts	And the rebel rifles used on Hoth in TESB were modified MP44's! UGH what a waste!! __________________ translatedfrenchmanuals@yahoo.com I promise to be nice and play well with others

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1933 FORD NUT User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: WI Posts: 88 Thanks: 3 Thanked 70 Times in 37 Posts	Here's one from Mad Max Fury Road . Attached Thumbnails

12-17-2016, 12:26 PM	#14
Tinplatejeff User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Indiana Posts: 68 Thanks: 77 Thanked 44 Times in 23 Posts	More info, in universe it's a BlasTech A180 pistol. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/A180_pistol __________________ "We are simply passing through history. This, this is history." - Rene Belloq to Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)