The IQA-11 Blaster Rifle was a model of sniper rifle with a sleek and inexpensive design that made it a weapon of choice for mercenaries and bounty hunters who sought reliability over longer ranges. The rifle could receive modifications, such as an extended barrel and a dual zoom scope. During the Clone Wars, the bounty hunter Rumi Paramita used an IQA-11 while defending Felucian farmers from the Ohnaka Gang. A Mon Calamari also utilized the weapon during the Imperial Era.
The IQA-11 Blaster Rifle was a model of sniper rifle that fired blue blaster bolts over long ranges. It was dark-green in color and featured a long barrel and a scope for magnification. Along with a trigger guard, the IQA-11 had cooling vents that were housed around the barrel. The sniper rifle could also be modified with a dual zoom scope to toggle between magnification levels, an extended barrel for increased projectile speed, and a power cell attached to the side of the weapon for more efficient weapon cooling.
A Mon Calamari equipped with an IQA-11
Due to the IQA-11's sleek and inexpensive design, it became the weapon of choice of bounty hunters and mercenaries who sought reliability over longer ranges. During the Clone Wars, the Frenk bounty hunter Rumi Paramita was equipped with an IQA-11. While on the planet Felucia in 21 BBY, Paramita used her rifle to hold the Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano at gunpoint at the Felucian village of Akira. She later used it to defend the Felucian farmers in the village against Ohnaka Gang pirates, before she was ultimately killed by a blast from a WLO-5 battle tank.
At some point during the reign of the Galactic Empire, a Mon Calamari utilized the scope on an IQA-11 to observe a group of Imperials and their captives.
IQA-11 concept art for Star Wars Battlefront II by Sebastian Kim
The IQA-11 Blaster Rifle first appeared in "Bounty Hunters," the seventeenth episode in Season Two of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which aired on April 2, 2010. It was identified by name in the new Star Wars canon on the eponymous card of Awakenings, a booster pack for the Star Wars: Destiny card game released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2016. The name originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where the weapon was identified in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia, a 2010 visual guide authored by Jason Fry. Concept art of the weapon was drawn by David Le Merrer.
In the 2017 video game Star Wars Battlefront II, the IQA-11 is unlockable after defeating fifty enemies as the Specialist class, and it is available to all factions. The IQA-11's modifications consisted of a dual zoom scope, an extended barrel to increase projectile speed, and a power cell to reduce cooldown. The player can only equip two of these attachments simultaneously. Artist Sebastian Kim designed the weapon and its modifications for the game.
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