Star Wars mysterious rebel blaster?

[Tom Sheldon]

Hi Everyone!
When sorting my old pc games I found the Star Wars Empire at War expansion Forces of Corruption. I have always loved the painted cover images of the EaW games. However when I looked at the rebel troopers in the front of that painting I realized that they had some kind of strange blaster: It looks like an MP5 without magazine and stock!
Anyway the troops in the game are using the famous DH-17 blaster....
Does anyone know what kind of blaster it is? I couldn't find anything like that.

Thanks

Tom

 

[OdiWan72]

that´s no "common" or known blaster, neither from the OT/ PT nor thethe EU.

Looks like the artist simply used a H&K MP5 (like you already guessed) for reference to create a new -somewhat unique- blaster. That´s it...

Markus

 

[Tom Sheldon]

Thanks!
I was just wondering since it's official Lucasarts stuff....

Tom

 

[Clutch]

They also have keyboards on their sleeves so they can play the Star Wars theme at any given moment.

 

[Robiwon]

Yep, it's just an H&K MP5 without the mag.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Never noticed that. That's just about as lazy as the new BSG prop guns. :lol At least throw some crap onto the sides or something!

 

[Tom Sheldon]

It's a pity that they used such a well known design like the MP5 and don't even modify it...(well taking out the mag does not count!). Anyway I really like the shoulder armor of the troopers and the helmet variation. Thought about building something like this.

 

[Spectacular Spider-Man]

I had that game once and never noticed that either.