The DH-17 blaster pistol was a ranged weapon produced by BlasTech Industries and was a standard-issue military sidearm in the Planetary Security Forces, Imperial Navy, the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic Defense Fleet. The weapon was particularly popular among naval forces, being able to pierce most body armor without piercing the hull of the vessel.

A medium-range combat weapon, the DH-17 had an optimum range of thirty meters, but its armor-piercing blaster bolts were still effective, though somewhat less accurate at up to four times that distance. A semiautomatic weapon, it could also be modified to fire in short bursts and had a low-power stun setting, capable of knocking a human out for up to ten minutes. However, setting the weapon to full automatic fire drained the power pack in less than twenty seconds, and the wielder ran the risk of overheating the internal components and causing an explosive overload.