The Forgotten Weapons channel gives us a look at the real guns that were used to generate the weapons used in Star Wars: A New Hope.
| Star Wars Gun | Earth Gun |
| BlasTech DH-17 Blaster Pistol | Sterling Machinegun |
| Drearian Defense Conglomerate Defender | Margolin Pistol |
| Jawa Ion Blaster | Enfield SMLE Rifle |
| BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle | Sterling L2A3 Submachine Gun |
| SE-14C | Rexim-Favor Submachine Gun |
| BlasTech DT-12 Blaster Pistol | Ruger MK II |
| BlasTech T-21 Light Repeating Blaster | Lewis Light Machine Gun |
| RT-97C Heavy Blaster Rifle | MG 15 Machine Gun |
| BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle | MG 34 Machine Gun |
| BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol | Mauser C96 |