An accu-accelerator served as a crucial element within blasters, engines, and speeders. Notably, accu-accelerators found application in ion engines used by starship. Certain Jawa scavengers salvaged these components to fashion their ion blasters, integrating them into the blaster's firing assembly alongside a droid restraining bolt. Furthermore, these accelerators were implemented in Moll K-19T power generators.
The initial mention of accu-accelerators within the canon timeline occurred in Ultimate Star Wars, a 2015 reference book by Dorling Kindersley. Subsequently, they resurfaced as upgrade components in Star Wars Outlaws, a video game from 2024 created by Massive Entertainment and released by Ubisoft.
Within the Star Wars Legends continuity, the 1991 roleplaying sourcebook, Cracken's Rebel Field Guide, marked the first appearance of accu-accelerators.