A ballista, although rudimentary, proved to be a potent weapon, launching weighty projectiles via ropes towards targets far away. The Tusken Raiders inhabiting Tatooine employed this device. In a collaborative endeavor involving the residents of Freetown, the Marshal Cobb Vanth, and the Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin, members of a Tusken clan utilized the ballista in an attempt to kill a greater krayt dragon. Despite the bolts successfully penetrating the krayt dragon's tough exterior, the Tuskens and Freetown inhabitants could not restrain the beast using the ropes. Nevertheless, Djarin ultimately succeeded in killing it.