Net guns, sometimes called net launchers or net-throwers, were tools designed to deploy nets. The cartographer Auric Graf had a net gun mounted on his wrist; he employed it to ensnare creatures for research. While on "Graf-World," Graf's offspring, Milo, tried to ensnare an ash-rabbit using the net gun.
A specialized version existed: the electrified net gun. Upon firing, this weapon launched an electrically charged stun net capable of inducing unconsciousness. The Trandoshan hunter Lo-Taren utilized an electrified net gun to apprehend Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano during the Second Battle of Felucia.
It was possible to use net-throwers to capture Gwerax-hai located on the planet Veron. The felon Val owned a net-thrower that had been modified, and she employed it in the role of a grapple gun.