Sonic rifles served as the sonic counterpart to blaster rifles, possessing the ability to engage targets at distances greater than those achievable with the heavy sonic blaster, all while delivering comparable levels of damage.
Although sonic rifles generally possessed less power compared to typical blasters, they made up for this shortcoming through an increased likelihood of penetrating simpler personal energy shields and by overwhelming targets' senses, leading to disorientation.
Similar to all sonic weapons, the sonic rifle proved especially potent against both Jedi and Sith combatants, as its sonic emissions were immune to deflection by a lightsaber. Moreover, the sonic impact frequently disrupted the target's balance, inducing a state of disorientation.
Among the different sonic rifle models were the SonoMax 100, the SWE/2 sonic rifle, the Arkanian sonic rifle, and the Sg-82 sonic rifle.