ARE-1 Assault Rifle

{Quote|Eat lead, Jedi!|A battle cry by a soldier of the Confederate States of Earth Army}}

The ARE-1 Assault Rifle (ARE-1 standing for Assault Rifle, Earth, 1st Model) was the standard-issue slugthrower automatic rifle of the forces of the Confederate States of Earth, a member state of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, despite being standard-issue the ARE-1 was still outnumbered by the E-5 blaster rifle and E-5C blaster rifle, both of which armed the vast majority of the Confederates States forces. The Confederates also made use of M1 Assault Rifles captured from the Union, which was designated the AR-1 (U) Assault Rifle by the Confederacy.

The ARE-1 was based on a prototype produced by Zarkan Arms, and was largely used by Jedi Killer teams, due to the ARE-1's rapid fire, which made it hard for Jedi to repel the hail of slugs.