With this in mind, it was no surprise that when she saw a thermal detonator, she made an entire room full of criminals recoil in horror. In both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Shadows of the Empire, Lando Calrissian destroyed an entire building with a single thermal detonator. In the Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace video game adaptation, thermal detonators create gargantuan explosions, while in the 2004 and 2015 iteration of Battlefront, thermal detonators instantly spell doom for any soldier caught in its vicinity. In the Obi-Wan Kenobi episode "Part V," a dying Tala Durith halts the advance of Imperial stormtroopers and purge troopers by using a thermal detonator, instantly disintegrating herself and stopping the troopers dead in their tracks. The depiction of a thermal detonator is consistent with other depictions of the weapon in the Star Wars franchise.
The use of a thermal detonator is explained in Episode 5 of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. In the first act of Return of the Jedi, Princess Leia used thermal detonators to threaten Jabba the Hutt while alarming everyone in his throne room.
Shadows of the Empire describes the explosions of thermal detonators as being small thermonuclear fusion reactions. It may seem odd that the small metallic sphere could threaten a whole room, even if it is the Star Wars equivalent to a grenade. The only live-action appearance of thermal detonators was in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Baradium is a fictional chemical that can be used by thermal detonators to create massive explosions that are even greater than blasters set to full power. The Return of the Jedi was explained by the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, which showed how powerful a thermal detonator is.
The Star Wars franchise has blasters that are more powerful and versatile than real-world firearms. The small, concealable size of thermal detonators makes them even more dangerous than time bombs. The threat level of a single thermal detonator is clear for hardcore Star Wars fans.
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