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Han's fancy new jacket has plenty of pockets.

What are these things?

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    Corellian Pez dispensers.
    – Kerr Avon
    Commented Dec 31, 2015 at 11:32
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    Energy Gels to stave off bonking?
    – Cearon O'Flynn
    Commented Dec 31, 2015 at 11:35
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    I assumed it was some sort of e-cigarette.
    – Valorum
    Commented Dec 31, 2015 at 11:38
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    Trader Saun Dann seems to have them in his jacket as well
    – Valorum
    Commented Dec 31, 2015 at 14:19
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    Maybe he’s just pleased to see Rey?
    – Paul D. Waite
    Commented Sep 28, 2016 at 21:20

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They're detonators.

Page 46 of the visual dictionary shows this picture:

photo of the page, with detonators on the left

While nothing states that what he has in his pocket are the detonators, the tip of what's poking out of his pocket closely resembles the bottom of the detonator (seen on the left hand of the page).

Further evidence that they're not fuel cells for the blaster are on the same page, where the fuel cell labelled is a cuboid.

Further, the only similar item I can see on 'modern' resistance pilots are signal flares, seen on Snap Wexley's leg.

visual dictionary page showing Snap Wexley's signal flares

On the older uniforms, the arm patch does indeed hold data cylinders (and safe passage documents for downed pilots) :

Luke showing off his data cylinders from a previous dictionary

I presume pilots no longer need safe passage documents nor data cylinders. They also probably don't need detonators, where a guy like Han would.

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    Damn. +1 for making me feel dumb. He's shown dealing with detonators in the novelization, duh!. Well, and for awsome answer :)
    – DVK-on-Ahch-To
    Commented Jan 1, 2016 at 15:50
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    I'm not entirely convinced. I've been playing with this image for about ten minutes now and try as I might, I can't find a way to size the detonators so that they fit into his pocket as shown, even if you chop off the bottoms.
    – Valorum
    Commented Jan 1, 2016 at 16:33
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    @Richard, that's a good counterpoint. It's possible that it's a prop issue, but I haven't got anything better.
    – AncientSwordRage ♦
    Commented Jan 2, 2016 at 10:08
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    Hmm. The authorised jacket maker calls them "ammunition holders"; matchlesslondon.com/en/starwars
    – Valorum
    Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 21:13
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    @Valorum: Why do the two images of detonators have to be the same model of detonator? You don't need to get those detonators to fit in those holes. Detonators come in all sizes. And maybe it was cold outside.
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Dec 20, 2016 at 15:58

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