Did Anakin ever use a blaster rifle or a pistol in the Star Wars Universe? If so, then what timeline in the Prequel Trilogy? Answers can be taken from the movies, novels, TV series (Clone Wars), etc..
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In the lost episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars - In Search of the Crystal (incomplete, but considered fully canon) Anakin demonstrates his capacity and competence with a blaster.
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He (very briefly) threatens Shahan Alama with his own blaster before Aurra Sing shoots it out of his hand in Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Hostage Crisis.