The Bryar pistol first became familiar to players through Kyle Katarn, the hero of the Star Wars Dark Forces and Jedi Knight games, who carried a modified Bryar as his signature sidearm. The MW-20 model later gained wider recognition as a Rebel era blaster in Star Wars stories and games. Its single shot has been clipped and shared by fans for years because it is short, clean and unmistakably Star Wars, making it easy to reuse in fan films, mods, edits and soundboards without any dialogue or music underneath.