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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Well, it would have to take place WAY after the movies, since Star Wars films are always prefaced by 'a long time ago'.
Blasters also suffer the number one disadvantage of laser weapons in that they cut neat little holes through their targets rather than the huge bloody chunks that conventional arms make. Blasters are just shitty weapons all around, really.
edited 10th Mar '17 9:23:27 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.![]()
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The sacrifices we make to have cool pew pew weapons
edited 10th Mar '17 9:29:10 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the AvengersIsn't it also Star Wars canon (idk if it was thrown out with the Expanded Universe) that ordinary firearms are an effective anti-Jedi weapon because instead of deflecting a bullet, a lighsaber slash would merely melt it, thus creating a bolt of molten metal that still goes through the unlucky wielder at full force?
edited 11th Mar '17 3:57:39 PM by MapleSamurai
Semi-seriously, though, since Grandmaster's thing is collecting various combatants from across the expanse to compete for him, his realm would be a great place to see a random out-of-universe cameo. A Wookie in a pile of defeated challengers, or something along those lines.
edited 10th Mar '17 9:39:24 PM by KnownUnknown
The theory is that the bullets travel too quickly to be vaporized but just long enough to melt.
Worth noting is that XKCD tested what would happen if a bullet passed through a lightning bolt
and the result was not much because the projectile is moving too quickly through the bolt to be affected more than a second. And lightning bolts can heat the air to a temperature of over 50K degrees Farenheit, five times that of the sun, so presumably that's around lightsaber range.
edited 11th Mar '17 1:52:28 AM by Tuckerscreator
Indeed. Temperature shifts don't happen instantly. A bullet would barely even notice being present in a lightsaber's beam for the tiniest fraction of a second as it travels its course into a Jedi's sternum.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.An alert Jedi would presumably just slightly telekinesis the bullets off course
There was a thing in... Clone Wars where Obi-Wan deflected a bunch of tiny projectiles
Alert is the key
Also lightsabers are dubiously solid. They don't just splash around stuff they don't cut
Forever liveblogging the AvengersHe made the horse. He can make another one.
That's what science is for.
Just filling the skies with flying horses.
Pedestrians will never be safe again.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersY'know, since Disney owns Marvel, I kinda want the final showdown between Thor and Hela to feature this little exchange:
'Now shall you deal with me, O Prince, and all the powers of Hela!'
Hey, both Maleficent and Hela have swanky headdresses, and both Philip and Thor have cool red capes! Aesthetically, it all checks out.
Oh God! Natural light!I want Thor to have words with someone.
I want him to tell them that he's going to have words with someone.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersBefore I clicked this, I thought it was gonna be Nick Fury.
That's not even a mythology gag. He legit has a lightsabre. He used it to cut his way outta the car and into the sewers in Winter Soldier.
edited 11th Mar '17 11:34:46 AM by PincerMove

I don't have one...
Forever liveblogging the Avengers