Why would they use laser blasters when they're slower and less fatal than an actual gun?
Doesn't look as cool
Budget cuts
gunpowder is inert in amber
who says they are lasers?
they clearly are not lasers, more like high energy particle bolt throwers
>>64390810
spaceships havel limited space, cutting out having to transport and manufacture ammo must outweigh the downside of blasters.
Logistics. a blaster can shoot more before reloading so it's cheaper to use.
Do you ever see them reload?
That's probably why.
>>64391173
Also since they're spacefaring people they might not be keen on weapons that put wholes in ship walls.
>>64390810
Does anyone else hate the new safety tip guns from TFA?
why is there a magazine on the side if it doesnt reload?
>>64391414
POWER pack.
>>64390810
Real answer is because it's easy to come by armor which can stop slugs. Stormtrooper armor is essentially bulletproof. A blaster is basically a grenade-launcher in our terms.
I'm gonna go cry in a corner for a while out of shame for knowing this.
>>64391577
>knowing things you just made up
Star Wars had shit writing.
>>64391000
Yeah, they fire bolts
>>64390810
probably because everyone uses a personal forcefield just like in Foundation
you know SW is just basically Foundation for ADHD normies
>>64392557
Go to wookiepdia and search 'slugthrower'.
>>64392676
If a lasgun hits a shield though it makes a nuclear explosion
>>64390810
Why do a lot of things in the original Star Wars Trilogy resemble WWII German shit?
Examples:
>Han Solo's gat looks like a Mauser C96
>Darth Vader's helmet looks like an SS Helmet
Can someone give me a serious answer please?>>64390810
>>64391577
Doesn't leia get shot in the arm with a blaster in Jedi? It doesn't even cripple her.
>>64391173
Um... ACTSHUALLY blasters do use ammo and clips, but the ammo is a compressed gas that is ionized into a bolt of plasma and fired at the target.
>>64393522
The Empire was modelled on Nazis and Han's prop blaster is a C96 with some parts removed and others added. Also there is a gun in ANH that is literally just an MG-42.
>>64393621
ye, it's the crap Lando was mining in Cloud City
>>64391577
>Stormtrooper armor is essentially bulletproof.
[citation needed]
>>64393522
Cus pretty much all the props in the original two films were just modified weapons from WW2 and the following decade. Take the standard issue stormtrooper blaster for example; it's a modified Sterling SMG used by the brits and the guns the rebel soldiers on Hoth use is a modified Sturmgewehr. Also yes, Han Solo's blaster is a modified Mauser.
>>64393691
Pretty sure it's an MG-34 but yeah, it's pretty much not modified at all.
>>64393776
Well I remember from the old EU something about their armor being bulletproof, like if one of them was shot with an m16 it'd bounce off or whatever. But I guess lightsabers, lasers, and rocks and arrows are what it's not bulletproof against
>>64393621
Nerd
>>64391577
The real answer is "sci-fi movies are supposed to have lasers."
>>64393875
At least they broke the mild with the rebel blasters on Hoth and Endor which are apparently modelled on AR-15s.
>>64393522
Most prop guns in movies are made by taking an existing gun (German weaponry was popular since it was already kinda different looking) and then they'd go search stuff from model kits to washing machines for random stuff to put onto the gun to make it look even more cool
>>64393891
That makes no sense. How can it be vulnerable to rocks or arrows but still be bulletproof? And we don't even know how similar slugs are to actual real life bullets.
If anything, their armor would be pretty weak against bullets, considering it was built to protect against blasters, not bullets.
tbqf we could easily win a war against stormtroopers or clonetroopers
>>64394100
Arrows can go through kevlar IRL, and blunt weapons like rocks and blunt weapons have historically been the weapon of choice against well armored opponents.
>>64394100
>vulnerable to rocks or arrows
Show me where this actually happens in a SW movie.
Rocks can still hurt someone wearing bulletproof armor in the real world, Arrows can still penetrate a body between armor segments, show me where arrows or rocks actually penetrated the ARMOR parts of stormtroopers
>>64393691
>>64393875
>>64394061
George Lucas is a closeted Nazi. He was pulling the wool over their eyes for decades.
That makes sense, thanks anons.
>>64394100
Stormtroopers worewhite armorover a black body glove which, in addition to creating an imposing image, was outfitted with a wide array of survival equipment and temperature controls that allowed its wearer to survive in most environments, but offered limited protection againstblasterbolts.
That's from the wiki, so yeah it seems they're not very effective against blaster protection, more for survival situations and uniformity
>>64394238
Ewoks?
>>64394238
A bullet can incapacitate someone wearing bulletproof armor too.
>>64390810
gunpowder wasn't invented yet back then
>>64390810
>less fatal than an actual gun
???
People survive gunshots all the time, while blaster shots are almost always fatal when it's a direct hit to the core.
>>64394164
Stormtroopers yes. Clone troopers no. The clones were superior to the Stormtroopers in every way. Plus they have Clone Commandos and ARCs and all the other badass operators.
>>64394395
Gunshots are also always fatal when it's a "direct hit to the core"
>>64394466
Not true, people survive getting shot in the chest, abdomen, etc. all the time. People even survive getting shot in the head.
Blasters are more lethal, more economical, and can penetrate all physical armor. That is why blasters are used instead of bullets.
>>64394545
ohh good, lets stop issuing vests you fucking autist
>>64393621
>clips on a beam gun
>>64393946
>2 separate magazines
>pump action for a gas operated rifle
>IR lazer in completely ineffective spot
>that whole sight arrangement
>front sight post but no rear one
what the fuck is going on with this gun?
>>64393946
I dont know where you took that pic from but the ones from the movie are actually modified STG44s
>>64395576
nvm just researched a bit and found out some of them were ARs too
>>64394164
clonetroopers were bad ass and could actually shoot shit because Lucas wanted to keep the ratings down so he had droids as their antagonist
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>>64394828
Are you fucking retarded or something?
I once meet a vet who survived getting shot 6 times. Guy literally took a burst to his stomach. 6 7.62 bullets. And survived.
Bullets also don't kill people instantly like in the movies. In real war people often get hit then keep fighting for minutes before bleeding out.
Now go watch Episode IV again and look what happens to Greedo after he takes just one hit from a pistol.
Or look at the holes blasters do in walls in Episode V.
They are far more powerful than guns. Not even comparable to crap like 5.56 or 7.62 army uses. Getting hit centermass with one of those is instant death 100% of the time.
>>64393875
This guy's on the ball. If you look closely in A New Hope and the Empire Strikes Back, you can see casings coming out of the Sterlings in some scenes. Yeah, they used real guns loaded with blanks on set.
Sure, they are space lasers in the film, but the fact they're all real guns (and in some cases, functioning ones) gives them a weightier presence on screen. I never cared for the super soaker look a lot of the blasters started to take on in later films.
>>64394164
Yeah, because bad guys in non sci-fi movies can shoot for shit right?
Action movies are always like this. If bad guys fired accurately good guys would be dead 10 minutes into the film.
>>64395841
Well, blasters kind of cauterize the wound too.
>>64394302
Go watch the Ewoks action scenes again. There are like 2 guys who get hurt by arrows. Ewoks were getting fucked until Chewie took that AT-ST from imperials.
>>64395951
But America (or earth in this case) is always the good guy.
>>64395994
While cooking half of your insides. It's like a small explosion.
Chewie gets grazed by a blaster bolt in TFA and it almost kills him.
>Paris attack
>130 deaths
>368 non-fatal injuries
That means close to 3/4 of the people who got shoot survived.
Bullets are nowhere near as effective as in the movies.
>>6439421
Nice meme retard
>>64394214
Clearly retarded.
>>64390810
>Infinite ammo
>Even if in new canon it is not - no need to reload frequently or carry a shitload of ammunition, the squad is as authonomous as it can be
Powderfags BTFO.
>>64396426
No anon, your clearly retarded. You don't even know the basic physics behind what makes a bullet and an arrow different. Literally 8th grade shit anon.
It's the same reason a bullet proof vest is either rated as stab proof or it isn't. A knife functions the same as an arrow and will slice right through a bulletproof vest not rated for stab protection.
Clearly you've seen too many movies.
>>64393621
The 'magazine' mechanic in video games is not scaled correctly. In SW, everything bigger than a blaster pistol can hundreds upon hundreds of shots without reloading (pistols could fire 'only' a hundred or so depending on power settings), blasters generate almost no recoil, blasters have fewer moving parts as well. This is why blasters are the main military weapons in SW despite 'slugthrowers' existing and being in common use among civilians.
It's not like real world militaries care that much about projectile velocity or killing power either. The assault rifle pretty much proved that. Blasters let you throw a shitload of firepower across the field very cheaply, and ultimately that's what wins an industrial war.
