However, they remained popular for the unique advantages they offered. For example, during the days of the Galactic Republic, mercenaries fearing an intervention by Jedi Knights used rapid-fire slugthrowers that were impossible to completely deflect with a lightsaber, unlike blaster bolts.
No, lightsabers can't block bullets. Here's a great video that explains why. The idea was actually put into issue #18 of the Dark Lord of the Sith comic series. During the hunt on Chandar's Folly, Tarkin's team armed up with slugthrowers (firearms) and flamethrowers, two things Vader couldn't block with his lightsaber.
Edit: ^they can't block bullets(slugs) with a lightsaber! Since the slugs are physical projectiles, they'd be easier for Jedi to stop using the Force. Actually, issue #18 of Dark Lord of the Sith confirmed that lightsabers couldn't block slugs…not that it wasn't common sense to assume before then.
Within the star wars canon, Projectile weapons, are referred to as slugthrowers, appear in the Star Wars universe in various forms. Reference material identifies the Tusken Raiders as using a type of slugthrower called a cycler rifle, built from stolen and scavenged parts and firing a solid shot enveloped in energy.
The Mandalorian ripper was an energy-propelled slugthrower pistol that was produced in great numbers during the Great Sith War. It was a common sidearm for Mandalorian officers during the Mandalorian Wars.
Star Wars (1977) 1 refers to these weapons as "laser rifles," but this seems to be contradicted by later literature as Tusken Cyclers are depicted as slugthrowers in The Phantom Menace.
Obi-Wan and other Jedi view blasters as uncivilized, preferring lightsabers, making this concept humorous and surprising. The reason Jedi neglected this technology is that blasters go against the Jedi Code's emphasis on defense and knowledge, as blasters are primarily used for offense.
You see what Kylo Ren did is he used his Force Freeze ability to freeze the laser in midair. It continued to stay because Kylo Ren was focusing on it in midair.
The subject of this article appeared in the New Jedi Order era. Pyrokinesis was a Force power that allowed a Force-user to manipulate and generate fire by rubbing and heating up air molecules together. The power seemed to have two major applications, the manipulation, and the generation of fire.
In some cases, such as those of Fionah Ti, Vaner Shan and Theron Shan, children of Jedi and other Force-sensitives were incapable of using the Force, a rare and unexplained phenomenon that occurred in random generations.
Yes. Generally, a Jedi would have Force shields, which prevents a Sith or other Force-sensitive enemy from choking them. This shield can be pressured by a sufficiently powerful enemy, which then requires the Jedi to actively block the attack with the Force.
However, a groundbreaking study conducted at the University of Leicester's Centre for Interdisciplinary Science challenges these long-held assumptions. The study suggests that, against all expectations, red lightsabers may actually be the weakest of the lot.
The Forbidden Forms were forms of lightsaber combat used by the Sith during the Sith Wars. According to the testimonies of the Jedi Cervil the Uncanny, lightwhips—a lightsaber variant with a flexible blade—were used to defend against Sith Lords who utilized the forms.
Force lightning ability was not restricted to dark-siders. Jedi and other light-siders who were strong of will and character could learn this power without falling to the dark side—but its use was viewed as inherently corrupting, and most Jedi Councils forbade its use.
The built-in blaster function gave him the ability to engage in combat without revealing his identity, and it provided an advantage in confrontations that other Jedi would not have. The inconspicuous design and utilitarian appearance also made it much less likely to be recognized as a lightsaber.
2) Who is the only non Jedi in the original Star Wars trilogy to use a lightsaber? Han Solo uses Luke's lightsaber to cut open the tauntaun's belly in The Empire Strikes Back.
The only physical weapon that Jedi use are lightsabers, whether they are double bladed, curved, the common saber etc. Every Jedi has their own form of a lightsaber which suits them.
Blasters are not standard-issue Jedi weapons, and at least Obi-Wan has a marked disdain for them as “clumsy and random” and “uncivilized”, but Jedi are willing to use them in a pinch, even Obi-Wan when he uses a blaster to kill General Grievous.
Blasters in Star Wars are plasma-based weapons that seemingly never run out of ammo, making them convenient and cheaper to produce. Slugthrowers, which shoot physical bullets, can be dangerous to lightsaber users as the molten metal from the slug can cause serious injury if not deflected perfectly.
In Legends, Dark Horse Comics had two human Jedi who were adopted by a Tusken Raider clan. They were the Jedi Knight Sharad Hett and his son A'Sharad Hett, who lived during the last decades of the Old Republic and the Clone Wars. Technically, they were not Tuskens but they adopted Tusken clothing, culture and habits.
They do not block the bullet. They also don't deflect them. Instead, their lightsaber evaporates/vaporizes/sublimes the projectile on contact. Throw in some subtle force pushing, and you get a very inefficient use of energy.
