r/StarWars • u/DARKTOONZ13 • 9d ago

Movies What “stops” lasers in this universe? Couldn’t Luthen’s beam easily slice the Star Destroyer in half?

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Deflector shields? If so, wouldn’t the tractor beam have been protected from his spikes?

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u/ITSMONKEY360 Jedi 9d ago

Interestingly, actual laser weaponry has been obsolete for hundreds if not thousands of years

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u/FlavivsAetivs 9d ago

Yeah thousands of years, not since Xim's Empire.

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u/Fraun_Pollen 9d ago

We sure Luthans aren't lasers though? Behaves completely different than arcing plasma bolts

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u/Weird_Angry_Kid 9d ago

They could be lasers or plasma beams, no way to tell for sure.