Evolution of Star Wars Blasters

[@gravygraves5112]

I like how part of the reason so many people adopted blasters was because body armor also advanced to a point where many slug throwers were near useless against armored people but blasters tore right through the vast majority of armors and so after most people adopted blasters people generally stopped wearing body armor (with the exceptions of some military forces who had the money for blaster resistant armor), so now slug throwers are still relevant, it's just standardized ammo is not as readily available. Also, slug throwers make the ideal weapon for hunting Jedi and Sith, but the chances of a person encountering either in the vast span of the galaxy are so low that most have it no where in their mind to keep one handy.

[@krispalermo8133]

I have play Star Wars RPG close to 30 years out of my 42 years of life. If my character was allow to take up the right skill set, I would create explo. bullets that could go through 5 cm of plate armor with Ion dmg. There is nothing like firing a heavy riffle that can go through four storm troops at the same time.

[@gmailquinn]

Scrap ammo, junk for slug throwers

[@gravygraves5112]

@@krispalermo8133 was doing an Edge of the Empire RPG with friends and my character did something like that. She started with a standard slug rifle then did a bunch of quests to get parts for a custom rifle. After a bit the GM and I came up with a system where she could craft specialty ammo to fit different roles. The catch was the ammo types were strong in some senses and weak in others and she had a limited amount and had to learn how to make each one and craft them at her workbench on the groups ship or at a gunsmiths (if one was present and wiling to let her use the shop).

[@krispalermo8133]

@@gravygraves5112 Ammo types, the weight of a a full metal jacket tungsten APC riffle bullet with a AAA size battery charge of dilithium with thermate compression adds up. The running joke is the loaded ammo magazine weights in more than the riffle does. For anyone else reading this post, " dilithium " is what are cell phone batteries are made of and not Star Trek crystals. We also had low velocity shot gun slug that all they did was knock heavy armor troops off their feet. My game shop of around a dozen players in their later 20's into their 40's+ did a few hours of math to figure out what their damage could at what range in meters. It went from Slap stick humor, to broken bones, lost of limbs and huge holes through a given torso that you can see light shine through to finally, " Bruh you can't say this ammo isn't a war crime to be used. " And if you were far enough from where the bullet was fires from, you could catch the slug before it hit the floor. Favorite line of the Game Story Teller, " Random die roll says the bullet jammed in your riffle, what does your character do ?" PC, " I am throwing my riffle at the enemy and diving for cover !"

[@alaskanbullworm5500]

Slug throwers? I didn’t think anyone used projectile weapons anymore... ~Boss, republic commando

[@aquapuma2274]

Hm, An energy weapon that looks like a slug thrower. I didn't think lizards were that nostalgic ~Also Boss, republic commando

[@echobase1648]

Nothing like a good slug thrower by your side.

[@heroinboblivesagain5478]

@@aquapuma2274 They really wanted to justify the shotgun huh lol.

[@BennyLlama39]

One advantage of a blaster is lugging around less kit. The same amount of firepower from slug throwers mean hauling a LOT of bulky ammo.

[@jacobstaten2366]

The right tool for the job. It really depends on the situation. We have issues with people causing wild fires with regular ammunition in places like California. A blaster would practically a be like using a flare gun. Legally speaking in America, Idk if it's a firearm technically because the projectile is so slow and light weight.

[@somenbwithabadhistoryteach5872]

But you can't effectively deflect with a lightsaber.

[@Its-Av3rage]

@@jacobstaten2366 Well actually we dont know how fast a blaster bolt is.

[@jacobstaten2366]

@@Its-Av3rage someone did the math based on the height of the actors and the distance the bolts cover over time relative to that height. It varies, but it's perceptively slow.

[@Its-Av3rage]

@@jacobstaten2366 I still dont think that helps. The best way I can describe it for you is an example. My friends and I watch the flash and they were telling me some guy did the math on how fast he can run at this point etc. He used a Great Wall of China scene as one way to do the math but theres quite a bit of guessing involved as well.

[@BungieStudios]

My school's groundskeeper used to shoot people on sight with his beamtube for stepping on the grass.

[@bep935]

@Sgt. Paul Jackson He got medals.

[@tuxedokubo]

Jesus

[@rebeccaluis1223]

Lol thats awsome

[@RoosterFloyd]

Kids are pussies now, that poor man would be fired in these times. All I'm saying is, shooting children who think it's a laugh to walk on the grass after seeing the sign telling them not to need to be taught a lesson. What if it was a button that turned everyone into meatloaf, and the sign said no push, but some funny guy presses it. Boom, humanity is dead, nothing but our architecture and a few billion plates of slowly cooling meatloaf nobody will probably finish. What a way to end the streak of success humanity has been hitting since we began existing. Really, I mean, all it takes is one cheeky little monkey and we're all meatloaf, the food, not the performer... Just to be clear

[@GunsFromGlory]

Rooster Floyd >Boomer

[@mse5842]

Interesting stuff, can you do: History of the Main Galactic Power of each time period Rakata -> Republic -> Galactic Republic -> Gal. Empirr -> New Rep. -> Gal. Alliance -> Gal. Federation

[@blueburger4938]

I want to know how big the rakatan empire was

[@mse5842]

Big.... for it's time atleast....

[@Andrew-kd3gn]

@@blueburger4938 500 planets with 10 trillion slaves, if I remember correctly

[@blueburger4938]

But which planets and which species

[@dominiqueminor8039]

What about the Gree, the only other empire who could challenge the Rakata

[@owensmith8607]

Lmao with the leaf blowers

[@GenerationTech]

Beam tubes you mean

[@pyeitme508]

@@GenerationTech Wish for US SOF operators VS any Star Wars era special forces from any factions.

[@stefanwalicord2512]

I swear it's just a budget management scheme. Lol I approve wholeheartedly.

[@jaypea30]

I died when I saw that dude blasting that kid :D

[@cooper419]

Owen Smith I really hope your pfp is ironic

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

Can you do an episode on the evolution of dolphin technology, tactics and battles? From what I understand places like Seaworld and places where you can "swim with a dolphin" were actually created by dolphins to lure humans into thinking dolphins were cute, friendly and smart (but not as smart as humans). Which is why dolphin rape and attacks often go unnoticed. Humans don't believe sucha creature could do such things. They have paid to have history of these events removed form schools.

[@BillRoyMcBill]

That's also why dolphins rape humans, they're trying to breed with humans so their future generations can stay on land longer in preparation for their inevitable inland conquest.

[@ukaszbiaas183]

Jotaro Kujo wants to know your location.

[@jillvalentinefan77]

I was raped by a dolphin in the Suez canal. Ever since then I was trying to prepare the world for inevitable dolphin invasion, but George Dubya Bush was in bed with the dolphins, quite literally. His father was too he tried to stop the truth.

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

@@jillvalentinefan77 Is this the ghost of Saddam? If so you need to spread your ghostly message to the world warning of the invasion.

[@jillvalentinefan77]

@@ThatShyGuyMatt Bush and the Jews are collaborating with the dolphins to build a Al Qaeda robot.

[@MrTech226]

Gen Tech, you have forgotten to mention about Electromagnetic Rail Gun right now tested by US Navy. As I researched Electromagnetic Rail Gun, there is another design for rail gun. It is the Plasma Rail Gun, actually similar to some weaponry in Star Wars Universe. Projectiles is ionized gas particles like the blasters.

[@angeldelarosa7975]

So....early Star Wars humans used muskets?

[@weldonwin]

Didn't have to be muskets, just conventional firearms as we'd recognize them on Earth today

[@robertagu5533]

Supposedly they advanced quicker in firearms in their universe then in ours and actually acquired blaster tech fairly quick and early.

[@robbycarlson6133]

At the very beginning after they were invented yea but they advanced quicker than we did and after a few decades had machine guns or assault rifles

[@Legionzzzz1]

Well technically companies still produce firearms. Verpine shatter guns are basically hand held railguns except they can turn anything into a deadly projectile, even rocks can be loaded into them built there are special bullets made to be used in them as well. Flechete weapons fire super heated metal shards at people in a shotgun style pattern or fire razor sharp blades and metal shrapnel at people. Some even have homing features on the flechete rounds. Projectile weapons are basically conventional firearms though star wars managed to somehow make corrosive bullets that melt people and armor for some projectile weapons.

[@KoogleKhrome]

Angel Delarosa how primitive

[@LegoWorldWar2StopMotion]

Yet some primative planets such as Sol 3 can stand up to these blasters with different variations of slug throwers

[@WednesdayAddamsMW]

I recommend a 9mm pistol. There are better weapons for some jobs, but the 9mm is my personal favorite. In fact, 9mm Luger (I'm an American, that's why I call it Luger and not Parabellum) was the first caliber I've ever fired. For one, you have more than one of cartridge. On Earth, 9mm rounds are in high supply.

[@pyeitme508]

AGREE! Also F*** all garbage blasters!!

[@pyeitme508]

@@WednesdayAddamsMW I rather take the 45 ACP for it's a man stopper!

[@pyeitme508]

@ajs1031 I know the 9mm NATO's abilities, but I like a 45 ACP causing lethal wounds. As for the Desert Eagle, recoil is too big.

[@Excalibur01]

What kind of gun and which brand of ammo?

[@Excalibur01]

I've always wondered how loud blasters are compared to real world guns since in real life, the more you fire a gun even outdoors without hearing protection, you will slowly lose your hearing and depending on what you shoot and where, you could easily go deaf from a shotgun blast in doors

[@BillRoyMcBill]

Light based or emitting weapons would make you go blind eventually, shooting them safely would require lenses so dark you couldn't see what you were shooting at.

[@Justowner]

Ive read that this depends on the power output of the weapon and how it is focused. If you pump enough energy in and focus it correctly then supposedly backscatter is reduced.

[@Excalibur01]

Sounds like you'r comparing a blaster to a blowtorch

[@Randomlolstudios]

Baconstine is that why stormtroopers have tinted visors?

[@willlasdf123]

If the plasma output breaks the sound barrier, it would report. At the end of the day just like our chemically propelled projectile weapons, its superheated gas going fast so it would be reasonably loud I would imagine. As people have mentioned you'd probably need eyepro too.

[@calebcustombricks2631]

You guys are one of my favourite KZbin channels. One of the reasons is because you make content that no other KZbinrs make, and you make it well, throwing in at least one funny part in each video. Thank you guys (Allen, British Ben, American Ben, and anyone else who may've helped you guys in any videos), for making quality content of not just Star Wars, but many other things as well. I will always continue to watch your channel, and can't wait to see the channel grow. Been here for a few years now, excited to see new content! Keep it up! :)

[@Valiran9]

"Autocannons". Yeesh, I remember when they were just called blaster cannons or repeaters. Also, IIRC disruptors were banned not because of how powerful they were, but because shooting an organic with one caused an extremely painful "sear the flesh from your bones" disintegration. No clean and pretty Star Trek style "shimmer and vanish" disintegrations here folks, just a whole lot of agonized screaming followed by a pile of ash, bone fragments, and whatever the victim was wearing that was durable enough to survive! FUN[/sarcasm].

[@christkandosii3337]

Hi I wanted to tell you something. You and Meta-nerds lore are the only two Star Wars information channels I am willing to talk about or listen to. It’s always been this way, but I gave the other ones a chance. Stupendous wave in the rest of them. Well you know what those people I just can’t stand up and I don’t think their opinions count as Star Wars fact. I don’t think they’re very humble either. But you and metanerdslore really both do a good job and you stick to the facts not opinions and you’re both real chill and friendly and humble about it all. So I just wanted to complement you and say that you’re doing a good job.

[@stevenschnepp576]

They do have a problem of reaching very shallow conclusions.

[@ShurikenSean]

4:36 XD when you used to pretend to be firing a big blaster rifle when you had to blow the leaves

[@jordanpowell2242]

ShurikenSean my kids used to be embarssed and asked me to blow leaves when their firends left

[@Janoha17]

Now for the evolution of the lightsaber.

[@kevinl8738]

Yes, leaf blowers are on the low power setting when people use them.

[@chadwizick]

Guys, please do a slugthrower episode in the future. They are so over looked but very intriguing in the context of the starwars universe.

[@kellarusprime8801]

I was today years old when I learned that laser is an acronym

[@lordferbus2970]

Same

[@Dave29]

how old are you? 8

[@theoriginalchabarab3490]

Same

[@paint1238]

SAME

[@donnovandalusong266]

I’m already 18 and I didn’t know laser was acronym.

[@ComradeFer]

These are some strong children hand carrying early blasters

[@Kurai_69420]

This whole time I thought disruptors were laser weapons based on how they work in Jedi Outcast and Academy.

[@GenerationTech]

To be honest it changed from one story to another

[@armorfrogentertainment]

In the new Canon, they're overcharged blasters that have a bizarre reaction with organic matter, causing it to disintegrate.

[@AnnatarCarvour]

Same here

[@AnnatarCarvour]

" NO DISENTIGRATIONS " " As...you ..wish "

[@DIEGhostfish]

Yeah, in Outcast and Academy they worked nothing like basically every other source which has them as short range weapons (Which is why Mysteries of the Sith's scoped blaster rifle was the best sniper in the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games)

[@LaFaJe]

After a whole year, no one has yet explained where the Getto-Blaster fits in.

[@rustyshackleford9588]

I always loved the look of the e 11. Disruptors also were theorized by their scientists to slow down the victims perception of time, but not changing their perception of what happened. In short they were aware of and felt every bit of being disintegrated at an atomic level. In slow motion.

[@cookieusa1]

*What the thumbnail implies.* *THEY GET BIGGER!*

[@magicman3163]

They went from looking like WW2 guns to sci-fi weapons and in the new trilogy look like blocks and car parts.

[@darthvader4594]

compared to a lightsaber it's clumsy.

[@GenerationTech]

Says the man missing three limbs

[@orbaitv5991]

Shots fired

[@Imperius254]

Wait, wouldn't it be 4 limbs?

[@Excalibur01]

Only if you're a Force Wielder

[@weldonwin]

And most of his skin, ears and his junk

[@robotic-race]

9:23 squad auto cannon *no* *SQUADO'CANNONS

[@andrewince8824]

Modern blasters make perfect sense. E-11, DC-15S, E-5 blasters are pretty much equivalent to modern assault rifles. A280, A280C blasters are very similar to Battle Rifles. Obviously there are blaster pistols such as the iconic DL-44. Blasters such as the DC-15A fill the SAW or LMG role. Heavier weapons exist filling the role of GPMG. Star Wars nails military blaster designs.

[@gamerid6507]

so which would a dolphin be able to use effectively? hey just asking...

[@its_FUBAR]

Thank you so much for teaching people that blasters aren't just fucking laser omg.

[@cooper419]

FUBAR English 100

[@toastedman2792]

“suck laser” - heavy

[@kingdomofvinland8827]

I think the really early part of the star wars timeline with beam tubes,proto sabers and chrome hulled ships with missiles and lasers facinating

[@aeroluster2689]

"A lot of energy needs to be used, so it's not a great handheld weapon." That's what they said about cannons now, just give it a few hundred years.

[@jimbeaux89]

Hahahaha dude chasing the kid on the bike lmao

[@Vladimir_4757]

7:59 Ah yes, the Pribor 3b, a piece of archaic Soviet prototype firearms that lead to the beautiful TOCMASH TKB-059, beautiful. Although the Pribor was a failure, the TKB seemed to be more effective. It has been a while but I remember reading something about the trials where soldiers praised the 059, however it was either too expensive or just too unreliable to go into production. The fact you reference the Pribor though is kinda sad, the 059 is far superior to the Pribor, then again, there is no way to prove this, unless the Tula Firearms Museum decides to allow reproduction to be made.

[@Wi-Fi-El]

I wish I had a blaster. I have enough diagrams and cross section images that I think I could reverse engineer it without blowing myself up lol

[@Gotten37]

Blaster: +200% damage against fully armed nameless targets. -99% damage against lightly armoured named characters.

[@MrSHADOWfox99]

Plot armor is the best armor

[@tylerflores4680]

5:32 steeping on a lego be like

[@jamesstaggs4160]

Han "You got a lot to learn". Rey "Lol. That's what you think."

[@jewellcarpenter6764]

Oh my gosh dude, totally forgot about that comic with the ricottan empire! The species that helped them with their technology, they look exactly like the aliens in the eclipse video game!

[@henry6136]

When someone steps on my lawn I activate my beam tube to get them off

[@ZstackZip]

I’m assuming that Mando’s rifle is a disrupter

[@awhahoo]

It is

[@ZstackZip]

@@awhahoo I too, am a Smol Gay Cinnamon Roll

[@captainsilentshadow9182]

The DC-15 is the best

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

A, or S?

[@RC--tw7em]

@@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 I like DC-15S carbine

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

@@RC--tw7em neato, personally, I like the long range of the DC-15A

[@DIEGhostfish]

@Some Doofus Fair, though the max range listed in the cross sections book for the tripod mounted DC-15A is quite frankly insane, because Curtis Saxton basically used the writing contract as an excuse to make canon numbers bigger than Startrek. The listed range is so long you'd need to be on a mountain to see the enemy because on "Flat" ground the curvature of an earth sized planet would block your shot, they'd be below the horizon line.

[@wendyspagnolacchi2815]

Nah the one that looks like a m60 is way better

[@gpedre21]

That BTAV with the boy in it is hilarious

[@BassDec]

Just want to note that the blaster has a crucial advantage over a slug thrower for military and/or civilian use in star wars. A blaster shot is not influenced by gravity. This makes it ideal to use on different worlds without thinking about bullet drop like you have to do when firing a bullet from a slugthrower. Different worlds, different gavitational pul, different bullet drop each time. Blaster dos not care about that. And yes i am ignoring the weird curving cannon shots from snoke's ship in space, in the last jedi. Makes no sense to me. Regarding of blaster or slugthrower.

[@MisterRorschach90]

I like the idea of incorporating hypermatter into turbo laser batteries. A special hyperspace ring like device could be mounted around the barrel of the turbo laser, and a targeting computer can use sensors to scan the distance to an enemy and it’s shield placement. Then it can use hypermatter and the hyper space ring to force turbo laser bolts into hyperspace, being programmed to exit hyperspace when it’s cleared the shield. As a consequence it also gains insane amounts of momentum and kinetic energy. The same technology could be applied to proton torpedoes, concussion missiles, and even crazier, homing cluster missiles. You could also incorporate some kind if hyperspace tunneling as a shielding mechanism against it.

[@G1nst3r1]

Mandalorian equipped with shotgun blaster says "I got your force right fooking here" ---> R.I.P. Force using scums!

[@AspiLeo]

Gotta love the beam tube photos.

[@JRGProjects]

Funny the Klingon Empire & Romulan Star Empire in Star Trek are famous for their disruptor weapons lol.

[@goodbye27893]

the subtitles kept changing "beam tube" to "bean tube." I was cracking up.

[@salaskwilo1141]

Blasters overheat on Hoth And they say hoth is melting is this the prove you need

[@robertagu5533]

Love vids like this. An BECAUSE this universe's ground weapons are so numerous, diverse and based on scifi BUT also are most of them plausible in our lifetime or the next to make along with the weilders being so good at them.. on a planet... majority of the SW factions would PROBABLY kick the crap outta ANY the other Sci-fi ground forces. Since the verse is so well developed for planet warfare.. they literally have a version of most everything. Often MULTIPLE versions of everything AND multiple counters too. While most others like Treks ground armies are ridiculously lightly armed by comparison. An their stuff isn't as durable or powerful.

[@t65bx25]

Star WARS

[@robbycarlson6133]

Yea I agree the starwars galaxy does have wars in its name for a reason due to constant war starwars is always militarized and advanced in military technology

[@cursedmonkey1033]

As someone who only knows Star Wars from the films I find these videos quite interesting. I'd be expecially interested to learn about where humans originated and their involvement in the history of the galaxy. Do you have any videos like that?

[@Kingdomkey123678]

CursedMonkey It’s thought that Humans came from the city planet that I can not spell the name of. Back before it was all covered in city of course

[@Subieghost]

I think I have an old beam tube in my garage!

[@bravskii10]

they called it fuel or gas instead of ammunition. btw, the "magazine" (more appropriately: power cell) on an E-11 could produce approximately 500 shots (not rounds like we're all use to) before it ran out of fuel.

[@Ikususiv]

Wow, first time I ever watched a video seconds after it airs.

[@tylermoskal7376]

At 1:18 you can see a US Navy weapons specialist using an Xbox controller to control one of the worlds most expensive weapons

[@MacHamish]

I kept hearing "bean tube", Lol. 😁

[@lorrewatkins5925]

I love your vids and these great topics, very good job Man ! Keep up the good vids !

[@cooldog8580]

3:52 Just pause, and... *_"damn bro you got the whole squad laughing"_*

[@kingbillycokebottle5484]

As an Australian mower man I think u for ur inspiring edits of back pack blowers, I will be making laser noises whenever I blow now. Pew pew

[@jsleazy5838]

Could you do an evolution video on droids? Thanks for the content!

[@binkymagnus]

what's the muzzle velocity of a blaster? also, an advantage of projectile artillery is that it can be used for indirect fire. E.g. mortars.

[@Marcus51090]

I’ve always liked those little tiny guns woman used to carry in the 1800’s with the ivory handles and the detailed etching on the silver barrels, I want a blaster like that Ps we need a new 4K open world (well galaxy) Star Wars knights of the old republic game that’s long to play and following the similar model as the old but you get to build your own ships or buy new ones etc a huge open galaxy game....... please edios Montreal or even Ubisoft make it happen please.

[@zach4007]

Alan, were disruptor weapons made into smaller blasters or only larger ones like in those Rebels clips?

[@isaacallum-henson7388]

Hey, just an idea i thought of for a video (not sure if it’s been done before) but maybe you could compare the power of sith who are fallen Jedi such as darth Vader or count dooku compared to sith who have trained to be sith throughout their training. Just think it’d be cool to see if fallen Jedi are naturally stronger or weaker in the dark side of the force. (I know it does also depend on the power of the force user, just talking generally).

[@geraldpfeffer]

could a star forge mass produce imperial tie fighters? I know the star forge is limited in the complexity of the ships it can forge, so would the imperial tie fighter, or better yet the vulture droid starfighters, be too advanced for the star forge to mass produce?

[@douglasspende606]

Awesome show Star Wars Rules

[@Haggysack2k8]

If leaf blowers would be usable as beamtubes... Actually that's a terrible thought, i would shoot my boss on sight and wouldn't even feel the tiniest bit of remorse making me from a "lawful good" to an upright "chaotic evil" type of guy. From Jedi to Sith, with just one kill.

[@Joshua-yf5mh]

Should have included the Xerrol Nightstinger sporting blaster rifle from The Hand of Thrawn Duology

[@netflixdude7512]

Me:Then why is the disrupter in Star Wars battlefront Generation tech:touché

[@azraelbatosi]

Idk why but the picture of the laser leaf blowers made me laugh

[@madalheidis]

I have now been corrected. Thank you for correcting my understanding of blaster operation.

[@ChrissieBear]

Honestly slugthrowers are actually pretty comparable in damage to blasters if we go by RPG rules over the years.

[@jamesleduke873]

Actually, slugthrowers do one dice less damage than blasters.

[@stevenschnepp576]

@@jamesleduke873 So they just leave you dead instead of dead-dead.

[@warhammernerd52Daxx-Lorenzo898]

Can you do evolution of blaster gas? I feel that Disney farts would be categorized as blaster gas

[@MsGamefr3ak]

Rewatched this and JUST noticed Mary Sue was closing the wrong eye during the scene. How are you supposed to aim when you close the only eye that can reasonably look down any sights XD

[@_Only_Zuul]

for some reason, that blaster that han gave to rey really irritated me lol.. maybe because i hated the way it looked and it had no real kind of actual history behind it like other star wars blasters..

[@casbot71]

Now you need to do the Bowcaster. "I like this thing" - Han Solo. After all, a Wookie could carry a crew serviced blaster, or Baze's man portable mini gun with ease, so it has got to have some advantages, besides airtime for bodies. And speaking of which, an episode on Baze's MWC-35c "Staccato Lightning" repeating cannon, which is awesome, and solves the overheating problem, why wasn't it standard issue? Another idea, this one controversial, weapons control in Star Wars. Disruptors were banned, but you could walk around civilian streets with a machine gun or assault rifle, and open carry a pistol on your belt anywhere, bars, fancy restaurants (dinner at Bespins) anywhere. Now this will trigger the Americans (think of the hits and comments section … 💰) but just from a practical perspective, what kind of incompetent totalitarian regime allows subjugated people to walk around with more firepower that their own soldiers?

[@jacobstaten2366]

I have trouble believing they knew each other that long and he never asked to try it out.

[@reonthornton685]

Depends which planet you were on but you never had more than the military, merely on par with them at best. The A280 Blaster in use by the rebels wasn't exactly superior to the E-11 in use by the Empire, rather an equivilant with a different ideal range, as the E-11 was very effective in close quarters such as ship boarding combat while the A280 was Armour Piercing and had more accuracy but was heavier with a lower fire rate making it less ideal for close quarters. In the core worlds most blasters were officially banned but the rules regarding them were not often followed, Senators for the Republic often illegally carried a self defense blaster. Bounty hunters got a special license that allowed them to carry and use blasters in areas that usually restricted their use, but the further you get from the core, the less weapon control there was.

[@mr.wallflower7787]

Lazer is an initialism, as in, you pronounce it as a single word rather than as separate initials ie, NASA vs N.A.S.A

[@toyboxstudios7517]

I feel it is more likely to weaponize heated plasma for infantry use than the blaster technology in the star wars universe

[@iamagoose8074]

Good morning love your videos

[@kfeltenberger]

Along the way they also forgot, mostly, the utility of a stock to make accurate shots.

[@pyeitme508]

SO COOL!! Yet wish there will be more CONS for blasters and PROS for our firearms!!!!

[@BillRoyMcBill]

Blasters would make you go blind....it's easier to live with a hearing impairment than a visual impairment.

[@pyeitme508]

@@BillRoyMcBill yet I like to kill enemies not blind enemies with cold blood!

[@GreyKingZero]

I love Generation Tech and its educational videos don't you.? Blasters better then lasers.

[@harrywu7567]

4:29 LMAAAOOOOOO

[@exturiel5343]

'le gasp' those blasters look suspiciously gun like. Digitally replace them with walkie talkies! While we're at it, we might as well switch lightsabers out with pool noodles. That's called looking ahead!

[@MikMoen]

2:20 A LONNNGGG Long Time ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away.

[@orangegrunt2168]

Your videos are amazing

[@Jack_Stafford]

STUN guns/settings?

[@sarahkilleen8216]

i love the "beam. tube assault vehicle."

[@rika5259]

Not gonna lie, I thought blasters used the same crystals as lightsaber when I was a kid

[@rafaelnishizumi6330]

A280 MY PREFERRED WEAPON

[@coilsfrom]

Imperial Gun: The history of the Galaxy in ten blasters. By Chris Ky- I mean Generation Tech.

[@resonancebarracuda478]

Can you do evolution of phasers?

[@anthonydelorenzi5915]

The enemy could just wear tin foil to reflect the lazers that why we don’t use them irl

[@ryansanico6539]

I have two Air soft Star wars guns. One is the Limited edition Jyn Erso Rouge one Stolen pistol green gas,Second is my Limited edition Sterling E11 Storm Trooper blaster AEG.

[@nshilts5829]

so disrupters.... increadibly effective don't seem to be that war crimey... rebels tend to be very desperate... disrupters should've been their standard weapon

[@PACKERMAN2077]

*@**5:20** BT-AV*

[@BlackHawkBallistic]

With lasers it isn't even just power to run the thing you've also got to cool the mirrors and things that make it up which takes a shit ton of energy to do also

[@ryansanico6539]

Wow that was awesome and cool of the History of the blaster great Allen see you in the next one MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ALLEN ALWAYS.😍👍👍👍👍👍🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@handyboy1899]

Why use the star forge when we have Asia?