Well I've played LF off and on, mainly just for the social aspect of it and the "I'm a Jedi!" fantasy.
I like the Revised system. Overall I like the system, its very fitting. There are, of course, discrepancies in the Movies vs. the Game; but the main thing is to have fun. SWRPG is a very "DM+Players+rules = Fun/role-playing" stressor; though most game systems are like that, this book makes very large emphasises<?> on it.
I think you're correct, though my example was a bit extreme. LF hasn't thrown anyone that nasty at us yet, but since the current campaign ends in under 2 years we're expecting the craziest worst (in a fun way).
Personally I'm hoping to go 10 rnds with the BigV. After 10rnds our buffs will wear off so the combat would take an interesting turn.
oh, vs. blasters = Jedi's use Deflect Defense (if they want to just avoid it) or Deflect Attack (if they want to change its course). After 6th lvl most folks don't shoot Jedi's anymore.
if you've thought about buying it, I recommend it. Though I'm sure that there are others in Hive who have played it far more than I (LF tends to turn into 4hrs of hurry since thats the mod length time) in their home games.