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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4161638" data-attributes="member: 15538">I have argued otherwise. What are you seeing in the movies that suggests lightsabers do a lot of damage relative to a blaster? To me, it appears both Han and Kenobi's opinions on blasters hold true. A lightsaber is a more elegant (and capable) weapon, but in terms of deadliness, I see the blaster definitely winning out. People hit by lightsabers:Kenobi (EpIV) - Dead.Luke (EpV) - Still conscious, alive.Vader (EpVI) - Takes several hits, dies slowly as his life support later fails.Guy in cantina (EpIV) - Seemingly alive, albeit missing an arm.Anakin (Clone Wars) - Mildly scarred.Anakin (EpII) - Hand cut off, conscious, alive.Kenobi (EpII) - Wounded, mostly conscious, alive.Darth Maul (EpI) - Dead.Qui Gon (EpI) - Dead.Lots of battle droids - Dead, but many seem to take more than one contact with the blade.Clone troopers - Dead, mostly by beheading and impalement.Geonosian guards - Dead.General Greivous - Loses I think two hands, still alive, still conscious, still fighting.People hit by blasters:Leia (EpVI) - Stunned, conscious, alive.Luke (EPVI) - Gets hit in the cybernetic hand.Numerous rebels and stormtroopers - Dead.Numerous battledroids - Dead.Ewoks - Dead.Clone troopers - Dead.Wookiees - Dead.Greedo - Dead.Death star troopers - Dead.Jedi shot by Jango Fett - Dead.Numerous Jedi in the purge - Dead.General Greivous - Dead.Overall, it looks to me that the only things blasters ever fail to kill are the Skywalker twins. Whereas numerous individuals have survived being sliced by a lightsaber. Poor General Greivous really brings this home.</blockquote>

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