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September 4, 2015 08:16 am PDT
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Adam Savage proves Star Wars blasters can't be lasers
Whatever they are, blasters ain't lasers. And they're never described as lasers in the flicks! Like it says in those crazy technical manuals, they're slugs of superheated gas or whatever.
Painstakingly examining the films frame-by-frame to see roughly how far and how fast bolts travel, Savage gets results in the 130-135mph rangeslow enough for an alert person to dodge after firing, given some distance.
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