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Pilot230 t1_ja25hpc wrote

Reply to comment by Travwolfe101 in Explosions in space movies? by DemonOfTheAstroWaste

My headcanon is that blaster bolts are some kind of heated carbon pellets. That would explain why they throw sparks (even when hitting a matterless force field) and leave black soot marks (on surfaces that don't contain carbon)

Still doesn't explain how they deflect and ricochet in one piece

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DarthGiorgi t1_ja2xgjo wrote

They shoot superheated gas.

Essentially, they are plasma weaponry

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