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In addition to this, there is a visible portion and an invisible portion of the bolt. The latter, the destructive portion, strikes first, as evidenced by various instances in the OT. The light is merely a byproduct.When a blaster is fired, a small amount of high-energy blaster gas moves from the gas chamber to the gas conversion enabler (commonly called an XCiter). There the gas is excited by energy from the weapon's power source, which is a small power pack for hand weapons and a reactor or a power generator for a larger weapon. The excited gas passes into the actuating blaster module, where it is processed into a beam comprised of intense energy particles coupled with light.
Thanks for the information.Durran Korr wrote:From The Turbolaser Commentaries (excerpted from SW: EGW&T):
In addition to this, there is a visible portion and an invisible portion of the bolt. The latter, the destructive portion, strikes first, as evidenced by various instances in the OT. The light is merely a byproduct.When a blaster is fired, a small amount of high-energy blaster gas moves from the gas chamber to the gas conversion enabler (commonly called an XCiter). There the gas is excited by energy from the weapon's power source, which is a small power pack for hand weapons and a reactor or a power generator for a larger weapon. The excited gas passes into the actuating blaster module, where it is processed into a beam comprised of intense energy particles coupled with light.
They eject casings? Pics please.Ronaldo wrote:Is there an "in universe" explanation as to why the stormtrooper blasters eject shell casings in Star Wars A New Hope? Or is this just regarded as a special effects mistake?
I will have to hunt around for some pictures. I'll post them if I find any. If I can't for some reason, I believe you can notice a shell casing flying out of the blaster Han Solo is using after he fires at the garbage monster once they escape from the garbage smasher. The scene where Chewie is afraid of the monster when you hear it growl.YT300000 wrote:They eject casings? Pics please.Ronaldo wrote:Is there an "in universe" explanation as to why the stormtrooper blasters eject shell casings in Star Wars A New Hope? Or is this just regarded as a special effects mistake?
That is what I used to think as well, but I read somewhere ( I don't remember the website) that there are other examples of that happening in the movie multiple times.YT300000 wrote:If it happened once and only once, it might have been the power pack being ejected after being spent.
It is possible, however unlikely.
Cheap guns that just kept having parts fall off.Crayz9000 wrote:Yeah, but you need to find an in-universe explanation of it, Alyeska
I have a possible in-universe explanation. Perhaps that particular model of of Stormtrooper blaster used shell casings as it normal method of operation? For example, the shell casings could contain the energy and/or the gas that the blasters needed to fire their energy bolts? Maybe the shell-casing version of the blasters allowed each bolt to be more powerful, at the expense of a higher rate of fire and shot capacity for the clips?neoolong wrote:Cheap guns that just kept having parts fall off.Crayz9000 wrote:Yeah, but you need to find an in-universe explanation of it, Alyeska