Easy to hit with, instant effectiveness, less dangerous to the wielder, better against Jedi, allows you to easily take people prisoner if desired. Pay homage to your favorite scenes, characters and craft in stunning, authentic detail as you awaken a creative Force that will be with you, always. Now, the saga continues with LEGO sets created especially for adult Star Wars fans. Besides, in the Star Wars universe the stormtroopers sidearms are. It began a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

the blasters of Star Wars occur in a distant past. A short time later one of the stormtroopers spots Leia and says Theres one, set for stun.

So in pretty much every relevant way, stunners seem more useful than regular blaster fire. Regardless of whether these weapons are set to stun, blast aliens, or wrangle ghosts, the question is this: Are zap-guns plausible. Plus, blasters can be toggled between modes, so if they do encounter an enemy with stun-resistant armor or shields they can just toggle their weapon to deal with them. Star Wars Stormtrooper Theres One Set For Stun Sound Effect, Star Wars Stormtrooper Set For Stun Sound FX, Star Wars Sounds, Stormtrooper Quotes MP3. Its possible that normal blaster fire is somehow better against armor, but rebellion troops are lightly armored at best, and many of them and their allies wear no armor at all. The main 'downside' of stun, its non-lethality, isn't really relevant since Stormtroopers nearly always have a numbers advantage-if they win a fight, its safe to assume there will be troopers on hand to either finish off stunned opponents or take them prisoner (and we know the Imperials have all sorts of uses for prisoners, from interrogation to work camps). They also seem less dangerous to fire in an enclosed, sealed area floating in the vacuum of space, as its less likely to kill you with ricochet or punch a lethal hole in your own ship. By firing some kind of wide, circular wave rather than a narrow beam, blasters set to stun also look much harder to entirely block with a lightsaber (and much less dangerous to the shooter if the blast is knocked back at them). Stun setting, as seen in this scene, seems to not only knock the target unconscious instantaneously (which actually makes it seem superior to regular blaster fire, which can be lethal with a direct hit but also merely hurt someone with a glancing shot, as when Leia gets hit in the shoulder in RotJ), but also to cover a wide area of effect (reducing the need for pinpoint accuracy, which is a good thing for Stormtroopers).

The only time stormtroopers successfully incapacitate a human protagonist in Star Wars is in ANH, when they stun Leia.

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