@MythBusters @BoingBoing Yes, they can. Star Wars is a work of fiction, It's not real.
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis i'd have thought the fact that you can see the bolt moving would be enough evidence of thatThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing dude, light travels at light speed in void, inside superheated gas it can travel at 130mph :PThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis kinda blows your whole 'Star Trek wins because lol lasers', doesn't it?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis In the Expanded Universe books you find out they're not lasers. The basically fire a bolt made of gas.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis pretty sure they are supposed to be encased tibanna gasThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@MythBusters Isn't it superheated plasma?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis I've never heard them called 'laser blasters' and I'm old enough to have seen originals in theaters.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis *Nerd Mode ON* EVERYONE knew that...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis It seems to me like an ordinary Earth firearm is, frankly, a better weapon. It's just less photogenic.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis I sorta' thought it went without saying that they shoot some sort of plasma. ya'know, kinda like lightsabers...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis wouldn't bullets be more effective, then? Can't dodge those after they've been fired...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis I already knew blasters don't fire lasers. They fire high energized particle beams, actually(Wookieepedia)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis what are you doing to me, Adam?! Killing my childhood, that's what.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis Its almost like it's sci fi!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis Adam,i suck at the maths, but i have to say you are the 1st ever really help me appreciate it in an artistic way ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis I can't be the only one who reacted to this still thinking "I don't remember David Hasslehoff in Star Wars."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BoingBoing@donttrythis@JamieNoTweet You are just awesome. *Respect*Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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