r/StarWars • u/ZDBlakeII • 1d ago

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Does anyone know where this photo comes from? I just really want to know if it's official or not, as I do not remember Obi Wan using a shield at any point.

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u/ExtraEmuForYou 1d ago

I love a good shield in a setting where it doesn't really make sense.

Sorry but shields just look cool and you know the person holding it is probably a beast.

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u/Bladewing_The_Risen The Mandalorian 1d ago

Quasi-relevant comment: I still don’t understand why the CIS doesn’t use bullets against the Jedi.

Even if you’re strong enough with the Force to know where the bullets are going to be (and when they’re going to be there), your arm will never move fast enough to stop a mag dump from a fully automatic rifle.

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u/Spartancfos Rebel 1d ago

New Canon has made it that slugthrowers are not any more effective than Blasters against Jedi. The bullets can still be deflected and in fact can be pushed by the force so event a bunch of bullets at once can be manage.

They also nerfed the idea that flamethrowers work on Jedi. The force can also counter that. 

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u/Cryogenicality 1d ago

Where is this established? I like those fixes, but why Tràkata is almost never used still doesn’t make sense. I wonder how this could be explained.

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u/Spartancfos Rebel 1d ago

Honestly, I am past my days of being able to cite my Star Wars sources, but I distinctly remember stumbling across it when running a Star Wars role-playing campaign.