The KOTOR Blaster Theory

Well recently Ive come up with a theory Im not exactly sure of. Well it makes sense to me so let me share it. Views, agreements and disagreements welcome + additions.

Aaanyway:

In KOTOR and KOTOR 2, vibroswords are commonly used as well as blasters. Well, with a difference of thousands of years between the prequels and KOTOR and stuff technology needs to be less advanced.

Well - why use vibroswords if a blaster can do the job? Thats the case with our modern Star Wars films.
I believe blasters were less effective in those earlier times of KOTOR, and did not do 1 hit kills like in our modern SW times.

After all - vibroswords wouldnt be used otherwise. So doesnt it make sense to have blasters that need like 6 shots to kill (sorta like in game but instead like 12 hits) and vibroswords that can do large amounts of damage. Then when blasters become better and have 1 hit kills no use in vibroswords anymore.

So for example Stormtroopers dont have vibroswords.

 

personal preferences?

 

Also to a degree armour has become weaker in the time of the SW films
In the days of KOTOR the Republic had been at war with the Mandalorians

Mandalorian armour is resistant to blaster fire, so even having a decent top of the range blaster would be useless
So the Republic had to use vibroswords to combat blaster-resistant enemies.
At the time of the SW films there were virtually no Mandalorians left, so no need for many people to use vibroswords


The same applies to the Sith war in KOTOR. The Sith & Jedi can deflect blaster fire, so blasters are useless, therefore they used vibroswords

In the time of the SW films there were far fewer Jedi (in the OT there were besically none), so enemies really had no need for a vibrosword

 

I'll have to agree with SithLordDarthRichie's theory more. You could modify one-handed blasters to be much better then a standard lightsabre in KotOR2. And in KotOR1, Calo Nord took out about 5 people with 1 shot.

 

From a gaming point of view, vibroswords are melee weapons and useful in close combat. Blasters aren't all that great close-up and all.

From an EU point of view, I have to agree with SithLordDarthRichie.

 

Consider the era.

You have lots of Sith and Jedi running around with lightsabers. Blasters are ineffective, as SLDR mentioned, against such weapons. So bladed weapons are needed when you come up against a Sith or a Jedi. Also, most of the NPCs you see with bladed weapons are usually the military personnel. People who were fighting a war who had Sith and Jedi on either side and who needed bladed weapons to defend themselves against Sith or Jedi.

and did not do 1 hit kills like in our modern SW times.

Not true. Modern weapons do not do instant kills if you are hit by one (such weapons would be banned, like the Disruptor Pistol). Like a slugweapon, it all depends on where the ammo hits the body (a prime example would be Princess Leia being shot by a military grade blaster rifle in ROTJ). Many people in modern times have survived fire fights. Also the bladed weapons are still around and still are commonly seen by people, especially out in the Outer Rim. I believe one of the reasons they havent been as common as they were a thousand years ago is because: A) the Sith were destroyed and then later B) the Jedi were destroyed and so there was no need to arm yourself with such weapons anymore.

 

Well - why use vibroswords if a blaster can do the job? Thats the case with our modern Star Wars films.
I believe blasters were less effective in those earlier times of KOTOR, and did not do 1 hit kills like in our modern SW times.




Dude, the very first merchant you run into in KotOR explains why the Sith and Republic are using vibroswords as much as blasters.

There's no need for any theories--the game explains it.

Energy shields had just come around, developed by the Sith with technology borrowed/stolen from the Echani. As a result, blasters became less effective than your average vibrosword.


Why would you need a theory to explain something the game clearly describes to you virtually as soon as you start?

 

Why would you need a theory to explain something the game clearly describes to you virtually as soon as you start?

Maybe he skipped that part?

 

I never played KOTOR, only KOTOR 2.

Well I guess its all the theories above put together. After all otherwise it would be kinda stupid to have an advanced era with soldiers runnig around with swords.

 

Oh, sorry for my rant then, Tim.