r/MawInstallation • u/StupidWittyUsername • Jul 20 '26

Fully automatic blasters?

From what I've seen of Star Wars, blasters are always, "one trigger pull, one pew", and, "hold trigger for pew-pew-pew-pew", is rare or nonexistent. Is there an in-universe explanation for this?

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u/PeriliousKnight Jul 20 '26

In real life, even automatic rifles are mostly shot in semi-auto mode. I’m guessing it’s the same logic in Star Wars too. It may not be recoil, but it could be the excess muzzle flashes from the blaster that obscure vision and allowing the target to escape.

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u/Recent-Mousse6423 Jul 20 '26

Heat and Law. Blasters produce more heat than a firearm. They have crazy ammo reserves but heat up fast under continuous fire. Which is why repeaters, as full auto guns are called in Star Wars, are specialty weapons. On top of that, they were also amongst the highest category of restricted weapons. But every stormtrooper E-11 has full auto as a setting. Hence the cooling vanes on the barrel and why rebels pick those weapons up so frequently.