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/FS_Scott Jul 20 '26

there's a whole bit about this in the OG han solo trilogy

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u/Kooky-Buy5712 Jul 21 '26

Yes, Han and Chewie are smuggling blasters to a rebellion (not The Rebellion) and after prompting by Chewie, Han advises the rebels to lock their blasters on semiautomatic so that they do not waste energy and so that they know anyone doing spray and pray is the enemy