Why do stormtroopers shoot red?

The most common color was red because of its cheaper tibanna gas from Bespin. Green bolts were produced from a higher-quality gas, thus costing more. Blue bolts used ion-based charges for more effectiveness against electronic and mechanical targets, such as droids.

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Why do empire ships shoot green?

The Empire has green lasers because thats what their turbo lasers fire off. Their turbo lasers fire off a beam of energy which passes through another material which turns them green. The Rebel alliance uses a different type of turbo lasers, which fires off the most common tibanna gas caused laser beam.

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Why are empire lightsabers red?

Kyber crystals must “choose” their owner/user, and therefore Sith Lords/dark side users cannot use them due to their dark disposition. They have to force the crystal into compliance, often stealing them in order to make use of a lightsaber. The crystal essentially “bleeds” - and the color they bleed is red.

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Why do clones shoot blue?

Blue blaster bolts are one of the more unique colors in Star Wars lore. Used primarily in the Clone Wars, blue bolts are gases that have been ionized and work especially well against machinery. This is why the clones primarily used them.

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What's the difference between red and green lasers in Star Wars?

Well the simple answer is that green lasers have more energy than red lasers. Rebels need to pierce storm trooper armor so they use high power green lasers. Storm troopers can get more shots at unarmored rebels using low powered red lasers with out recharging their blasters.

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Why Can't Stormtroopers Aim? Star Wars Explained

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What is the most powerful laser in Star Wars?

A superlaser was a device which merged several separate "super laser beams" into a single exceedingly powerful beam. The largest superlasers ever designed, such as those in the Death Star and Death Star II, were superweapons capable of obliterating an entire planet with one shot at full power.

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Why do tie fighters sound like that?

Sound designer Ben Burtt created the distinctive sound effect of TIE fighter gunfire by combining an elephant call with a car driving on wet pavement.

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Why was Rex not affected by Order 66?

He viewed military service as an honor, and his loyalty to the Republic and his Jedi Generals was absolute. But when Order 66 was executed, it was Ahsoka who helped to free Rex from the programming of his inhibitor chip.

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Why do clones age so fast?

Although the exact rate at which clones aged is unknown, it appears to be nearly twice as fast a natural-born Human and it is theorized that this rate increased as clones grew older—especially under stress, thus leading to a dramatic shortening of the clones' life expectancy.

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Why was clone trooper armor white?

By providing them with white armor, they were trying to get any tactical edge to the troops if the time came in which they were attacked directly. As for white armor on other planets, they didn't care as much. To them, clones and even the Republic for that matter were expendable.

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Why Rey's lightsaber is yellow?

It's possible that Rey adopted the yellow-bladed lightsaber (or perhaps the kyber crystal conjured a yellow blade based on the changes within its wielder) in honor of those emotionally detached sentinels tasked with guarding the Jedi Order.

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What is the weakest lightsaber color?

Red lightsabers are the weakest, according to a Star Wars study conducted at the University of Leicester regarding lightsaber colors. Decades of Star Wars lore has dictated that the red lightsabers favored by The Sith offered greater offensive capabilities than the softer colors favored by The Jedi.

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What are the 7 lightsaber colors?

Lightsaber colors, ranked
  • Purple. Samuel L. Jackson as MACE WINDU Photo: Lucasfilm. ...
  • Green. Credit: Lucasfilm. ...
  • White. Credit: Lucasfilm/Disney+ ...
  • Black. Credit: Lucasfilm. ...
  • Blue. The first lightsaber we see in the franchise is still hard to beat. ...
  • Red. Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm.

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Why are Star Destroyers white?

The first, frankly, is a trifle: The Star Destroyer is white, instead of the murky grey of the Star Destroyers in the original trilogy, because white was largely used by the costume designers and scenic artists of the 1970's science-fiction cinema.

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Are real lightsabers possible?

The technology necessary to create Dr. Kaku's version of a lightsaber does not exist—yet. He estimates that nanobatteries are about 50 years away from being practical. But it seems we can look forward to a day when such an elegant and powerful weapon is a real possibility.

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What do yellow blaster bolts mean in Star Wars?

Green was used by Naboo Security Forces, and the Umbarans, as well as the Starfighter Corps of the Galactic Empire. This was a more expensive and more powerful type of blaster gas. Yellow was used by Mandalorians. Purple was used by the Geonosian Starfighters, the Malevolence and most notably the Magna Guards.

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Who is the first human clone?

On Dec. 27, 2002, Brigitte Boisselier held a press conference in Florida, announcing the birth of the first human clone, called Eve.

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Why do most clones fail?

The majority of losses are due to embryonic death, a failure during the implantation process, or the development of a defective placenta.

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What is the lifespan of a clone trooper?

If the average life expectancy of humans in the galaxy far, far away is similar to our own, it's about 70 years for men, meaning that clone life expectancy can be halved to just 35 years.

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Why couldn t Cody resist Order 66?

All Clones had an Inhibitor/control chip implanted in their brains during their gestation, which forced them to obey.

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Were there any clone troopers that disobeyed Order 66?

Some clones disobeyed the infamous order than decimated the Jedi order, and refused to execute it. SOME of these Clones include; Captain Rex: Captain Rex, as most know removed his chip that would later be the way that Palpatine would execute order 66. Wolffe: As with Captain Rex Wolffe removed his bio chip.

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Why didn t the clones resist Order 66?

The order was programmed into the Grand Army clone troopers through behavioral modification biochips implanted in their brains, making it almost impossible for the clones to disobey the command to turn against their Jedi Generals.

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Why is Darth Vader's TIE Fighter different?

The Advanced x1 had more cockpit capacity than other TIEs, thus catering to the larger-than-average figure of Darth Vader. It was built to Vader's specifications by Santhe/Sienar Technologies at the Sienar Advanced Projects Laboratory.

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Why do TIE fighters not have shields?

As shown in the story mode of Star Wars Squadrons, TIE fighter pilots were expected to be the best so they did not have to rely on shields. In fact, just being a pilot was considered an honor. Potential pilots underwent rigorous training at Imperial flight training academies just to step inside a TIE fighter.

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What is the coolest TIE Fighter?

Here, we rank the top 10 styles of TIE fighters (yes, there are even more!), according to sheer coolness.
  1. TIE Interceptor.
  2. TIE Defender. ...
  3. Kylo Ren's TIE Silencer. ...
  4. TIE Bomber. ...
  5. TIE Striker. ...
  6. TIE Advanced v-1 Prototype. ...
  7. Mining Guild TIE Fighter. ...
  8. Major Vonreg's TIE Interceptor. ...

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