The Millennium Falcon totally engulfed by a laser blast @blastech4095

Uploaded May 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Several explosions caused by TIE fighter blaster weapons caught on video, one of which totally engulfed the Millennium Falcon as she flew straight through the expanding fireball. This chase took place over the backwater planet of Jakku.

Heat energy of a 20 meter fireball ~1,061 megajoules
or ~1 gigajoule
Heat energy of a 30 meter fireball ~3,600 megajoules or
~3.6 gigajoules

Fireball estimate represents only a fraction of the total per shot yield of a TIE fighter laser cannon.

The TIE fighters fire rate in this scene was ~240 shots per minute or ~4 blasts per second with each "shot" actually representing a pair of bolts.

TIE fighter firepower from STAR WARS The Force Awakens
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$The Millennium Falcon totally engulfed by a laser blast Several explosions caused by TIE fighter blaster weapons caught on video, one of which totally engulfed the Millennium Falcon as she flew straight through the expanding fireball. This chase took place over the backwater planet of Jakku. Heat energy of a 20 meter fireball ~1,061 megajoules or ~1 gigajoule Heat energy of a 30 meter fireball ~3,600 megajoules or ~3.6 gigajoules Fireball estimate represents only a fraction of the total per shot yield of a TIE fighter laser cannon. The TIE fighters fire rate in this scene was ~240 shots per minute or ~4 blasts per second with each shot actually representing a pair of bolts. TIE fighter firepower from STAR WARS The Force Awakens Fair Use$

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