"Worst case scenario you tune up your blaster"

Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Reference to the variable yield capability of blaster sidearms.
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The existence of power settings has always been demonstrated implicitly through the variable (by orders of magnitude) firepower depicted in the movies & TV-shows, by weapons such as the E-11 blaster & Han Solo's DL-44, but this is the first time they have actually been mentioned directly onscreen. The official novelisation of The Empire Strikes Back references power settings, and so do numerous expanded universe sources, so it's nice to see them finally be acknowledged during on-screen dialogue.

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