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This concept is similar to the fictional kyber crystals used in the Star Wars universe to power up laser weapons from smaller scale weapons (e.g. blasters, lightsabers) to super-scale intensity in the case of the Death Star. The Death Star's laser power works in a similar method to this by concentrating multiple light beams into one spot from ...
Directed-energy weapons (DEW) figure prominently in the Star Wars franchise, with the most common type referred to as lasers or blasters.The in-universe description for how these weapons function is that a high-energy gas is charged by a power cell and converted into plasma, which is fired as a coherent energy bolt at the enemy via magnetic bottle effect.
The optics that produced the laser were placed at the end of a silver coated spiral which helped amplify the beam and increase convergence. The energy to power the laser was provided by a generator and an auxiliary battery system. The lenses themselves were able to operate in different environments by moving metal caps closer to protect the lens.
Dykstra brought together a small team of college students, artists, and engineers and set them up in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California. [12] After seeing the map for the location was zoned as light industrial, Lucas named the group Industrial Light and Magic, [13] which became the Special Visual Effects department on Star Wars.
Star Wars makes heavy use of blaster and ion weaponry, attributed to laser, plasma, or particle based bolts of light. Characters can be seen escaping, or even dodging those bolts, and the blaster bolts themselves can be seen flying at a moderate-fast speed.
Another laser-based defense system was researched for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, nicknamed "Star Wars") and its successor programs. This project aimed to employ ground-based or space-based laser systems to destroy incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). However, various practical challenges, such as directing a laser ...
American military research on high-power laser weapons started in the 1960s, and has continued to the present day, [18] with the U.S. Army planning, as of 2008, the deployment of practical battlefield laser weapons. [19] Lower-powered lasers are currently used for military purposes as laser target designators and for military rangefinding.
The All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) is a two-legged mech walker introduced briefly in The Empire Strikes Back and featured extensively in Return of the Jedi.These vehicles were designed to screen and protect the flanks of slower moving AT-ATs and the larger tanks used by the Empire.