Can a blaster bolt actually be avoided?
The Mythbusters have used their science skills to determine that it is nigh on impossible to avoid a shot from a Stormtrooper’s weapon.
Heroes dodging attacks from Stormtroopers are a regular occurence in the Star Wars franchise, but the Mythbusters say there is no possible way the likes of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca could physically avoid being hit.
Working out the speed at which a bolt from a blaster travels (using ‘laborious arithmetic’), Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman recreate a scene from Star Wars and try to get out of the way of a shot from a Stormtrooper.