Destroyer Droid Shields and a lightsaber

Originally posted by chilled monkey
Bullets would be useless against Jedi. They don't need to see projectiles heading their way- they can feel them in the Force. They could block bullets as easily as blaster bolts.

As for droideka shields, no, a lightsabre can't pierce it in just one strike. However the shield generators can be shorted out. Since it would take a great deal of energy to stop a lightsabre, if you could land several blows, the shield would overload and the generator would short out. The problem is getting close enough to do so.

i'm not saying that Jedi would have any problems with bullets, my argument is that bullets - in certain scenarios, would be better than a blaster bolt

lightsabers cannot penetrate energy sheilds thats why the elecstaff that grevious bodyguards carry cannot be cut by a lightsaber because it has a energy sheild over it

Originally posted by Stun
i'm not saying that Jedi would have any problems with bullets, my argument is that bullets - in certain scenarios, would be better than a blaster bolt

I agree with you about that. If you read the novel 'Shatterpoint', there are a few scenes where they discuss some of the pros and cons of bullets vs blasters.

Against a Jedi, your one edge is that they wouldn't be able to send your shots back at you- since the bullets would vaporise as soon as they hit the lightsabre blade. You wouldn't fare any better with actually hitting them though.