Originally posted by jaden101
They're not really "much more powerful" at all. Leia took a direct hit in the arm and it caused no damage at all.If she were to get hit there by a fully powered phaser she would have disintegrated completely.
that wasnt a hit just a glancing blow 1 shot to an armored stormtrooper and theyre dead , plus disrupters disintergrate tissue and leave only blackened skeletons in a single low power shot