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[Star Wars] would modern day bullets be more effective than lasers?

It just seems to me like the lasers are very ineffective at times and do not seem to work any better than a bullet. Many of the Jedi can block the beams but could they deflect the rain of lead from a mini gun?
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Guns do exist in the star wars universe and are called slug throwers. They were the prefered weapon of a Jedi hunter because the bullets can't be deflected by a lightsaber. That doesn't stop a Jedi dodging them, blocking them with a physical shield, pulling the gun out of your hand, or just plain pulling a Neo, however.

Other than that, blasters are considered superior weaponry. The only time slug throwers are seen to be prefered is when a blaster (or the tech to maintain it) is not available, or hunting jedi.