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[Star Wars] why don't Jedi use blasters? Given their force abilities, couldn't they develop Wanted Assissin level abilities (the curve the bullet people) with a blaster, which seems much more effective than a sword and the limitations involved?
gpt
When Mace Windu says "we aren't soldiers," he means it. Jedi of the old republic were *supposed* to be a neutral party that everyone trusted to settle disputes fairly. Bringing a blaster would undermine that in a way a lightsaber doesn't.

I want to emphasize that the vast majority of Jedi missions in the old republic era didn't involve combat. Ninety percent of the situations a Jedi found themselves in could be solved diplomatically, and another nine percent could be solved the moment the lightsabers came out.