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[Star Wars] Why weren't EMPs used against the droids or ships?
gpt
Because EMPs are an outdated weapon that has friendly fire potential. They already have ion weapons for dealing with droids, and regular weapons do just fine as well in most cases. The regular battle droids are cheap, essentially disposible bots that can be easily tossed in waves at people, and the relatively tough B2 Super battle droids can go down pretty quickly to regular weapons.