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[Star Wars] Why are there no reports of collateral damage from turbolasers?

Turbo lasers and lasers in general are flung around pretty liberally in most Star Wars battles. I am making the bold assumption here that a laser has almost infinite range. Why is it that there are no reports of foreign turbo-laser blasts which are flying through space at the speed of light hitting planets causing some localised destruction? Surely, somewhere in the galaxy this must of occurred by the sheer *n* of shots getting fired?
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that is a bold assumption, the lasers need to be focused and while that focus range can be pretty lenient for a battle that takes place within visual range, anything beyond say a few hundred thousand klicks is going to be too diffuse to be an issue. That is making the assumption that space is empty which it isn't.