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[Star Wars] "But with the blast shield down, I can't even see!" When were helmet blast shields used and how did the pilots fly without being able to see?

How were the shields brought down fast enough to protect from blasts?
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The helmet Luke used was one of the surviving prototypes of a failed specialized blast shield helmet for the Ividal Sector Forces' Z-95 starfighters, developed during the Capture of Ongary IX during the Clone Wars for protection against the flash of burrowing plasma charges. It had been accidentally left behind on the Millennium Falcon by Jorn Kulish, a disgruntled former member of the Sector Forces' Foxfire Squadron, back when the freighter was known as the Stellar Envoy.