Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25012056-20141025153920/@comment-25606723-20141108000259

" Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." -Wookiepidea

Blasters were a considerable improvement over the archaic laser design. Instead of a coherent beam of light, the blaster fired a compressed, focused, high-energy particle-beam that was very destructive, commonly referred to as a "bolt." The composition and characteristics of the blaster bolt could vary depending on the means used to produce it.-Wookiepedia As you can see, blaster bolts are not 'lasers' therefore not made of light. If you want a tecnical anwer I can copy more of the page over.