My headcanon is that blaster bolts are some kind of heated carbon pellets. That would explain why they throw sparks (even when hitting a matterless force field) and leave black soot marks (on surfaces that don't contain carbon)
Still doesn't explain how they deflect and ricochet in one piece
Pilot230 t1_ja25hpc wrote
Reply to comment by Travwolfe101 in Explosions in space movies? by DemonOfTheAstroWaste
My headcanon is that blaster bolts are some kind of heated carbon pellets. That would explain why they throw sparks (even when hitting a matterless force field) and leave black soot marks (on surfaces that don't contain carbon)
Still doesn't explain how they deflect and ricochet in one piece