Cavalier, see my post above - SW movies have an incredible plot. BTW, Paladins don't exist in Middle Earth. Also, you can shoot a jedi with a laser, just not a good one.
Think of it this way: they have to make a "to hit" roll to hit the incoming blaster beam. Oh, and technically, SW guns are blasters - compressed plasma - not lasers, which is why they are short and compressed beams. There's a RP game for SW, and it's quite nice - I had a lotta fun with it once upon a time.