You’re not - it’s pretty explicitly the point. The technological arms race has gotten so advanced that everyone has devolved into fighting with knives.

You are correct. But the movies did indeed make a poor introduction to the shield technology. I think it was just a short mention when Gurney is training Paul and is easily missed. They even have to train for a specific fencing style that involves slow movements as a fast swung blade can still be stopped by the shield. And I don't remember them talking about the interaction between lasers and shields at all, which creates a huge explosion.

My bigger issue with the movies was the typical hollywood charge. No tactics or strategy involved at all. Just screaming and running.

Yes it is because of shields. Laser fire on shields makes a nuclear explosion and I think most fast projectiles are reflected.

easily the best movie in recent years by far

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Making sardukar groans the whole time

you talking about the movie or Zendaya?

narrative what

A 360 and a moonwalk

They probably meant 720.

Doing a 360 has been a meme on 4chan for years

The movie theater I go to has the exit at the front of the seats, so this makes sense. He twirled around until his Wonder Woman costume appeared and stormed out.

OP is the bad guy's stooge from Last Action Hero

Need to look behind before walking backwards, just to make sure you're not going to bump into someone else.

He walked backwards out of the movie theater

Also a laser hitting a shield causes a massive explosion, which could be at the shield or laser gun. Bullets get stopped and a laser would likely kill either user if many kilometers away, or both of closer.

Have they considered that poison gas also moves slowly?

And napalm?

They sure as hell don't mind war crimes.

They even had a little rhyme/phrase to help them remember to stab their opponents slowly.

It is kind of ridiculous that the Imperium turns entire goddamn planets into factories but still plays the "lost technology" card for things they have working examples of. I know they're not a shining example of inquiry and skepticism in general, but you'd fucking figure the blow-shit-up department gets carte blanch. You have genius-level superhumans who are three centuries old and those guys are your soldiers. What the fuck is stopping the laser pewpew R&D effort?