Of course, in the Star Wars universe light traveled no faster than a major league pitcher could throw a baseball. I do give the Jedi Knights credit; they’d be a Murderer’s Row in major league baseball!
The original Murderer’s Row for those who don’t understand the analogy:
The 1927 Yankee team lineup: Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel, and Tony Lazzeri.
Light traveled that slow and still Imperial Storm Troopers couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn even if they were standing next to it!
That's another thing I don't get. They constantly refer to "light speed". At the end of "The Empire Strikes Back" we get a wonderful view of a galaxy...from far outside said galaxy...from Luke's window in sickbay. If that galaxy is ANYWHERE close to the size of our Milky Way, they look to be about 100,000 light years or more outside that galaxy. At light speed, they'd have been in transit for 100,000 years. Not something like the 2 hour length of the film. Light speed is very slow when dealing with intergalactic distances.
A blaster is a particle weapon. Not a laser. Get with it!