Originally Posted by
Taevyr
During the mandalorian wars, it didn't take long for the mandos to realize firing a blaster at a jedi was usually a pleasant diversion for them, as they hardly needed to put in any effort to reflect them back towards you. As a response, they soon decided to incorporate the use of slugthrowers against jedi, with those who could afford it always carrying one for that purpose.
Imagine a Jedi, utterly convinced he can block enemy fire the way they've always done for eons, putting his saber in a bullet's path and being rewarded with a face- or handful of hot, molten metal. Probably several times. While the other Jedi suffer the same thing.