But see, standard Star Wars weaponry can't be plasma, because when the Yuuzhan Vong arrive, all of their ship based weaponry is based on plasma, and follows the gas/liquid state form, and the Republic doesn't know how to respond to this strange new weaponry. If it was plasma, wouldn't it be the same as the weapons they have now?
Also, a stab wound from a lightsaber would be fatal, because while the basic stab is small, the heat radiated out from it would basically liquify all the organs and bones surrounding the beam, which could be quite unpleasent along with being fatal.
And last but not least, there is a New Jedi Order series where a jedi (I can't remember who) is reflecting the plasma shots from a Yuuzhan Vong coralskipper. Considering the state of Plasma, I found this highly unlikely, since while he could reflect some of it, the liquid could just pour around his lighstaber and melt him.
Thus, my conclusion is, Star Wars physics do not in any way follow real life physics.
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"For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd;
And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!"
- The Destruction of Sennacherib
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