"Laser guns? Oh, no. Blasters are messy things. Clumsy. Uncivilized. Artless. They cannot defend, they cannot disarm, they can only injure and destroy."

[He nibbles his danish.]

"But yes, we are, though we're not actually part of the Republic's military or law enforcement. As for special powers, we are adherents to what I suppose you might consider a form of religion, in that we follow and draw strength from a mystical energy known as the Force.

And our weapons are not guns. They are, in a manner of speaking, swords. Though they are also meant to be our last resort, drawn in violence only when all other options have been exhausted."