>>717604731
That's so stupid I can't tell if you're serious.
You as the average citizen, a mr nobody, would rather have a melee range weapon in case you run into one of the few super soldiers who carry these lightsabers that can cut through anything and who fight by pretty much predicting the future and who also are much stronger/faster/experienced than even grizzled military men let alone you?
You would rather bet on your sword somehow being an advantage against that instead of carrying a laser blaster that would otherwise be WAY more helpful in the other fights that are about 99.999% more likely to happen (against non-demigods with their own ranged weapons).