S&S SAGA Note to Myself [gaming geekery]

Examine weapon damage. In SWSE non-powered melee weapons don't generally do enough damage to overcome damage threshold.

Sword: d8 (1-8, average 4.5)
Lightsaber: 2d8 (2-16, average 9)
Blaster: 3d6 (3-18, average 10.5)

I seem to recall Conan d20 weapons doing much more damage than D&D equivalents. Look into this.

-The Gneech