User blog comment:So-Pro Warrior/Season 1-Battle 1:Battle of the Galaxy Savers: Commander Shepard vs. Luke Skywalker/@comment-174.54.71.59-20121125013934/@comment-26074921-20121125134038

I beleive it was mentioned somewhere that slug firing weapons were used against Jedi for that very purpose. The Jedi can't deflect the slugs and often times they fire much faster than your avarge Blaster, making it extremely dificult for a Jedi to even try.