<h1>Because guns are crude!</h1>

In *Episode III: Revenge of the Sith* after defeating Grievous with a blaster, Obi Wan comments how 'crude' blasters, presumably in comparison with lightsabers.

[Wookieepedia][1] explains that these weapons were:

> Designed **as much for elegance in combat as for ceremony**

If we look at the [origins of the lightsaber][2], they started out as forcesabers through which:

> Users [could] channel the dark side of the Force through black laboratory-grown crystals which would create the glowing energy blades


  [1]: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber
  [2]: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber#Origins