JarHead413 said:
I don't know how much time the DS needs between shots. Might be a day to recharge that thing
That certainly was not the case in ROTJ, but who knows, maybe technology advanced in four years from “takes a day to recharge” to “takes moments to recharge even when the darn thing is only halfway built.” True, this is a universe that had no significant technological development for thousands of years, but you never know.