Um............. No in space combat the Starship lasers for the Empire were green just like they are now, and the Lasers for the Rebles in Return of the Jedi were all Red even the X-wing lasers got changed over to the new Red color for that. IMHO it looks better that way than the way it is in the mod. I mean it would help out the imursive feel of the mod to look just like the movies. I also think you guys realy need to look at the newly updated DVDs and look at them frame by frame, but only look at the last StarWars movie. IE Return of the Jedi, also If you look they all have different colors for different weapons. I mean yes the Ion cannons in the Empire Strikes Back where a clear orange with a yellow core, and so was the heavy blaster cannons the Rebles used on the AT-ATs on Hoth. But you can't say all lasers in the movies where one color because it's not true.
Also while we are on that subject the bowcaster Green lasers need to be changed to red. If you watch the part where Choobaca shoots up that Scout trooper on that Speeder bike as he makes a run for it, it's a clear red bolt that comes from his gun. Showing the change in tech from the past Clone Wars era Green to the GCW era Red.
Also the Blue lasers should be changed as well. I know your looking for some more color in ground combat but this can be done by fallowing the movies too the letter. For ground combat in the GCW movies Lucas has sated many times that he wan'ted to show that it was a civil war, thus both sides have Red blaster bolts that fly out from their guns, it makes it hard to tell whos shooting who, or where the fire comes from because they are all the same color. If you change this to the way it is in the StarWars games the GCW era's Gurrila warfare style and the whole idea of the Reble Alliance goes out the window.
See where I'm going here? even in StarWars the ground war is total chaos and should stay that way. But you change it into a gamish thing then you end up with a mod thats just that a game.
Long live the Empire!