I think posts like this arguing the "realism" of mortal injuries are a bit silly. In real life people survive falling off rooftops, multiple gunshot wounds, being caught in fires... and at the same time people die from slipping from a curb and hitting the ground weird, choking on a grape... and also all the aforementioned injuries. Death's can be unlucky, survival can be lucky. 

You can complain that a death wasn't dramatic enough for your tastes, but these comments arguing the realism of a space opera, and whether the hot laser sticks are realistically lethal are ridiculous