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I think basing it on light is a mistake. I much prefer the solid core construction idea, with either a thin layer of plasma and/or a highly excited core materia
by jared314 13y ago
I think basing it on light is a mistake. I much prefer the solid core construction idea, with either a thin layer of plasma and/or a highly excited core material.
I re-watched Star Wars Episode 1 recently, and, as soon as the first lightsaber showed up on screen, I felt like a kid again. The movie is still terrible, and should be excluded from the series[1]. But, there is just something about watching space samurai, with light-up swords, that made me spend the next three hours imagining how to build something like it.
[1] http://static.nomachetejuggling.com/machete_order.html http://static.nomachetejuggling.com/machete_order.html
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- gohrt 13y ago> I re-watched Star Wars Episode 1 recently Were you watching it out of phase in hope the interference with your first watching would cancel it from your memory?
- sb23 13y agoCommon mistake - if it leaves your memory, the next time you see the cover you'll go back to the "Awesome, a new Star Wars movie!" mentality.
- joshrotenberg 13y agoOr you stand there in disgust, wondering how the hell Oskar Schindler and Mark Renton found each other and why they haven't cut their hair in a long time ... and put it back on the shelf.
- sb23 13y agoIf only it had gone that way. Star Wars fans seem to be willing to give the benefit of the doubt.
- elwell 13y agoFalse, that's constructive interference. GP wants destructive interference. My suggestion is to load up the audio in Audacity, apply the "Invert" effect, and listen to that on loop for a few nights' sleep.
- snowwrestler 13y agoEarly in Episode 1, one of the Jedi stabs his light saber point-first into a big metal door. It sinks in effortlessly and in short order begins melting the door. It doesn't compress or blow up. So that's one thing this description gets wrong.
- brianfryer 13y agoAlso, why do lightsabers that touch not pass through one another? Oh, and this theory is an amazing thought experiment!
- lugg 13y agoBecause that would make for a terrible sword fight scene. It is interesting to think how you would do battle though, it would basically be the first person / fastest to swing, likely killing both parties anyway. :\
- 6d0debc071 13y agoIf there's something lightsabers don't cut through - I think cortosis was mentioned in the KOTOR games - then it would make sense to have a small lightsabre on the tip of a staff of cortosis. (Or perhaps, more practically, a staff coated with cortosis, I don't know how heavy that stuff's meant to be.) In any case! ^^; A light-spear. You'd be able to parry with the shaft and stab/slice the other person from beyond their reach.
- talmand 13y agoIt's not canon, but I remember reading one the expanded universe books that describes a Sith that had somehow created a lightsaber with an extended blade for some perceived advantages. I believe it added 12 to 24 inches to the overall length.
- lugg 13y agoI can just imagine the spam the jedi got in their email inbox after that revelation.
- TuringTest 13y agoHave you watched The Phantom Edit? It's a fairly decent Star Wars movie, set in the Old Republic.
- deutronium 13y agoI've just been wondering if a light saber is similar to an electrolaser [1], where you use a laser to ionize air and then send out an electric current through the plasma channel. I could be wrong but wouldn't the power of the laser determine the length of the plasma channel? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoI like Machete order, but if you're allowed to drop films from the series to improve it can't we go the whole hog and drop all of Episodes 1, 2 and 3? Frankly I'm only leaving Jedi in there because it needs an ending...