Kristy Kistic Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ok, this may seem like a noobish question, but in the movies, how do lightsabers know to switch off when the owner drops it? I assume a lightsaber would work by a switch rather than by a button that you had to keep held while you want to use it. This method would really limit what you could do. In the games, for example, flourish would never work if this was the case. A lightsaber throw would never work like this either. So my question is, how does it know to switch off if you drop it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabner Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I think that the Jedi do hold the button up in order to have the lightsaber switched on, and then they hold it up with the force. When they die, the force is no longer being controlled by them, making the lightsaber switch off. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMaster12 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Easy, there is a button that you press to turn it on and it is grip activated. I know that it is stupid but hey. I never give it that much thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalker Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Well...according to some official sites, it's indeed controlled by the Force. Fotr example, Luke made a saber once that didn't have a switch on the outside. He just controlled it by the Force. That doesn't explain how non-Force user can wield it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SithRevan Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Yeah I would have to go with what Ztalker said about this subject. Most sabers would be controlled by the flow of the force through the user into the lightsaber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 It is by a brilliant application of the Five Laws of Bisonomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMaster12 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Can you elaborate Darth Insidious because I am afraid I don't quite follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 No. Either one knows of the arts of Exitonic Allectosis or one does not. Their is no elaboration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inyri Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 There are dozens of "sources" pertaining to how lighstabers work. Some are controlled with the force, others with a typical switch, and others with more elaborate switches (IE. ones that have to be held for the blade to stay on). I know I've read somewhere that some lightsaber had dead-man's-switches, in that they were somehow designed to shut off if the grip was released. I assume it worked either with a switch that needed to stay pressed, or some kind of pressure sensors. Really, though, if you can imagine it, it's probably plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbieZ Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I had always believed it was a dead-man's-switch although it can vary from saber to saber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kas'!m Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 The switch turns the lightsaber on but the Force keeps it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadi Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 The lightsaber's hilt could be pressure sensitive. If there is nothing gripping the hilt then it turns off - that would explain why non-Force users and even Grievous are able to weild lightsabers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotO[REvan] Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 The lightsaber's hilt could be pressure sensitive. If there is nothing gripping the hilt then it turns off - that would explain why non-Force users and even Grievous are able to weild lightsabers. Well, no, this can't be. In many games, and even in Episode III, the lightsabers are thrown out of the weilder's hands. For example, Yoda in Episode III throws his lightsaber which impales into a clone trooper when he and Obi-Wan go back to the Jedi Temple. Unless they pressure the handle by useing the Force, but I'd much rather believe that they keep the lightsaber ignited through the Force. As Jerrod, and many others, have said. (useing the force to hold the button as it's released from their hands) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Joker Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 ^^^^ No, that wouldn't work. Otherwise Han Solo could not have used Luke's lightsaber to slit open the Tauntaun on Hoth. How 'bout this? The hilt is pressure sensitive and when Jedi throw the things, they have to use the Force to maintain the pressure or off it goes. That's why it takes some practice. Maybe. Or maybe not. Definitely one of the two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotO[REvan] Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 ^^^^ No, that wouldn't work. Otherwise Han Solo could not have used Luke's lightsaber to slit open the Tauntaun on Hoth. How 'bout this? The hilt is pressure sensitive and when Jedi throw the things, they have to use the Force to maintain the pressure or off it goes. That's why it takes some practice. Maybe. Or maybe not. Definitely one of the two... Ah I didn't mean it by that, I meant with the button. So when the lightsaber is released from the weilder's hands, they hold the button with the Force, leaving it on. And that's how Han Solo / Anyone else that's non Force sensitive could ignite a lightsaber. And that's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Probably for look - a lit lightsaber lying on the ground on the ground would be weird. But movies violate the laws of physics all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SithRevan Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Maybe it is touch sensitive. The Jedi (supposedly) use the force as an extention of thier own bodies so in a sense if a Jedi threw his/her lightsaber and used the force as an extention of thier bodies it would still feel the touch of thier hand and that would allow it to stay lit. Also another theory would be when they drop thier saber it turns off because they manipulate the controls to make it shut off. Which would make sense because if you have ever seen a lightsabers controls there is control to turn on the lightsaber and calculate it's density then there is another to shorten or legthen the blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Because George said so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Movie magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SithRevan Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Because George said so. Movie magic. That is the most sensible thing I have heard on this thread. I agree with you both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSR Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 QFTFE on the movie magic... ...do we really need to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 ...do we really need to know? Yes. What kind of geek are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristy Kistic Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 Because George said so. So far thats the best answer I've heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMaster12 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 No. Either one knows of the arts of Exitonic Allectosis or one does not. Their is no elaboration. Then that implies that you have little or no knowledge in the subject yourself. BTW you mispelled a word. It is there Because George said so. I would agree with you there. Unfortunately to put it into one of my analysis modes, the Star Wars gods said so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Nope. I understand it, but I'm obligated not to tell anyone due to the Laws of Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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