coldsun22 Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Why do jedi carry lightsabers? Who thought it up? I mean, its awesome but why???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 cause they wanna see the whites of the eyes of the people they kill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Because that's the weapon of choice before they invented blasters and guns. I don't know if they had light-axes and light-arrows though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smwScott Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Because audience's enjoy watching people get chopped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpanRah Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 to keep there trousers up, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetrider Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Because anyone can shoot with guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceMonkey1315 Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Originally posted by SpanRah to keep there trousers up, of course no...bad...baaaaddddd...we dont say trousers on this forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eziz Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 My wild guess would be that Georce Lucas thought them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Because blasters are clumsy and random and the Lightsaber is an extention of the weilder. I'm guessing ancient (waaaaaay ancient, before the Tales of books) Jedi used metal swords, then when laser technology became the norm, they adopted the lightsaber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godless_hordes Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 The Bounty Hunters' Guild lobbied the Galactic Senate to force the Jedi to use lightsabers so that the scum and villany would have a fighting chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_Ronin Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Lucas always freely admitted that the SW universe and especially the jedi were 'inspired' by old japanese samurai movies. Hence the "philosopher-warrior-mystic-good-guys" needed to have swords. Now, since it seemed pretty pointless to let someone run around with a steel rapier in a SF environment where he's shot at with blasters, he changed the blades of those future samurai into a cone of light so it would be explainable why they deflected energy shots. Congratulations, he had just invented the lightsaber. Digital_Ronin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbiesan Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 because light sabres are so cool... I'd love ot have one for real but if we had these imagine the damage most of us would cause.. bad days indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiori Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 "Because blasters are clumsy and random and the Lightsaber is an extention of the weilder. I'm guessing ancient (waaaaaay ancient, before the Tales of books) Jedi used metal swords, then when laser technology became the norm, they adopted the lightsaber." No because Jedis only came into existence after they developed interstellar travel so no... Chiori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyJedi Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Originally posted by Digital_Ronin Lucas always freely admitted that the SW universe and especially the jedi were 'inspired' by old japanese samurai movies. Hence the "philosopher-warrior-mystic-good-guys" needed to have swords. Now, since it seemed pretty pointless to let someone run around with a steel rapier in a SF environment where he's shot at with blasters, he changed the blades of those future samurai into a cone of light so it would be explainable why they deflected energy shots. Congratulations, he had just invented the lightsaber. Digital_Ronin Exactly. An extension of that is: The sword, in many cultures, has a mystical place in warfare. Many cultures attribute living characteristics to swords. Think of the sword Nothung in German culture, or Excalibur in Anglo culture, or swords in Japanese culture. On a conscious level it makes sense to have a "futuristic sci-fi" sword be the weapon of the Jedi. On a sub-conscious level, it just feels right for the same reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBJedi Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Originally posted by coldsun22 Why do jedi carry lightsabers? Who thought it up? I mean, its awesome but why???? Because . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godless_hordes Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Because Jedi do a LOT of sublimating.... :rolleyess: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverse Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Lightsabers were the first "laser" technology in the SW universe. If anyone has the Essential guide to chronology of the star wars universe, on the front cover it shows two jedi both weilding lightsabers, but there is a cord running from the hilt to their belt. So lightsabers are very very ancient (SW time anyways). but they ahve always been a symbol of the jedi. they were used when every non jedi weilded either a vibro blade or a slug shooter(basically a regular gun by our standards) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Lightsabers were the first "laser" technology in the SW universe. That doesn't make since, sorry I am pushing the SW universe and ours together. A standard laser would be infinitely more easy to create because a laser by nature extendes at far as the light can go. A lightsaber only extends as far as the handle will allow it to. This is all theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMagic Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 To quote Obi-won, "Not as clumsy or random as a blaster, an elegant weapon of a more civilized day." From episode IV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGriffon Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Well you know the old saying..... "Speak softly, and carry a big light-stick." GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedantic Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 A lightsaber doesn't just involve lasers--there are other wonderful things like plasma and containment fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. White Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Well, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamus Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 Some of the original concept art included lightsabers for the stormtroopers and rebel soldiers as well as the jedi... there were "light-shields" too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 Well a Jedi in theory could wield a blaster in as deadly a fashion as a saber. He could direct the shots so he'd never miss, for example. ; ) Heck, if you want to get down to it, if you were REALLY powerful in the force, you could fight without any weapon (just whatever came to hand, using your foes' weight against him like in Judo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digl Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 Swamped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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