Count Tyranus Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Lightsabers in the Star Wars universe are pure energy. Lightsabers in the real world are plasma. I need some sleep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covenant_bad Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 are you expecting an industrial sized laser to just stop at 3 ft after the hilt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Assan Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 In my view Lightsabers are Pure Energy (because it sounds cool) Blasters Fire Plasma Bolts. Why? Because, 1. You can see the bolts moving, and I dont _think_ that would happen if it was light beam <it would be moving as fast as light of course> 2. People recoil from blaster bolt shots, and they would not if it was a light beam, <it should just melt their armour or whatever, according to a book I read> 3. You can see the bolts in space. <it would be impossible if it was some kind of laser, because lasers require dust to be seen, as mentioned earlier> 4. Finally, it is said that blasters are usually powered by packs filled with Tibanna Gas <and plasma is just a gas which has lost all of it's electrons> For example in Issue 38 of the Official Star Wars Factfile it says in the Clone Trooper Equipment section........ "Though clone troopers specialized in their battlefield roles, they all recieved training in the two basic DC blaster weapons - the blaster and the blaster rifle. These fired charged plasma bolts. The inherent instability of those blue bolts made aiming difficult, even for the highly trained clone troopers. " However, somewhat confusingly it goes on to say...... "Sheer weight of numbers made up for this, and the plasma bolts packed a bigger punch than standard blaster bolts." But the Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology says that 'all modern blasters follow this configuration' - meaning the 'excited gas' configuration. The Star Wars Visual Dictionary would probably also agree, if I could find it...... Oh, and I dont think lightsabers could be laser, because lasers don't just stop after 3 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Oh, and I dont think lightsabers could be laser, because lasers don't just stop after 3 feet. They do in the Star Wars universe....i've seen it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Assan Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 True, Star Wars is held "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away..." The laws of physics may be different over there/back then, especially if they were even in another universe. Then again it may just be that their technology is so advanced that we have no idea how lightsabers are made/work. Also, another reason why lightsabers made from lasers on earth would not work, the blades would pass through each other, which would make for interesting fights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covenant_bad Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 Its just another case of LucasPhysics were everything is just beyond explainable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 It's like the seismic charges in AotC. There is no way that you can have a seismic charge in space, there is nothing to carry the sound waves. Yet it exists. Much of Star Wars Physics is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Tyranus Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 I'm not even going to add about the completely different Sith LIghtsaber Crystals, because we could be here until midnight arguing our cases. I'm a Dark Lord of the Sith, I don't care. As long as I can cut through people's necks and kill them with my red balde, I don't really mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple_Tentacle Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 quote - "Much of Star Wars Physics is impossible." yeah but its believable enough to be enjoyable, i hate when u watch a movie and you see things that are completely impossible and it just wrecks it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truthful Liar Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Okay, now apart from these other questions... Do lightsabers give off heat? Light? And do they carry mass in the sense of "boffing" things like a bat or do they strictly cut? I saw a massive thread topic about this all explaning all points, very similar to this - shame I can't remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple_Tentacle Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 well i dont know if u want people with EU experience to answer that, but my personal observations from the movies is that : Do lightsabers give off heat? I'd say any heat given off could be felt close to the blade but most of the "energy" including heat energy would be contained within the blade itself, hella compact. i'd say that the blade might heat the air around it, but not give off much heat itself. Light? YES absolutly. And do they carry mass in the sense of "boffing" things like a bat or do they strictly cut? I'm thinking that they strictly cut, but when you see Qui-gon put his blade into the control room door you get the sence that the denser the material to be cut the harder it'd be to cut thru it. so maybe they do have mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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