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Also, why do lightsabers that touch not pass through one another? Oh, and this theory is an amazing thought experiment!

lugg 13y ago
Because 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 ago
  If 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 ago
    It'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 ago
      I can just imagine the spam the jedi got in their email inbox after that revelation.
Buge 13y ago
This description says that there are physical glass filaments that they light travels through. So they hit against each other and can't pass through one another. But the description says "beams from energy weapons hardly affect them and just pass through." But in the movies we see blaster shots being reflected by lightsabers.
- cobbal 13y ago
  Still, when lightsabers clash you never see them bending as the article claims they would.
  - jonnathanson 13y ago
    You do see that in Spaceballs, though. Would be hilarious if Mel Brooks turned out to be more technically accurate than the original.
- krisgee 13y ago
  IIRC in universe a lightsaber is essentially an infinte blaster shot trapped in a magnetic loop. The crystal tunes the magnetic loop, so blocking blaster shots is simple because the blaster on the "outside" bounces off the same field keeping the plasma "inside" and for the same reason you can have proper sword fights. I forget if you can shoot a Jedi with a regular bullet but I'd imagine s/he could just dodge it regularly since blaster bolts travel significantly faster.
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  - PhasmaFelis 13y ago
    No, they're much slower. At 24 frames per second, you can watch a bolt from a blaster pistol fly across a room; even a tracer round from a low-velocity handgun would just be a streak. It's more in the range of a good fastball than a bullet.
  - talmand 13y ago
    Considering it has been shown that a lightsaber easily and nearly instantly cuts through most metals, apparently due to extreme heat, that regular bullets would likely not cause an issue. The speed of the projectile is not an issue either, Jedi use a precognition-like ability to dodge or block blaster fire. That's why a group is required, to eliminate the possibility of them dodging and blocking.

lugg 13y ago

Because 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 ago
If 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 ago
  It'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 ago
    I can just imagine the spam the jedi got in their email inbox after that revelation.

Buge 13y ago

This description says that there are physical glass filaments that they light travels through. So they hit against each other and can't pass through one another. But the description says "beams from energy weapons hardly affect them and just pass through." But in the movies we see blaster shots being reflected by lightsabers.

cobbal 13y ago
Still, when lightsabers clash you never see them bending as the article claims they would.
- jonnathanson 13y ago
  You do see that in Spaceballs, though. Would be hilarious if Mel Brooks turned out to be more technically accurate than the original.
krisgee 13y ago
IIRC in universe a lightsaber is essentially an infinte blaster shot trapped in a magnetic loop. The crystal tunes the magnetic loop, so blocking blaster shots is simple because the blaster on the "outside" bounces off the same field keeping the plasma "inside" and for the same reason you can have proper sword fights. I forget if you can shoot a Jedi with a regular bullet but I'd imagine s/he could just dodge it regularly since blaster bolts travel significantly faster.
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- PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  No, they're much slower. At 24 frames per second, you can watch a bolt from a blaster pistol fly across a room; even a tracer round from a low-velocity handgun would just be a streak. It's more in the range of a good fastball than a bullet.
- talmand 13y ago
  Considering it has been shown that a lightsaber easily and nearly instantly cuts through most metals, apparently due to extreme heat, that regular bullets would likely not cause an issue. The speed of the projectile is not an issue either, Jedi use a precognition-like ability to dodge or block blaster fire. That's why a group is required, to eliminate the possibility of them dodging and blocking.