Question about 'advanced' lightsabers

Darth Hoth · Post by **Darth Hoth** » 2008-05-20 05:20am

Darth Raptor wrote:
Darth Hoth wrote:I think one could assume that the old, doctrinaire Jedi Order forbade its members from using "secular" weapons, much like they were not allowed to wear armour after the Tales of the Jedi period.
It's highly unlikely that those are actual rules instead of cultural preferences. Obi-Wan made it clear that he simply didn't like blasters (but would still use them if cornered, see Grievous) and he wore full plasteel throughout the Clone Wars without getting excommunicated.

Is that from that horribly styled cartoon? All right, then I would not know of that. Still, I suppose that sinks my theory...

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2008-05-20 05:24am

Darth Hoth wrote:
Darth Raptor wrote:
Darth Hoth wrote:I think one could assume that the old, doctrinaire Jedi Order forbade its members from using "secular" weapons, much like they were not allowed to wear armour after the Tales of the Jedi period.
It's highly unlikely that those are actual rules instead of cultural preferences. Obi-Wan made it clear that he simply didn't like blasters (but would still use them if cornered, see Grievous) and he wore full plasteel throughout the Clone Wars without getting excommunicated.
Is that from that horribly styled cartoon? All right, then I would not know of that. Still, I suppose that sinks my theory...

What is wrong with the style from Clone Wars?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2008-05-20 06:34am

Could be worse. Tartakovsky is better than Liefeld.

Darth Hoth · Post by **Darth Hoth** » 2008-05-20 07:18am

havokeff wrote:What is wrong with the style from Clone Wars?

It just is not to my taste. I understand many others apparently like it, but I cannot. I do not know if my English is good enough to properly give word to my feelings in regard to the series, but I just cannot stand it when things are so "ultra-cartoony" as they are there; it then feels more like parody than anything else to me. First-season animated Batman (the good series) is about as cartoony as I can appreciate.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2008-05-20 12:32pm

So basically if we want to talk about lightsabers, we have to talk about them in terms of earth-based weapons?

But anyway, the point is that many of these fanfic-sounding lightsaber variants and descriptions are C-canon (and it's not just games that do this). Hooray!

Hey Mace, toss me my lightdagger! No, no, not my lightknife! No, sorry, that is my lightbaton! Oh, nevermind I'll just use my throwing lightsaber instead...

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2008-05-20 01:10pm

In Splinter of the Mind's Eye, we saw that Luke's lightsaber (previously anakin's) had a second setting which made a short, dagger-like blade for more utilitarian uses.

Darth Hoth · Post by **Darth Hoth** » 2008-05-20 03:02pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:In Splinter of the Mind's Eye, we saw that Luke's lightsaber (previously anakin's) had a second setting which made a short, dagger-like blade for more utilitarian uses.

All behold the latest technological marvel, the Lightswissarmyknife!

Swindle1984 · Post by **Swindle1984** » 2008-05-20 03:30pm

The only combination blaster-lightsaber I've seen was in a fan video where some bounty hunter had a tubular blaster pistol (with no sights) that he shot at Vader's two escaping apprentices with. When they drew their lightsabers, he folded the pistol grip and trigger into the tube of the blaster's receiver and then ignited a lightsaber blade coming out the bore.

Obviously that's not how a real one would work.

Though presumably, since in real life we have flashlights with .410 shotguns in the end and pens that fire .22lr instead of writing, a Jedi or Sith COULD install a single-shot slug-thrower or a tiny hold-out blaster in the pommel of his lightsaber. How many opponents would expect to get shot while in a lightsaber duel, especially with the blade pointing away from them?