lightsabers

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-01-18 07:08pm

How can the lightsaber blade hold its form? If it's pure energy, it should radiate out into space. If it's plasma contained by a magnetic field, how do you get the magnetic field to take torodial form and to stop at a predetermined distance?

white_rabbit · Post by **white_rabbit** » 2003-01-18 07:12pm

jaeger115 wrote:How can the lightsaber blade hold its form? If it's pure energy, it should radiate out into space. If it's plasma contained by a magnetic field, how do you get the magnetic field to take torodial form and to stop at a predetermined distance?

with great difficulty.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-18 08:25pm

jaeger115 wrote:How can the lightsaber blade hold its form? If it's pure energy, it should radiate out into space. If it's plasma contained by a magnetic field, how do you get the magnetic field to take torodial form and to stop at a predetermined distance?

Magic.

Seriously though, how do we know it's any of those things.

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-01-18 08:37pm

Seriously though, how do we know it's any of those things.

I can't think of anything other that can materialize at a predetermined distance and cut through any substance with ease.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-18 08:48pm

jaeger115 wrote:
Seriously though, how do we know it's any of those things.
I can't think of anything other that can materialize at a predetermined distance and cut through any substance with ease.

There really is no explanation. We don't know of anything that can do it. So it is like magic. Just accept that it works. Finding how is just going to amount to technobabble.

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-01-18 08:54pm

There really is no explanation. We don't know of anything that can do it. So it is like magic. Just accept that it works. Finding how is just going to amount to technobabble.

Magic? Does that mean that SW is fantasy instead of SF?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-18 08:57pm

jaeger115 wrote:
There really is no explanation. We don't know of anything that can do it. So it is like magic. Just accept that it works. Finding how is just going to amount to technobabble.
Magic? Does that mean that SW is fantasy instead of SF?

The Force? Sounds a bit like fantasy to me. It's kind of both in my mind. It's science fiction with ships and blasters and stuff. But there are some fantasy elements in it. Like the Jedi and the Force.

Besides, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. To quote that one guy.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-01-18 09:00pm

The Best explination I've heard is that the Glow you see is acutal because its Raw Plasma(Somehow Generated) and being held in by a very finely tuned shield, Why it blocks Blaster-Bolts and such so well is because of it, and why it can melt through solid doors yet just cautrise wounds(Instead of setting you on fire, heat can't transfer through the blade-shield)

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-18 09:01pm

jaeger115 wrote:
There really is no explanation. We don't know of anything that can do it. So it is like magic. Just accept that it works. Finding how is just going to amount to technobabble.
Magic? Does that mean that SW is fantasy instead of SF?

No it's Clarke tech.

"Sufficiently advanced technology is indistigushable from magic"

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-01-19 04:02am

Check this out and then reply.

http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/ls/sabres.htm

B squred, might be a warsie, but this page is informitive. Personally, I like the #6 myself.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-19 04:15am

Is he ever going to update that page to include EpII or what?

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-01-19 04:19am

Crown wrote:Is he ever going to update that page to include EpII or what?

I keep expecting him too. If it never happens though, it is still informative.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-19 04:30am

Since matter and energy are intertwinably related, perhaps a lightsabre blade is an in-between between matter and energy.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-01-19 05:42am

Crown wrote:Is he ever going to update that page to include EpII or what?

He's "defected" after seeing Ep 2. I'll find the tread where I announced it...

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2003-01-19 11:40am

The crappiest one is the one where it says that the crystals themselves contain "pulses"of energy that the user somehow focuses with the force, or some other magic tech bs.. at least that's what I got from the whole "crystal with a metal jacket to form the handle around it and that's it.. no other parts" crap. Then later lightsaber technology changed...

Maybe it was Dark Empire's lengthy "appendix" where I read that. Anybody confirm?

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-01-19 01:04pm

Shinova wrote:Since matter and energy are intertwinably related, perhaps a lightsabre blade is an in-between between matter and energy.

You need to take some physics classes.

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-01-19 01:33pm

Since matter and energy are intertwinably related, perhaps a lightsabre blade is an in-between between matter and energy.

There's no such thing as a state between matter and energy. There is matter, and there's energy. End of story.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-01-19 03:53pm

I think a lightsaber is merely a cylinder-shaped ray shield of some sort (of the sort that incinerates stuff) with some visible particle to make it, well, viisble. That would explain the bouncing against other shields and blasters.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-19 08:16pm

I think the magnetic field containing plasma is the one that strikes my fancy. It would explain the deflection of blaster bolts (magnetic repulsion) and the cauterization of wounds, and the flames caused by blaster bolts. As to how to project a magnetic field in such a way, haven't a clue.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » 2003-02-03 07:14pm

Check out this site:

http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/ls/sabres.htm

Its the best site I've ever seen that discusses lightsabres

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2003-02-03 08:06pm

That is an excellent one!

I wish he'd update for AOTC though (purple lightsabers, lightsabers work in heavy rain & small puddles, etc).

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-03 08:09pm

Knife already posted that on the 19th!

Reading Robert Brown's announcement that he became disenchanted with Star Wars was quite crushing to hear. He had one of the best SW tech sites online...

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-02-03 08:18pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Knife already posted that on the 19th!

Reading Robert Brown's announcement that he became disenchanted with Star Wars was quite crushing to hear. He had one of the best SW tech sites online...

Did you see the bit Mike wrote about him going off his trolley? It's a shame...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-03 08:29pm

No, I don't think I did. Do you have a link?

I've always wondered what Saxton and Mike could do to piss Brown off so much.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2003-02-03 09:19pm

Interesting.. I'll second that.

What happened?

StarDestroyer.Net BBS

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