Lasers against Jedi

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2002-12-29 12:09am

Why not use conventional lasers against jedi? It then possible to "strafe" the jedi with a flick of the wrist faster than the jedi can move.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-12-29 12:18am

Duck.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2002-12-29 01:02am

Aim for their waist. Oops.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2002-12-29 01:08am

Exonerate wrote:Aim for their waist. Oops.

Jump

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2002-12-29 01:14am

Ender wrote:
Exonerate wrote:Aim for their waist. Oops.
Jump

Flick the damn thing around randomly.

Post by **Vympel** » 2002-12-29 01:22am

Exonerate wrote:
Ender wrote:
Exonerate wrote:Aim for their waist. Oops.
Jump
Flick the damn thing around randomly.

Same as a blaster then.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-12-29 01:29am

Even if you try using a laser, it's still possible for the Jedi to dodge and/or block. And I find it difficult to move your wrist faster than a Jedi with Force premonition and Force speed.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2002-12-29 01:45am

Hmm.. this seems to remind me of the "science of dodging bullets" thread.

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2002-12-29 03:48pm

The futher you are from the jedi, the faster the beam moves.....

Lets see jedis move at FTL as my 18000rpm spinny laser of doom hits him.

The real question is, why not two lasers?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2002-12-29 04:07pm

Problem is YOU don't have pre-cog nor are you superhumanly fast...you can only aim as fast as you can react, they on the other can move much faster...so the problem still is the same.

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2002-12-29 04:39pm

There is physical limits on where you can be at one place....

....gah, just shotgun them.....

meNNis · Post by **meNNis** » 2002-12-29 05:03pm

Base Delta Zero anyone?

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-12-30 02:41am

Just turn on that kiloton nuke, see if the Jedi can escape at several hundred km/s.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-12-30 01:59pm

News flash, nuke blast waves don't move anywhere near that fast. Thats several orders of magnitude higher than LEO orbital velocity.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2002-12-30 02:36pm

I do not believe that jedi or sith can deflect lasers. If they could, they would also be able to deflect and bend normal light. This would lend itself to invisibility, as being able to bend light around you would make you invisible. The numerous situations where just such a talent would be useful, such as Obi Wans adventures in the shield column of the death star, and yet we never see anything like that happen. Also just the illusion of something being somewhere its not supposed to, like have a "wall" of deflected light act as a mirror to confusion the fuck out of opponents, hasn't been seen.

That aside, if they could deflect it, the rate at which the beam moves across field of fire is incredible. If you can move the laser 90 degrees in 1/8 of a second (2 rotations of your hand per second), and the distance of the opponent is say 10 meters, the beam would be moving nearly 80 meters per eighth of a second, or 640 meters per second. Unless a Jedi can run at mach 2, I doubt they can dodge this weapon.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2002-12-30 02:43pm

Lightsaber deflection you silly monkey

God Emperor · Post by **God Emperor** » 2002-12-30 02:49pm

It would work if they weren't using the force at the time or they were located near a ysalmari.

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2002-12-30 03:04pm

Light saber works against only one beam....

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2002-12-30 03:26pm

can lightsabers be wielded with precision and speed that would make the 640 meters per second seem like nothing? I mean, the jedi would have to move atleast the tip of the lightsaber at 640 meters per second and be able to change directions VERY quickly. And to top that off, he's have to make sure the light saber is where the beam is during this entire stunt. Put simply, its like dodging hundreds of bullets every second.