What makes the color of a lightsaber?

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » 2006-02-03 12:49pm

The crystal or the wire setting? I just don't know like how the Jedi make Green, Blue, Orange, Purple, or Yellow. I just need some help what makes the color, luck?

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2006-02-03 12:50pm

According to I, Jedi it's the crystal(s).

Manus Celer Dei · Post by **Manus Celer Dei** » 2006-02-03 01:16pm

KOTOR also says it's the crystals, even if the games are low in the canon.

spongyblue · Post by **spongyblue** » 2006-02-03 01:21pm

Just about everything I've seen says the crystal. There is a comic which shows a young Mace Windu helping out a rock-like people in trouble and them giving him a crystal from their own bodies that happen to be purple, which he used when he made his saber.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-02-03 01:56pm

What "wire setting"?

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-02-03 02:11pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:What "wire setting"?

Frequency? Harmonics? Oscilliation? Spectral vibes? The wavelengths of the spectrum?

Seriously, just about *everything* says it's the crystal...

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » 2006-02-03 02:12pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:What "wire setting"?

Read the origonal Trilogy guide, it has the inside of a Lightsaber and there are certain wire settings. I thought that if it were put together differently maybe it would come out a different color. That's why i'm asking

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » 2006-02-03 03:55pm

Elheru Aran wrote:Seriously, just about *everything* says it's the crystal...

Yes, which is why I wonder, why are the crystals in the guide clear and not clored? But yes I have seen things that implie that the crystals are colored. Ex. TCW cartoon, build your own lightsaber,google or yahoo images that show what a crystal would look like. I may never be completly convinst.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-02-03 03:56pm

What the hell is "the origonal Trilogy guide"?

Concerning this crap about crystals and colours, consider that a prism is just a transparant piece of glass, yet it splits visible light into a rainbow. Crystals don't have to be coloured to produce colours.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2006-02-03 04:05pm

Midi-cholorians

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » 2006-02-03 04:05pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:What the hell is "the origonal Trilogy guide"?

It tells everything about the origonal trilogy and I don't think i'm saying the title right. I think it's

http://cn.dk.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0, ... 14,00.html

This is the guide I was talking about. Sorry this is the only link I could find. It's the "Origonal Visual Dictionary".

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-02-03 04:35pm

So it's just the Original Trilogy Visual Dictionary.

Good Lord, what a waste of oxygen you are...

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » 2006-02-03 05:18pm

Ok whatever! So it's just the guide and you don't waist oxygen typing!

The point is all crystals in the lightsabers are clear and they are the same type, primary and secondary if i'm not mistaking. The only real difference that I can think of is that there are 3 types of crystal. Ilum, of course, and there are two very rare types that I can not think of at the moment. Yet all clear having no color and being put in the exact same way.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2006-02-03 05:24pm

Jedi Guardian wrote:Ok whatever! So it's just the guide and you don't waist oxygen typing!

I believe Spanky was referring to body functions that do require oxygen, like breathing, or for those more interesting among us, photosynthesis.

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » 2006-02-03 05:52pm

First photosynthesis requires carbondioxide not oxygen. Second photosynthesis is a stage plants go through, check it out. http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/far ... ookPS.html.
I know you mean something about "those more interesting among us" but can't think about what you mean, forget it i'm just going to get flamed again. I promised myself I wouldn't get off subject "murmering". So I have ruled out crystals unless someone can convince me other wise I still think it's either luck or wiring.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-02-03 06:52pm

Jedi Guardian wrote:First photosynthesis requires carbondioxide not oxygen. Second photosynthesis is a stage plants go through, check it out. http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/far ... ookPS.html.
I know you mean something about "those more interesting among us" but can't think about what you mean, forget it i'm just going to get flamed again. I promised myself I wouldn't get off subject "murmering". So I have ruled out crystals unless someone can convince me other wise I still think it's either luck or wiring.

If numerous canon statements (and the Lightsaber construction process in KOTOR) aren't good enough for you, then there's no point in trying to hammer it into your head. You can't simply ignore something because you think its wrong.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2006-02-03 07:20pm

Lightsabers talks about it being the crystal.

Post by **Surlethe** » 2006-02-03 07:34pm

Jedi Guardian wrote:The point is all crystals in the lightsabers are clear and they are the same type, primary and secondary if i'm not mistaking. The only real difference that I can think of is that there are 3 types of crystal. Ilum, of course, and there are two very rare types that I can not think of at the moment. Yet all clear having no color and being put in the exact same way.

Let me get this straight: you've made up your mind -- based on your middle school-level knowledge of crystals, the unsupported notion that a crystal must have color in order to produce colors in a lightsabre, and the presumption lightsabre crystals are fundamentally similar to real life crystals -- that the crystal, despite numerous statements to the contrary, does not cause a lightsabre's color. Is that correct?

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2006-02-03 07:46pm

After watching the sequel to "Pink Five" and "The Sith Apprentice" I'm convinced that there's just a color adjust knob on the side. A few good taps on the side of the handle should produce the same effect.

loomer · Post by **loomer** » 2006-02-03 08:10pm

Only one kind of crystal. Yeah, okay, I'm going to go with the actual canon over your idiotic statements here. EU canon has coloured crystals. Game canon has a very nice system of coloured crystals and different focusing crystals. Crystal as a system do not contradict anything higher up, thus they are considered canon and legitimate.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-02-03 08:12pm

loomer wrote:Only one kind of crystal. Yeah, okay, I'm going to go with the actual canon over your idiotic statements here. EU canon has coloured crystals. Game canon has a very nice system of coloured crystals and different focusing crystals. Crystal as a system do not contradict anything higher up, thus they are considered canon and legitimate.

I definitely like your attitude. In case that hasn't been expressed elsewhere already, welcome to sd.net.

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » 2006-02-04 12:48pm

Surlethe wrote: Let me get this straight: you've made up your mind -- based on your middle school-level knowledge of crystals, the unsupported notion that a crystal must have color in order to produce colors in a lightsabre, and the presumption lightsabre crystals are fundamentally similar to real life crystals -- that the crystal, despite numerous statements to the contrary, does not cause a lightsabre's color. Is that correct?

No I don't know if it's the color of the crystal or not. I'm not saying that the crystal needs color to create color in a lightsaber. It could be like a prism your shine a light through it and it comes out a certain color. It could be the way the crystal is positioned maybe. I just don't know.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2006-02-04 12:57pm

Jedi Guardian wrote:No I don't know if it's the color of the crystal or not. I'm not saying that the crystal needs color to create color in a lightsaber. It could be like a prism your shine a light through it and it comes out a certain color. It could be the way the crystal is positioned maybe. I just don't know.

Then why did you rule out the crystal in the first place?

What would you accept as evidence that the crystal is the source of the color?

Post by **Surlethe** » 2006-02-04 01:06pm

Jedi Guardian wrote:
Surlethe wrote: Let me get this straight: you've made up your mind -- based on your middle school-level knowledge of crystals, the unsupported notion that a crystal must have color in order to produce colors in a lightsabre, and the presumption lightsabre crystals are fundamentally similar to real life crystals -- that the crystal, despite numerous statements to the contrary, does not cause a lightsabre's color. Is that correct?
No I don't know if it's the color of the crystal or not. I'm not saying that the crystal needs color to create color in a lightsaber. It could be like a prism your shine a light through it and it comes out a certain color. It could be the way the crystal is positioned maybe. I just don't know.

Then why the hell did you rule out crystals based on color? Let me quote you: "But yes I have seen things that implie that the crystals are colored. Ex. TCW cartoon, build your own lightsaber,google or yahoo images that show what a crystal would look like. I may never be completly convinst." ... "The point is all crystals in the lightsabers are clear and they are the same type, primary and secondary if i'm not mistaking. ... Yet all clear having no color and being put in the exact same way." If you're not ruling out crystals based on color, then what do those mean?

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » 2006-02-05 12:01am

Because I don't think it is! There is a difference between ruling it out and saying that the color is not the answer!

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