lightsabers

[March Kalas]

I have heard before that a lightsaber's blade is an arc of light. Deos anyone know what this is or what it means. Or does anyone even know about this?

[imported_Ambrose Braeden]

Originally posted by March Kalas
I have heard before that a lightsaber's blade is an arc of light.

I thought that Lightsabers were pure energy. But I could be wrong. All of the information is on starwars.com.

[March Kalas]

It still didn't give that detailed information, but thanks anyway. Does anyone else know anything about a lightsaber being an arc of light?

[Jordana Montegue]

The lightsaber is not an arc of light. Think of it more like a laser beam. that's able to chop of limbs.

Here are some links for you to learn more about the sabers from:

Lightsabers are cutting edge technology (http://www.exn.ca/starwars/lightsaber.cfm)

What is a lightsaber? (http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/lightsaber/)

The Illusion of Sabers in the SW Films (http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question171.htm)

Park Sabers (http://www.parksabers.com/)

Blast Tech - The Best (http://www.blast-tech.com/home.asp)

Is it theoretically possible for science to someday create a real lightsaber? (http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20040329.html)

Hope this helps.

[March Kalas]

I've actually learned that it is very possible for a lightsaber blade to be an arc of light. I've asked someone I know who is an expert on physics (particularly quantum physics where light is very important) and an arc of light can denote a spark (in opposition to an actual arced ray of light). Just think if a lightsaber is made of a powerful spark (or many tiny sparks). If there is a bunch of little explosions where the blade is, this could account for many of the physical properties of a lightsaber (repelling of lightsaber blades against each other could be caused by the explosions of air against each other). The person I talked to also told me that right now, we don't know near enough about the nature of light to actually understand how a lightsaber could be made or how the blade itself would work.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Originally posted by Jordana Montegue
The lightsaber is not an arc of light. Think of it more like a laser beam. that's able to chop of limbs.

Here are some links for you to learn more about the sabers from:

Lightsabers are cutting edge technology (http://www.exn.ca/starwars/lightsaber.cfm)

What is a lightsaber? (http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/lightsaber/)

The Illusion of Sabers in the SW Films (http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question171.htm)

Park Sabers (http://www.parksabers.com/)

Blast Tech - The Best (http://www.blast-tech.com/home.asp)

Is it theoretically possible for science to someday create a real lightsaber? (http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20040329.html)

Hope this helps.

Blech links.

http://www.exn.ca/starwars/plasmasaber.cfm

This is the general gist on what a sabre is and could be. From the visual dictonary, you get the idea with the chat in it on magnetics, it the thinking of Lucas too. It is NOT a laser, it is not based on light, it is a magnetically controlled 'blade' of plasma.

[Kyle Raiden]

it is a magnetically controlled 'blade' of plasma.

We call it plazma, but whatever the Klingon designation is, it is merely ionized gas.


Just in case anyone didn't know what plazma was.


Being plazma does actually make sense. As it is a gas, essentially, it explains why it can pass through most things - its molecules/ions are sufficiently spaced to fit through the gaps in between the structure of a solid. Then, the energy stored within the ions is sufficient to break the bonds in the solid, thus allowing it to cut throught things...that makes a lot of sense.


*suddenly realises that, sadly, how a lightsaber works is something that has actually been worrying him* I really need to get a life...:cry

[Eddy]

The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology describes it as "a vibrant beam of pure energy" that is in a "closed energy loop" which explains why a lightsaber never seems to run out of power as it constantly recharges itself.

[Silus Xilarian]

Except for the part where it gives off light, which is a surefire sign of energy loss.

[Eddy]

That's a good point. According to the book the energy leaves the handle and then arcs round to re-enter it, this energy is used to recharge the cell but some must be lost due to light (and heat? is a ls hot?). The sound is the noise of the blade hitting particles in the air which would cause further loss of energy....bleh, you get the idea :\

[Malcolm Trippen]

It must be hot...well, one would assume, anyway. Firstly, it needs something to seal the blood vessels when it cuts into someone. Heat does that. When the Victorians dipped someone's arm in tar after an amputation, it was the heat that stopped the bleeding, not the tar.

Also, if you remember in Episode 1, Qui Gon's saber "melted" through the security door. So I'd guess heat, yeah. Besides, every energy release gives off heat, more or less.

[March Kalas]

but what about the physical properties of the lightsaber?

[Marcus Telcontar]

Originally posted by Eddy
The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology describes it as "a vibrant beam of pure energy" that is in a "closed energy loop" which explains why a lightsaber never seems to run out of power as it constantly recharges itself.

AKA A load of crap.

[Roj'yor'nuruodo]

The sabre does run out of power. In Splinter of the Mind's Eye, Luke recharges his father's sabre from an energy pistol.

[Arianna Starstreaker]

It recharges itself I've heard in some places, but other's I've heard it has to be recharged. Hmm... maybe it has portable batteries that need recharging every so often.

[Tessek]

It made more sense, IMO, in the comics about the Sith War and all that, where the lightsabers were actually hooked up to a power pack all the time.