What color lightsaber would you use? - Page 8

Metal Man · 05-05-2008, 11:35 PM

Basically, the plasma incinerates the lead. It's not much like cutting, really.

The problem is the kickback vs. the Jedi's wrist.

Also the bullet may not be fully melted. Shrapnel, anybody?

***Booyakasha*** · 05-06-2008, 12:53 AM

Christ. Do you kids really think it's possible to burn lead? Because that's horrifying.

Wyborn · 05-06-2008, 01:36 AM

I'm not sure it actually is - depending on the angle you view it from it's less big around than the period at the end of this sentence, at least in the original trilogy. But even if they retconned that in the prequels, I don't think it actually cuts through anything so much as it melts it.

heh · 05-06-2008, 08:54 AM

If lightsabers are made of light... and they resist each other... you could use a flashlight as a shield.

Redshirt · 05-06-2008, 09:02 AM

^or a mirror.

Dizzy · 05-06-2008, 10:13 AM

Hell, you could use a flashlight as a saber! Great for Jedis on a budget.

Rainbow Dash · 05-06-2008, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by That Guy

If lightsabers are made of light... and they resist each other... you could use a flashlight as a shield.

Lightsabers are made of plasma. Or something similar to it.

Redshirt · 05-06-2008, 10:53 AM

Where is your proof?

Wyborn · 05-06-2008, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Booyakasha

Christ. Do you kids really think it's possible to burn lead? Because that's horrifying.

I'm sure it probably is, but you would need a constant stream of pure oxygen being fed into it.

Erdawn Il Deus · 05-13-2008, 06:25 PM

I'm pretty confident in a Jedi being able to stop bullets with the force rather than a lightsabre itself. Really I think actual bullets would probably be the most deadly weapon to be used against them

More to the point - have solid projectile weapons ever been employed in the SW universe? Hand-held.

***Booyakasha*** · 05-13-2008, 11:20 PM

^Depends--are we just talking movies and video games, here? Because if you add in the books and tabletop RPGs, you get various and sundry projectile weapons (such as the Verpine shatter gun).

Rainbow Dash · 05-14-2008, 10:48 AM

I think Ben (Skywalker) uses a non-energy bullet to kill the Prime Minister of Corellia. Not sure, though.

05-05-2008, 11:35 PM	#141
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Basically, the plasma incinerates the lead. It's not much like cutting, really. The problem is the kickback vs. the Jedi's wrist. Also the bullet may not be fully melted. Shrapnel, anybody?

05-06-2008, 12:53 AM	#142
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Christ. Do you kids really think it's possible to burn lead? Because that's horrifying.

05-06-2008, 01:36 AM	#143
Wyborn Zelda Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,388 Thanks: 87 Thanked 469 Times in 281 Posts	I'm not sure it actually is - depending on the angle you view it from it's less big around than the period at the end of this sentence, at least in the original trilogy. But even if they retconned that in the prequels, I don't think it actually cuts through anything so much as it melts it.

05-06-2008, 08:54 AM	#144
heh Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lo-ca-tion; Noun- 1. a place or situation occupied: That house is in a fine location Gender: Posts: 9,849 Thanks: 710 Thanked 955 Times in 628 Posts	If lightsabers are made of light... and they resist each other... you could use a flashlight as a shield.

05-06-2008, 09:02 AM	#145
Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,698 Thanks: 703 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	^or a mirror.

05-06-2008, 10:13 AM	#146
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Hell, you could use a flashlight as a saber! Great for Jedis on a budget.

05-06-2008, 10:53 AM	#148
Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,698 Thanks: 703 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	Where is your proof?

05-13-2008, 06:25 PM	#150
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	I'm pretty confident in a Jedi being able to stop bullets with the force rather than a lightsabre itself. Really I think actual bullets would probably be the most deadly weapon to be used against them More to the point - have solid projectile weapons ever been employed in the SW universe? Hand-held.

05-13-2008, 11:20 PM	#151
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	^Depends--are we just talking movies and video games, here? Because if you add in the books and tabletop RPGs, you get various and sundry projectile weapons (such as the Verpine shatter gun).

05-14-2008, 10:48 AM	#152
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,398 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	I think Ben (Skywalker) uses a non-energy bullet to kill the Prime Minister of Corellia. Not sure, though.