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minus-squaregnufuu@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoImagine being a laser beam but after traveling for 1.5m you’ve simply had enough. Oddly relatable.
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoum ackshully it’s a high-energy plasma loop contained within a force field
minus-squareLogarrhythmia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWhy is it called a lightsaber then?
minus-squarejustcallmelarry@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt has fewer calories than a saber
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoUm ackshully it depends on the crystal and power source, Mace Windu’s purple lightsaber is explained as being an electric arc IIRC. (IRL Samuel L Jackson just wanted to be able to see himself in the wide shots apparently.)
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat must be a Legends thing because I can’t find anything like that in the Canon page on Wookieepedia.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo this is one of those Lucas made it up because I was serious about the second part things.
minus-squareCourtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI mean, it’s plasma, not a laser.
Imagine being a laser beam but after traveling for 1.5m you’ve simply had enough. Oddly relatable.
um ackshully it’s a high-energy plasma loop contained within a force field
Why is it called a lightsaber then?
Because it’s bright.
It has fewer calories than a saber
Um ackshully it depends on the crystal and power source, Mace Windu’s purple lightsaber is explained as being an electric arc IIRC. (IRL Samuel L Jackson just wanted to be able to see himself in the wide shots apparently.)
That must be a Legends thing because I can’t find anything like that in the Canon page on Wookieepedia.
No this is one of those Lucas made it up because I was serious about the second part things.
I mean, it’s plasma, not a laser.