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Last I checked, Idris Elba isn't mentioned for the cast of this movie, so that's a really weird exception to make. That's like going "oh it's probably Gwyneth Paltrow because she walks with legs."
Maybe. It could be made of super-indestructium or something.
I admit I'm only passingly familiar with the Star Wars lore. My knowledge is basically limited to half-assed viewings of the movies, and KoTOR.
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Lightsabers can, basically, cut through everything. Except another lightsaber's blade. And if you bring in the EU in, a mineral called corthosis, can resist it for a short period of time. But it is incredibly rare and hard to come by. Also, JJ tossed the entire EU aside so it's probably not corthosis.
Although, the rule of cool and willing suspension of disbelief...
I miss my childish wanderlust.
Since apparently there is some sort of magnetic field that encloses the plasma (see Hama's link in the C3P0 thread) couldn't that field be extended to the cross piece so that the plasma can't cut through it?
In fact, now that I think of it, why hasn't someone come up with body armour that creates that field making it impervious to a light sabre?
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In fact, now that I think of it, why hasn't someone come up with body armour that creates that field making it impervious to a light sabre?
Not to present this as a shining example (the movie was pretty bad), but somebody did: Those droids seen in The Phantom Menace that rolled for fast movement and then unrolled and walked for combat had forcefields all around themselves to keep from being hit by lightsabres.
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Yeah, but you don't like anything.
Hey! That's MY bag!!!
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The lightsaber crossguards were cool imo. They aren't practical, and your're likely to cut off your own arms with them, but a lightsaber is already impractical, and you're likely to decapitate yourself with a normal one.
The red blades indicate it's a sith, and that means they are there for intimidation and to display mastery of the force. Any actual use of them for offence or defense is going to be incidental.
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** spoiler omitted **Last I checked, Idris Elba isn't mentioned for the cast of this movie, so that's a really weird exception to make. That's like going "oh it's probably Gwyneth Paltrow because she walks with legs."
Tell me I was wrong a year from now...I simply see something in the scene about how the character walks and moves that makes me think holy crap...its him.
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I'm normally not a fan of Stephen Colbert... but this just cracked me up. Plus, it's relevant to the discussion. I'll take his explanation as to how it works over anything else I've seen... because it actually makes sense.
I'm normally not a fan of Stephen Colbert... but this just cracked me up. Plus, it's relevant to the discussion. I'll take his explanation as to how it works over anything else I've seen... because it actually makes sense.
He has a point. Well, as much of a point as anyone talking about theoretical physics in a fantasy/sci-fi setting with quasi-religion/magic has.
Edit: Plus he called them/some of you nerfherders, which is awesome.
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Regardless of what I think of the lightsaber (or light-longsword), I've got to admire the fact that they got everyone talking about it. Same with that bowling droid; whoever made this teaser gave us enough material to talk in every forum of discussion that exist on the internetz.
So despite the histrionics, this teaser (and the lightsaber) is a true masterpiece!
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We Star Trek fans warned you.The new cross-guard is stupid. It represents yet another Elitist's hatred for Star Wars Fans, because we all know *what* a light saber can do and showing this cross-guard to us is basically the same as flipping us the bird, and yelling, "F.U. Star Wars Fans, I can do whatever I want to your icons, and I know you'll still pay me off handsomely, with ca$h, in the end... b1tches."
Yep.
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If they had made the crossguard more V shaped, like that of a scottish claymore and put a couple of little things below it, that the wielder can safely slide his hand against, it would probably the best lightsaber design in the franchise concerning functionality.
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So after I found out this guy actually existed, I am for more willing to forgive any seemingly absurd choice of weaponry in a movie.
Would be more cool with a ring emitter to mimic a tsuba...
...but I can dig it. It looks cool.
I liked the new ST movies.
I will probably like the new SW movies.
I don't get the GRAWR.
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Churchill and broadsword, at Normandy.
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So after I found out this guy actually existed, I am for more willing to forgive any seemingly absurd choice of weaponry in a movie.
I'd love to see a movie set in WW2 about him. Although I'm sure there would be people calling it a Captain America rip off.
So after I found out this guy actually existed, I am for more willing to forgive any seemingly absurd choice of weaponry in a movie.
Trench weapons are also interesting. You have the first mechanized warfare, and ironically it pushes a segment of soldiering back a hundred years into needing a dedicated melee weapon.
Actually, tabletop RPGs have this. Was reading through some Star Wars Saga Edition rulebooks recently, and in one of them (I believe it's the Jedi Academy Training Manual), they have stats for a crosssguard lightsaber.
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I liked the new ST movies.
I will probably like the new SW movies.I don't get the GRAWR.
IMO Into Darkness tried to pilfer emotional impact it hadn't earned from Wrath of Khan and suffered greatly for it.
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So after I found out this guy actually existed, I am for more willing to forgive any seemingly absurd choice of weaponry in a movie.
Awesome. Little by little, "Rasputin Must Die!" becomes incrementally more probable.
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If they had made the crossguard more V shaped, like that of a scottish claymore and put a couple of little things below it, that the wielder can safely slide his hand against, it would probably the best lightsaber design in the franchise concerning functionality.would those be consummate V's?
{in an alternate reality, Disney execs greenlight "Strongbad Wars VII: The Trogdor Awakens"}
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I've given this some thought (likely more than it deserves) but if I can suspend my disbelief in order to accept beings that use an invisible energy to augment their abilities or do other amazing things I can suspend it for a lightsaber with quillons.
Also keep in mind that things COULD change appearance between the teaser and the finished film. One example that jumps to mind is an early teaser for The Incredibles that showed Mr. Incredible flying Superman-style, which he never did in the finished film. (That teaser was pretty funny, by the way, even though that particular scene didn't fit into the finished film.)
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I'm normally not a fan of Stephen Colbert... but this just cracked me up. Plus, it's relevant to the discussion. I'll take his explanation as to how it works over anything else I've seen... because it actually makes sense.
I give the man kudos for being a Star Wars fan two weeks longer then me.
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I'm normally not a fan of Stephen Colbert... but this just cracked me up. Plus, it's relevant to the discussion. I'll take his explanation as to how it works over anything else I've seen... because it actually makes sense.I give the man kudos for being a Star Wars fan two weeks longer then me.
Okay. Oddly logical. Assuming that Lucas doesnt screw it up 365 days from now.
Tell me I was wrong a year from now...I simply see something in the scene about how the character walks and moves that makes me think holy crap...its him.
I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying that dismissing my comment by going "except it's Idris Elba" is a bit... premature. You are certainly welcome to your personal theories.
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Tell me I was wrong a year from now...I simply see something in the scene about how the character walks and moves that makes me think holy crap...its him.I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying that dismissing my comment by going "except it's Idris Elba" is a bit... premature. You are certainly welcome to your personal theories.
It him.
It him.
If you know this to be true, there's even less reason to be an arrogant jerk about it. Just leave those of us without precognition to our hopes and dreams, eh?
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It him.If you know this to be true, there's even less reason to be an arrogant jerk about it. Just leave those of us without precognition to our hopes and dreams, eh?
I'm not being an arrogant jerk about anything. It just happens that on this sinking boat, telling you why I think its him will lighten the despair of the moment. And loser swims.
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video of Christie's first lightsaber duel
Brienne of Darth!
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Aim any old how, goto the dentist.
Now I'm wondering if a light saber weighs more when it's turned on than when it's off?
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Only if a light saber is a matter/energy converter (nuclear reactor), no?
Admittedly I'm in way over my head...maybe a resident physicist could shed some light (rimshot).
Edit: And if there were energy->matter conversion, wouldn't we would expect the blade to remain around when the power is cut off...?
The blade is plasma, it reverts back to gas and disperses when the saber is powered off.
Edit: And if there were energy->matter conversion, wouldn't we would expect the blade to remain around when the power is cut off...?
And lets not talk about the amount of energy required to turn room temperature gas into an ionized plasma or the temperatures that it would create...
All of that energy is supplied by the magic (sorry, Force-rich) crystals.