How does a lightsaber work
I heard That they are made up of very fast moving particles. When a lightsaber cuts into something, it's actually chipping away at the molecules that make up the object. the object actually melts because of the friction. This is also why lightsabers don't give off any heat. They actually have more in common with sandpaper than a blowtorch
Is this True?
yea, simply all a lightsaber is IMO is just plasma...with an unbelievable amount of kinetic energy given to it somehow and enclosed in the shape of a saber to where anything it touches, it goes str8 through it and tears apart the molecules...like for example if u think logically, u have ur 4 states of matter....solid, liquid, gas and plasma over 99% of the universe is plasma because of of the billions of stars which are so vast in size and are composed of hot gases all pulled together through the force of gravity as things came into existence billions of years ago...an example of plasma in its most common form: fire....u get fire in the shape of a saber somehow, concentrate so much kinetic energy into it to where anything it touches whether its a stick of butter or a 2 foot thick wall of steel, it goes str8 through it, and find out some way to retract and detract the beam by simply pressing a button on the handl
Endless speculation about this over time.
But BG's idea is in an area that looks deeper than the blade being hot- because that is at odds with what we see in the filmns, especially when Han activates it on Hoth and none of the nearby snow melts, so simple heat (and therefore it being a laser is out.)
Sabre nerd Bob Brown had eight different theories on his site about how a sabre could work.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
Endless speculation about this over time.But BG's idea is in an area that looks deeper than the blade being hot- because that is at odds with what we see in the filmns, especially when Han activates it on Hoth and none of the nearby snow melts, so simple heat (and therefore it being a laser is out.)
Sabre nerd Bob Brown had eight different theories on his site about how a sabre could work.
The blade has a magnetic field that stops it radiating heat.
Originally posted by Jose123
I heard That they are made up of very fast moving particles. When a lightsaber cuts into something, it's actually chipping away at the molecules that make up the object. the object actually melts because of the friction. This is also why lightsabers don't give off any heat. They actually have more in common with sandpaper than a blowtorchIs this True?
This theory makes the most sense to me, since it explains how it can cut through a door (I.E. Qui-Gon cutting through the door), but the blades don't go through eachother or any other beam.
So what keeps the actual light beam from going all over the place or keep going straight as a flashlight would, a magnetic field? So how can it cut with this field in the way unless the field is penetrable and translucent. But how could that still be. The light or plasma itself would still escape if that were the case.
Originally posted by FistOfThe North
So what keeps the actual light beam from going all over the place or keep going straight as a flashlight would, a magnetic field? So how can it cut with this field in the way unless the field is penetrable and translucent. But how could that still be. The light or plasma itself would still escape if that were the case.
It's kind of like a torch , the beam of light from a torch travels in a straight line and nothing can bend it . I heard that the hilt has a crystal of some sort inside which intensifies the beam of particles into one concentrated laser beam . What generates these particles however I'm not so sure ....