Royal SW Throwdown Fight

These swords were able to withstand repeated hits from lightsabers though. I'd say that's damn hard metal.

Or enchanted by Sith alchemy.

Which made the metal really hard...

Cortosis isn't unbreakable. . .

I don't think they were made of cortosis. I think it was a regular metal that was enhanced to an extreme level of hardness by Sith Magic.

Not saying they can't, but just out of curiosity, where have the sith swords shown to be able to withstand lightsabers?

And did the Sith support their swords with their own power? Cause if they did then they could most likley disable it too...

Swords powered by Sith Alchemy were shown to withstand lightsabers, especially in Jedi Academy. Swords with Cortosis were able to with lightsabers..

I didn't see anyone with a sith sword parry a lightsaber in JA. Are you sure the swords were made of cortosis?

A cortosis blade would shut a lightsaber down on contact.

Shadday Potkin uses a cortosis blade against Vader in "Purge" and it immediatly shuts down Vader's blade.

Good thing KOTOR lightsabers are so strong then...

how would they differ from other ones, or how would they be any more effective against Cortosis than normal lightsabers. In fact, what makes them so special?

Originally posted by tdtd
how would they differ from other ones, or how would they be any more effective against Cortosis than normal lightsabers. In fact, what makes them so special?

I believe he is being sarcastic.

In KOTOR despite the fact the melee weapons are all made from cortosis somehow they never seem to short out any lightsabers.

Originally posted by kamikz
Not saying they can't, but just out of curiosity, where have the sith swords shown to be able to withstand lightsabers?

And did the Sith support their swords with their own power? Cause if they did then they could most likley disable it too...

Fall of the Sith Empire shows sith blades in the hands of Massassi and minor sith lords fighting melee with lightsabers. There's one scene I had (But I'm at work- no pics) where a sith blade repels a lightsaber directly.

Originally posted by kamikz
Not saying they can't, but just out of curiosity, where have the sith swords shown to be able to withstand lightsabers?

And did the Sith support their swords with their own power? Cause if they did then they could most likley disable it too...

It seems more than likely they supported their sith swords with more sith magic, though it's possible they may have supported it with their various trinkets. Naga Sadow's blade was empowered by some kind of lightning that was shown to flow through his gauntlets as well. I don't believe there's an "on" switch like a lightsaber.

Considering there are other scenes where the sith sword is used without any visible energy, it's very likely they can turn it off at will.

Which would explain why Ludo broke what previously went through a wall.

Originally posted by Janus Marius
Which would explain why Ludo broke what previously went through a wall.

Yeah, he shattered the material of the sword with a swing of his arm. I sure as hell wouldn't want to arm wrestle that guy.

Awesome, thanks guys.

Originally posted by Illustrious
Yeah, he shattered the material of the sword with a swing of his arm. I sure as hell wouldn't want to arm wrestle that guy.

It'd be like the Fly remake where he snaps the guy's arm, only less Goldblumish.