Originally posted by Eli Vanto
missed the editing window.I didn't mean repel as in bounce back at the target. I just meant block.
So what is the most powerful force they have blocked, and what forces cant they block?
Oh in that case, they can't block sonic weapons, missiles/rockets, acid weapons, nets.
Most powerful thing that's been blocked? Not sure apart from Force Lighting.
Originally posted by Galan007
This always stands out:
As for what they can't block: aside from what Zen mentioned, there was a reference to sabers not being able to block flames in canon. Don't know if that was also the case in Legends, though.
Ah yeah, can't block flame weapons.
Oh strongest thing at least in Legends anyway, Luke blocks Turbolaser fire. Vader does too I believe.
I think the "Lightsabers: A Guide to Weapons of the Force" book (well, pamphlet, really) says something about how the lightsaber is just plasma trapped in between a magnetic field that's roughly the shape of a blade. That's why you can hold it close to you without getting burnt. And the "training" lightsabers have such a strong magnetic field that you don't get burnt even if you do get touched.
By that logic, lightsabers should only be able to block other things surrounded by magnetic fields, like blaster bolts, force-fields, other lightsabers, etc., plus anything they can burn through, like bullets and slugs. Lightning, I imagine just gets grounded to a lightsaber as to a lightning rod.
So they shouldn't be able to block anything that's not one of the above.