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Physics Behind The Lightsaber

How about just using a plasma cutter with that ThinkGeek green lazer synched to turn on when the plasma cutter does?

Being all curious and debating what the blade is made out of is like figuring out how the bullet will kill someone before you find out how to fire it.



You need to start with the casing, needs to be made of something we don't have yet.



Then you need to consider whats inside of it. If I am not mistaken the key to the whole thing is the crystal. That when cut properly, Crystals of specific material can potentially limit the length and ferocity of the blade.



Moving onto my third observation.



The power source, as far as I know is a self cycling energy cell. Not expending any charge because the blade rapidly collapses back and forth being pushed and pulled around coiling found near the top of the actual hilt. (due to a small gravitational development caused from the actual coil (No clue how it happens, but this is what I hear))and the only way to lose any kind of charge is to contact the blade with a solid object.





So I think the thought of it being made, is not impossible, just very unlikely with our current element's.



Perhaps one day when we hit up some other planets for resources we will stumble across what we need to make them. : /







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Physics Behind The Lightsaber

Basically A lightsaber would have to be a made out of plasma, with an intense magnetic field holding it in place, this would repel other such fields, meaning you could have sword fights with them, not sure about the reflecting blaster shots though

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