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Darren New wrote:
> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> Darren New wrote:
>>> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>>>> unlike a true lightsaber you would have a solid core,
>>>
>>> I wasn't aware we knew enough about how lightsabers work to know
>>> there isn't a solid core (or at least a wire) under the plasma.
>>>
>> Kidding me?
>
> No.
>
> You could very easily[1] build something like a lightsabre with a loop
> of wire at the tip attached to a wire that runs down the middle, with
> magnetic fields keeping the wire stable. It wouldn't be "solid" core,
> but just a wire held in place by very strong magnetic fields.
>
> The wire could easily be thin enough to break if it actually touched
> something.
>
> Heck, you've got FTL travel. Why not make a wire out of exotic material
> with negative energy, and build a plasma field around that?
>
>> Its way more practical to make a saw than a sword, for *multiple*
>> reasons, using that sort of plasma.
>
> I wasn't aware we knew what kind of plasma was used in a lightsaber.
> I'm just highly amused that you're sure enough of how a lightsaber works
> that you're telling me I'm wrong about there being anything supporting
> the blade.
>
> [1] At least as easily as any other of the star wars tech.
>
Sigh.. I am talking "practical means to replicate". If you want to get
silly about it (and I am pretty sure no wire is involved, and its
explained as such some place anyway), then why not ask what sort of
"crystals" we need to use in them, or batteries?
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