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YinYang - ex-Student  |
I've ALWAYS wounder... What if some Jedi/Sith made a saber short sword(which meens its bout coupel inches smalled than a normal saber)Although u may say "Why would I want a smaller saber stupid"Short swords in martial arts a underestimated cause of there small size but they provide VERY good defense(better than a long sword cause of small size provieds a faster reaction) and a preety good offense(not as good as a long sword tho DUH  )So what I'm basically saying is that could be possiable cause what controls the size of a normal saber??So its VERY possiable for Lucas to bring that in..Mabey(if he doesnt die or considers doing it)Episode 7..Do u think its possiable? _______________ Sister to Smily,Axion,and CT Friend to ALL... SMILY, LUKE,MAGRA,AND KOYI RULE!!!!! . . : :There is ALWAYS 2 Yin and Yang , Good and Evil: : . . |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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eh sared your wrong,the blade is pure energy and the color is just the color on the crystal. The weight is in the hilt the lazer blade shoots out an arc of light from the crystal housing and forms a blade,the weight is in the hilt  _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Ulic Belouve - Student 
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Lucas has approved the concept. If you play Knights of the Old Republic, you can use short lightsabers, which is recommended for a dual-saber stance. I am surprised that they did not shorten the lightsabers in JA for the dual saber stance. One faces serious dexterity penalties for using two regular sized ones. But I think it is the intention of LucasArts to have the dual saber stance use sharter sabers...great, fast defense, and loss of offense is offset by having two of them. BTW, I have trained in Real Life with twin sabers, but use two wakazashis, instead of two katanas. So sharter is better for this, by far. _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. |
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Sared - Retired 
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On a side note, the martial advantages of a short blade are its lighter weight and, presumeably, its speed and quickness over a normal blade. Now, with this knowledge, let me point out that the lightsaber is, in reality, a very difficult weapon to master. The main difficulties being that the handle is the only weight, and that the blade itself has no weight or mass, and thus has no air resistance, so a shorter blade wouldn't nessaceraly be advantageous over a normal lightsaber. Now, on a seperate note, a shorter lightsaber WOULD catch an opponet off-guard and would provide a much quicker technique because of the lower risk of the Jedi weilding it accidently slicing thier hand/arm/leg off. Go look up the name 'Nomi Sunrider' on some Star Wars dictionary site. She was an Old-Republic Jedi who weilded her fallen husbands lightsaber, whos blade was only half the length of a normal lightsaber. _______________ I'm crazy, not stupid. |
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{Lucifer} - Ex-Student 
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ya acutally i remeber a short light saber from some where... but i cant remeber crap lol well all i know is that its all the crystal the size color and what not _______________ When the end comes do not fear it embrace it... |
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Flamori Athena - Student 
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and...where. I think Vaughn said something about a short saber in one of the novels...light dagger or something. _______________ «±» 21st on the Midbie Council, Profile ID: 2027 «±» True wisdom is the knowledge that you know nothing. |
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Ash - Eats Babies 
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and who you use it on..... _______________ "We keep odd hours...." ----------------------- They Live, We Sleep |
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Acey Spadey - Student 
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it's not the size of the saber that counts...it's how you use it _______________ .Lag Bro to Xanatos. Adopted Twin to Bubu. Big-Brother to SmilyKrazy ---- JATSRAD Guru, JASE Member, JA SP Mod Staff ---- The Order of the Stick -- Big thanks to Mango for my avatar -- Quote: Sometimes you've got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.
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YinYang - Ex-Student 
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well if thats true then Lucas Arts shoulda put that into JK3 that woulda been my choice of saber  but no they're to lazy _______________ Sister to Smily,Axion,and CT Friend to ALL... SMILY, LUKE,MAGRA,AND KOYI RULE!!!!! . . : :There is ALWAYS 2 Yin and Yang , Good and Evil: : . . |
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Crunchy - Ex-Student 
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In star wars knight of the old republic you can kill dark jedi and get their short sabres. So yes it's possible to have short sabres. Mind you that was oh 4000bby but hey normal sabres and sabre staffs existed back then too. (Bastilla, Darth Bandon, Darth Malak) ---------------------------------[|o|||||] regular -----------------[|o|||||] short _______________ Windows95: <win-doz-nin-te-fiv> n. 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. This comment was edited by Crunchy on Sep 11 2003 04:51pm. |
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Marcel Mandarijn - Student 
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pie pwns!!!!! |
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Plo Koon - Student
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hell yes they are moving fast,i saw in a deleted scene of Episode 1 guigonn took out one of Mauls seeker droids in one swipe and put his saber abck hidden so no one saw he was a jedi _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Nero - Student 
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I would love it in the game!!! but think it would be very hard to create, the advance of a shorter saber is more accuracy and speed. so they should create a total new "style" for every lenght. as you also want to keep blue, red and yellow and you want four different lenghts that will mean you have to make twelf different styles. very much work. and what should you change in the style, if you only make the shorter swords faster it'll give much provit in the attack 2. and that's not what we wanna have... for the movies i think they are not making larger or shorter very much bcuz it doesn't look cool when someone is using a short saber. the nice thing about the "jedi way of fighting" is that they are not moving very fast, it all seems kind of piecefull. when someone is having a very short saber the moves got to be way faster. and if they are getting faster also the piece will leave. another thing is that it seems less powerfull when a saber is very short, some people might think that the guy has a short saber becuz he can't handle a big one, so that's why i think... _______________ -Nero Quote: Curious, Smartass, what else? This comment was edited by Nero on Sep 02 2003 11:45am. |
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Plo Koon - Student
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on the lightsaber there is a length and power adjuster,use for different situations _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Rogue - Student 
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noooooo nooooooo nooooooo the default hilt design (which nearly all are taken from) have a turning switch on them which when turned 1 way makes it shorter and the opposite makes it longer, its as simple as that _______________ I was a child when I joined the JA...scary. |
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Buzz - Student 
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yeah but usually when you switch the length it usually means to extend the blade. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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Rainer - Student |
It says on the Star Wars website that on some sabers you can turn a nob and it switches the crystals changing the length. _______________ The Jedi formally known as Ranja. ---------------------- "I can list among my experience and skills: leadership, extensive travel, logistical organization, intimate understanding of firearms, and a knowledge of security measures at numerous banks." - Jesse James |
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Flash - Student 
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Ya, Corran Horn from EU could make his lightsaber longer when he pressed a button on it. |
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MINDofSIN - Student 
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Vibrosword with a cortosis weave Vong Amphistaff _______________ Jedi Academy Holocron http://jaholocron.ryanmh.com/ Why should our government send our soldiers to foreign soil to protect freedom of speech, when our freedom of speech is being taking away everyday by the same government. |
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Buzz - Student
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yeah the saber weight is all in the hilt. So you wouldn't really have a speed increase with a short bladed saber. A smaller size might be more manageable for defense but in most cases with a lightsaber you are blocking blaster bolts or using both hands to combat another saber. Any other melee weapon a Jedi is likely to come across would be broken by a saber blade. I don't think it would be all that practical for a short bladed saber. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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Hector Thrawn - Ex-Student 
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except the light sabers weight is mainly in the hilt isnt it? the size of the saber then would only affect the amount of power needed. in yoda's case the energy that can be stored in such a small hilt may not have been capable of powering a full size saber efficently. so a smaller saber with a normal hilt would only have the advantage of more power (hey maybe qui-gon could have cut through that door faster), and a few more moves (less blade=more room). of course i cant remmember any of my lightsaber info (its been years since the books that bothered putting it in) so i may be off target. |
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Battlin' Billy - Student 
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LOL!!! I thought this was going in a whole different direction!!! *tries to get mind out of gutter* _______________ Midbie Council Member #2 - Profile ID 2073 | Member of B@rtM@ulS@ar | Owner of Monty's 2000th comment & D@RtHM@UL's 8100th comment | Former Padawan of SilkMonkey & Arcuss JA Goaltender & NHL Fan | Fellow Rush fan to Axion|Plo Koon is my oldest JA friend Post your RL pics HERE! | Post you JK2/JK3 screenies HERE! |
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Blade_Knight - Student 
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If I remember correctly, wasn't Yoda's saber in Ep. 2 smaller than normal? Who knows, maybe they just did that cause it'd look weird for a little 3 foot tall guy holding a full sized saber . Though, a kodachi style saber would be pretty sweet..... _______________ -=Brother to Nightcrawler and JediKnight13=- "I've been told my style is crasy and visually confusing."~Mikel Rider |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Hmm, I know it is possible to extend the saber by letting another gem slide in (so you get 2 instead of 1) as Corran Horn can, but dunno about making it shorter. |
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