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Rainer - Student |
This has been bothering me since I first saw the original trilogy. How do you turn on or off a lightsaber? Do you hold down the button? This would explain why sabers that are knocked out of peoples hands turn off, but then you have a problem. If you have to always hold down the button then how do you throw it? It would be very difficult to flip your saber considering your thumb would have to be at the same spot. If its just a click on, click off kind of thing, then why don't they stay on when the jedi gets the saber knocked out of his or her hand? _______________ 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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aph3x - Retired 
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WEELLL according to my official Star Wars Technical Journal.....each saber was differeent. the green bladed one lukem ade had like a little switch plate type deal, where his fathers had a lever. i belive obi wan's had a button, as well as darth vader's. i could go look this up if you guys really intrested. the bottom line is that there were physically switches on them. there were probably also locking mechanisms on there to keep them on, so you could hold the saber how you wanted during a fight, and not have to worry about keeping the button pushed. |
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Havvk - Ex-Student 
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No idea, let the force do its stuff _______________ ~~~knows secretly that furious sUx0rs~~~ |Defender of Ulthuan|Master of the deagle|Saber staff king|Master of spam| ~~~ You have to be bad to be be evil but you have to be evil to be bad! ~~~ ~~~ Will always remember c_M@D as a leader and as a brother -_- ~~~ |
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Vaughn - Student 
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if anybody has read the book "Lightsabers" you know that theres a switch of somesort that keeps the saber on, even when it leaves the body. I guess my opinion is, that when the jedi, or anyone, is holding the lightsaber, a 'well built' lightsaber can 'sence' the persons intention. I guess thats kinda like saying, they use the force. But, basically, if the saber is knocked out of their hand, the lightsaber 'sences' that they need it off, so it turns off. While they are weilding it, it stays on, because thats their intention. I guess it doesnt really work, but use your imagination... George did _______________ When you become an actor, you become the person, and you dont act anymore. You just are. - Tyler HP, Taught by Mr G Simpson |
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kool_aide - Student 
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maybe the button thing needs to be held down right, but what if when they force throw they use the force to hold the button down .  maybe we will never know _______________ I am the "Juice Man"  Drink up
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Plo Koon - Student 
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well with the jedi lightsaber i knoew off there are nobs you can turn to make it stronger/hotter and one to make it longer/shorter _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Xipkell - Student |
BURN is correct. I don't remember which books but I do know that this the correct explanation according to the EU. The second one anyway about them being held in the on position to fight and the locked position to throw. Now, in the NJO Corran Horn has a light saber that with a twist of the hilt doubles the blade length. He defeats a certain antagonist with this method. As for the internal switch that requires Force sensitivity, there are certain Dark Jedi in one book who use these. It is a basic slide on and off inside the hilt. |
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genes!s - Student 
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I am going for click on click off (the saber always fall on the ground with the button at the lowest point ) Further: what annoys me mostly: Obi-Wan's action at episode 1, versus Maul. He jump, pulls saber, but none of his finger even come close to the red on/off button! And still the saber ignites. It annoys me big-time. lat0rz _______________ I am the purifier, the light that clears all shadows. The most inactive active member of the JA. |
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Axion - Student 
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lol it can be simple or just mind bending =X _______________ Axion - Yeah. |
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Cloaked Thunder - Student 
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good point buzz  _______________ Padawan of ShadowSith | Close JA Family: Darth Mobility, Katan, Jedi Prodigy, Virtue,D@rth M@ul, Virtue, Flash, Bandit, Yin Yang, JK-XIII, Faded, Silk Monkey, Skyler, `Orion, Aratan, SmilyKrazy, Faded Angel, and your mom | woot!
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Plo Koon - Student 
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Click on click off _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Buzz - Student 
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The cruise control was just an explanation of how the sabers are locked on, and how easily the lock can be shut off so you control when it comes off. If you don't have it locked or you aren't using the force to keep it on then the saber will shut off when dropped. You really wouldn't need that reasoning if it was just the original trilogy, but with all the twirling of sabers going on in the prequels just holding down a button doesn't cut it. _______________ 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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Plo Koon - Student
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cruise control.....thats just imagination-id really think they do what move is needed for the moment. _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Crunchy - Ex-Student 
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I like Buzz's idea about "cruise control" for light sabres. It makes a whole lot of sense. I've read in books about "dead mans switches" that turn of the sabre when dropped. But cruise control makes the most sense. _______________ 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. |
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Burn - Ex-Student 
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From my reading in books and such from lucas films and authenticated documents, i have come to find out the "on" button can be mutiple things. 1. a button to hold down. 2. a switch to hold in the "on" position. 3. a switch that when turned on it stays on. and sometimes a combonation of 2 and 3, being that they use number 3 when fighting, and then use number 2 when throwing (then using the force) or using 2 when fighting and 3 when throwing. (just watch how u throw.) _______________ -Has no family, nor "friends" -What is this "friends" you speak of? No not the meaning of it do I |
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Buzz - Student
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Cloaked you also need to look at how they wield sabers too. You're theory works well alone for the original trilogy, where they are keeping their hands on the lightsaber in a pretty standard fashion. But look at the prequels how they twirl the saber around and everything. Their hands don't hold the saber in a very set way 100% of the time. I'd look at it almost like a car. You can hold down the gas pedal to keep your speed constant or you can turn on cruise control. If you have your foot on the pedal and turn off cruise control you will still be maintaining your speed. Its almost second nature to some people flipping it on and off. The same would be true for a jedi. Lock the saber on twirl around once your done twirling around remove the lock and continue fighting. _______________ 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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Cloaked Thunder - Student 
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For some reason I believe there are loopholds in the jedi system that George hasn't/didn't think out starting out in 1978. There are some things he can't go back and fix so there's prolly some errors in the consistency of all this. Just my $.02. I believe more the thumb activation theory and they use the force to throw it and keep it activcated. Even though the jedi would have to train 1000 times more just to learn to keep his freakin finger on the activation button. Mo0o0ah _______________ Padawan of ShadowSith | Close JA Family: Darth Mobility, Katan, Jedi Prodigy, Virtue,D@rth M@ul, Virtue, Flash, Bandit, Yin Yang, JK-XIII, Faded, Silk Monkey, Skyler, `Orion, Aratan, SmilyKrazy, Faded Angel, and your mom | woot!
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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There are lots of ways for a saber to activate. The throwing part is easy they use the Force to keep it activated while airborn. When knocked down the saber goes off cause the Jedi/Dark Jedi/Sith doesnt use Force too keep it activated. Most are just buttons they press, but there are special ones. There were even sabers that could only be used by ppl that were Force sensitive meaning if u didnt have any Force you couldnt activate it, but those sabers are rare in SW. |
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Buzz - Student 
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Explain how Han turns on the lightsaber then. Or even how Luke does it in ANH when he really has no skill in the Force. There are scenes that people have frozen in the original where you can see Luke holding the slide bar and shutting it off by letting it go. _______________ 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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Rei D'Kana - Ex-Student |
So you suggest that when a jedi wields his saber, he constantly presses a button? Dont you think that fights super crap . What I heard was that a lightsaber activates cuz the force flows through a Jedi's body. Which is part of the lightsaber causing it to activate. When someone lets go, the force slowly leaves the saber and the saber deactivates |
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Buzz - Student
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But Ashley the problem is that when lightsaber's are dropped they shut off. Other times like when Vader throws his it shuts off. This means there would have to be some sort of dead man switch on it but in such a way it doesn't need to be activated. _______________ 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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Rei D'Kana - Ex-Student |
A button, you press it, it goes on, you press it again, it goes off, simple |
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Buzz - Student
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Yeah Jake but you need to consider the Lightsabers constructed in the original trilogy and there was only ONE and that was Luke's. The other lightsabers are already constructed. Obi-Wan's is one of them and I'm going to venture a guess that it will be the saber we see in Ep. 3. Now the one Luke gets in ANH is the really important one since Obi Wan says that it is Anakin's. This should really be the saber we see Anakin using in Ep 3. Now you can say "well maybe obi-wan wasn't telling the truth" then that would basically cheapen the act of obi wan giving Luke the saber and make it really hollow. There is also a similarity between Vader's saber and the one Luke receives. Luke constructed his saber based off of notes in obi wan's home and when you look at Luke's and Obi Wan's sabers there is a similarity in design. I really wish there would be a decent explanation for what seems like a regression from buttons to slide bars. _______________ 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. This comment was edited by Buzz on Sep 24 2003 11:04pm. |
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Jake Kainite - Student 
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About them looking differently buzz, it makes sense when you think about it. In the prequels is when the Jedi Order was established, lightsabers were constructed in workshops, under tuition with plans and blueprints etc. The 'classic' sabers where built in less controlled environments, where the specific parts weren't so easily available and so you had to take what you could get  Thats the way I see it anyway.... _______________ Apprenctice of Jedi Master Ascari (deceased) Descended from a line of great Jedi Will argue any point of view from any side
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Zhadow - Student 
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maybe its magic ..yer that'll explain it.. _______________ "A student must find balance within their own hearts, whether they follow the Light or Dark paths is not something we can dictate." |
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Buzz - Student
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There are many variants to lightsaber hilts. In the original trilogies it was a type of slide handle you used to turn it on located on your thumb. When you removed your thumb the lightsaber shut off. There is also mention of having another switch to lock the slide into place to keep it on. Now in the prequels, lightsabers are all button activated, something I find rather dumb. Why make sabers that are older look more advanced? My guess is the same principle applies though. You keep the button pressed to keep the saber activated. You know you don't want the saber to stay on after you drop it, wouldn't that be nice to have your saber drop and you lose a body part because it didn't shut off. _______________ 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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