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Anakin Skywalker: You’re a Jedi Knight, aren’t you?
Qui-Gon Jinn: What makes you think that?
Anakin Skywalker: I saw your laser sword. Only Jedi carry that kind of weapon.
Is Anakin–the very Space Jesus himself–an idiot, then?
Um ackshully it depends on the crystal and power source, Mace Windu’s purple lightsaber is explained as being an electric arc IIRC. (IRL Samuel L Jackson just wanted to be able to see himself in the wide shots apparently.)
I think in the spirit of the level of comedic pedantry we are trying to hit here I will point out that electric arcs are electrons the plasma is what’s around it. In the case of purple likely argon and/or krypton.
um ackshully it’s a high-energy plasma loop contained within a force field
Why is it called a lightsaber then?
Because it’s bright.
Because it’s not a heavysaber maybe? (Ok, I’ve got nothing.)
It was supposed it be heavy in the original trilogy
🤔 That makes sense!
Luckly they aren’t, it’s better having plenty of weight on the blade— which is clearly not present
It has fewer calories than a saber
Is Anakin–the very Space Jesus himself–an idiot, then?
Uh… don’t answer that.
It’s actually canon that it’s common for laymen in the SW universe to call them laser swords.
Anakin was an enslaved kid from a backwater planet, and as such probably only heard stories and rumors about the Jedi from travelers.
Um ackshully it depends on the crystal and power source, Mace Windu’s purple lightsaber is explained as being an electric arc IIRC. (IRL Samuel L Jackson just wanted to be able to see himself in the wide shots apparently.)
That must be a Legends thing because I can’t find anything like that in the Canon page on Wookieepedia.
No this is one of those Lucas made it up because I was serious about the second part things.
An electric arc is plasma.
I think in the spirit of the level of comedic pedantry we are trying to hit here I will point out that electric arcs are electrons the plasma is what’s around it. In the case of purple likely argon and/or krypton.