Sunday, February 25, 2007

Lightsaber physics update

Ok, so those scenes I vaguely recalled? One of them occurs during the climactic battle between Luke and Darth Vader at the end of Empire. Luke's lightsaber gets knocked from his hand, and the handle bounces away. Ok, so it's definitive. When a lightsaber leaves the user's hand, it shuts off.

However, comma, flash forward to the climactic battle between Luke and Vader during
Return of the Jedi. Vader throws his lightsaber in order to destroy the catwalk that Luke is standing on. The lightsaber stays on, and wreaks the damage that Vader intended. Ok, Star Wars, which one is it. On or off?

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