• JonnyRobbie@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I mean, that is what a “real” lightsaber is too. Contained plasma. So a butan flame is not “that” far off. Now to find a way to shape the flame with magnets instead of relying on laminar flow and you have as close to real lightsaber as you could get.

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    1 year ago

    While the hacksmith sabre is as close to the movie ones it is not a light sabre. Because you would need a device capable to generate a laser strong enough to cut through steel and a gravitational pull that pulla back the light so you don’t shoot through the whole galaxy.

    And if you have the technology to build sth like this a light sabre would be the stupidest thing to build.

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      1 year ago

      Pretty sure that lightsabers are described as being plasma-based even in-universe, rather than lasers. I get that the name can be misleading in that sense.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      And if you have the technology to build sth like this a light sabre would be the stupidest thing to build.

      They’re an elegant weapon from a more civilized time.