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o2b - Student  |
What would happen if you put a mirror in the lightsaber beam? being light it would reflect...correct? Discuss  |
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o2b - Student 
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hmm, so our general opinion is that a lightsaber is more an energy blade than a light blade? And light can cut...lasers are 100% pure light on steroids and they're used in all sorts of industries to cut and weld metal  I still think a mirror would reflect maybe the visible part of the laser's spectrum...perhaps it's the invisible spectrum that hurts? and I agree that mirrors don't reflect all the light, but that only means that the reflected part of the blade isn't as strong as the first part. So why do sabers deactivate themselves in water? |
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Tido - Student 
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I think the beam is energy, and that light is something that is given off on the side - just like heat in many reactions. The mirror would be destroyed just like anything else. Also note that mirrors do not reflect all wavelengths of light. And for visable light, mirrors do not reflect 100% of the light. If you shine a laser though multible mirros, the amplitude decreases. P.S. - Avoid engineering physics as much as you can cause girls aren't turned on by it, lol! |
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Kessler - Student 
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hear is my 1 pieces just a thought. ok one thing how could you put a mirror in between the light saber because if you could do that then you could you have saber locks, they would go right through each other, and you could have no fighting and it wouldn't hurt, just wondering. kessler _______________ May The Force Be With You |
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Padawan - Student |
Quote: 2) In that first quote: There sure is light energy coming from it! Just look at it! You see it?! That is what light is. Visible energy. I didn't say there wasn't light energy coming from it, in fact I said the complete opposite.  |
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Fate - Student 
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Quote: Well, we're thinking out of the real life physics here, but still, I'm pretty sure I've got this right; A lightsabre beam is light energy converted into pure energy. It eminates light, heat and sound, which happens during a lot of (or all) energy transters. This doesn't mean however, that it is composed of any of these. And if it was light energy, it would be much longer than it actually is. So basically, because it doesn't even have a smidgen of light energy in it, a mirror wouldn't affect it. Actually a lightsaber doesn't generate heat on its own. The wielder would have burnt hands if that were the case. Heat is only generated when the blade comes into contact with an object. Actually, two points here: 1) He wouldn't necessarily burn his hands, but... I read a official SW book (like the encyclopedia) and it said there indeed was no heat from it. 2) In that first quote: There sure is light energy coming from it! Just look at it! You see it?! That is what light is. Visible energy. _______________ I must not fear . Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear . I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Gom gom gom gom gom! |
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Fate - Student 
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Quote: If a lightsaber's were just light as you say, how would they hurt anyone? Heard of Gamma rays? Heard of UV? Light is a deadly thing! _______________ I must not fear . Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear . I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Gom gom gom gom gom! |
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Evil Squirrel - Student 
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A lightsaber's ultimate weekness WOULD NOT be a mirror, it would be pie, The saber wouldn't be touching the pie because the jedi/sith doesn't want to hurt pie cause it is really good, I mean, would YOU cut a perfectly good pie just sitting there with YOUR lightsaber? _______________ "I'm leaning more towards the cookie side" - leif two time winner of the "SilkMonkey Award for Best Evil Squirrel Based Avatar Picture" award! Geology Rocks! |
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Darth Bamse - Student 
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Speaking of the databank, wouldn't it be cool if Virtue or someone else with his kind of knowledge wrote an article for the Holocon about saber physics? _______________ Why use only one saber, when you can use two, and double the mayhem? |
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Padawan - Student |
Quote: Actually a lightsaber doesn't generate heat on its own. The wielder would have burnt hands if that were the case. Heat is only generated when the blade comes into contact with an object. I guess I should have read further into the databank, huh? |
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Buzz - Student 
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Quote: Well, we're thinking out of the real life physics here, but still, I'm pretty sure I've got this right; A lightsabre beam is light energy converted into pure energy. It eminates light, heat and sound, which happens during a lot of (or all) energy transters. This doesn't mean however, that it is composed of any of these. And if it was light energy, it would be much longer than it actually is. So basically, because it doesn't even have a smidgen of light energy in it, a mirror wouldn't affect it. Actually a lightsaber doesn't generate heat on its own. The wielder would have burnt hands if that were the case. Heat is only generated when the blade comes into contact with an object. _______________ 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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if its pure light it wouldnt cut anything,its a lazer with light. _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Padawan - Student |
Quote: they ARE light. that's why they're so deadly fast. and it cant be true that they dont contain even a smidgen of light energy, because they wouldnt glow like that otherwise. The energy transfer gives out light. Anyways it says so on StarWars Databank |
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Flamori Athena - Student 
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they ARE light. that's why they're so deadly fast. and it cant be true that they dont contain even a smidgen of light energy, because they wouldnt glow like that otherwise. _______________ «±» 21st on the Midbie Council, Profile ID: 2027 «±» True wisdom is the knowledge that you know nothing. |
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Furi0us - Student 
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If a lightsaber's were just light as you say, how would they hurt anyone? _______________ You are not your f***ing system specs. You are not your uptime stats, your script file, or your oversized desktop screencap. You are not your broadband connection. You are not your f***ing post count. |
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Demo Strike - Student 
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Yes and also polished metal would reflect it slightly if mirrors did; metal does not. |
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Padawan - Student |
Well, we're thinking out of the real life physics here, but still, I'm pretty sure I've got this right; A lightsabre beam is light energy converted into pure energy. It eminates light, heat and sound, which happens during a lot of (or all) energy transters. This doesn't mean however, that it is composed of any of these. And if it was light energy, it would be much longer than it actually is. So basically, because it doesn't even have a smidgen of light energy in it, a mirror wouldn't affect it. |
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Eclipse DKana - Student 
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weakness: Deactivation |
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Squibit - Student 
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maybe reflect for a fraction of a second causing a scatter of sparks or a big flash as the balde tries to go back through itself (like a saber clash). and then it would melt through the mirror imo _______________ Quote: fiZZe: its SIR Fizzy Fluffy :p Quote: FiZZ[JAK]: that was what I call a counter Ah, things you only ever expect to hear once
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monkai - Student |
No it would cut through i think |
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JamesF1 - Student 
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Nice idea - a bit impractical though Quote: It is not merely light, it is pure energy. And because it is almost 100% energy it will destroy the mirror. The energy in the blade is too intense to be turned back inside, the resistance from the previous matter would prevent such a thing. The saber would be pushed back instead of a part of the saber mirroring. Hope that answered it. _______________ Website |
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Seth C. Belouve - Student 
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For the sake of my fingers I sincerely hope a mirror isn't its weakness...just think about how many poor saps over the thousands of years killed by a saber could have easily out done the Jedi...sheesh _______________ Look unto me for I possess the blue flag!! It is more beautiful then I ever imagined! You will now worship me as if I were a god! *smack, dies* I regret nothing, I lived as few men dared dream!! Red Guy from Red Vs. Blue Series |
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Jippie Phoenix - Student 
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yeah i dont think reflect yeah it woul be pretty trash it isn't supposed to be plasma or something _______________ |
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Kueller - Student 
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It is not merely light, it is pure energy. And because it is almost 100% energy it will destroy the mirror. The energy in the blade is too intense to be turned back inside, the resistance from the previous matter would prevent such a thing. The saber would be pushed back instead of a part of the saber mirroring. Hope that answered it. _______________ Personal sleepness-nights-supporter of Virtue. Owner of the 1000th comment of Daidalus and 1943th comment of Gradius! Owner of the 300th comment of Carda! -Taught Gradius all his laming skills
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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mmmm, I'm not too sure about it. Why don't you ask the Jedi Council on the StarWars Site? They answer such questions _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Lord Jaws - Student 
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Nope...check databank of Star Wars itself, the beam is being bend by a egatively charged high energy flux aperture(wth that may bee) and that is limiting its range, and no mirror can stop that energy..... I think..... _______________ One night, I was lying in my bed, looking up at the stars and I said to myself: "Where the h*** is my ceiling?! |
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