this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
230 points (93.6% liked)

Showerthoughts

29723 readers
554 users here now

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. Avoid politics
    1. NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
    2. Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
    3. Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct-----

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
vatlark@lemmy.world
forkball@lemmy.world
quinten@lemmy.world
Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
230
The reason prosthetics are so good in Star Wars is because the Jedi use live lightsabers to train. (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by yesman@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

If they used dead lightsabers, they'd just be swinging around a handle.

Also: the "blade" doesn't weigh anything; how come no one has a super long lightsaber? The length of the blade is adjustable.

[–] IHawkMike@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And similarly, why can't Star Trek officers just set it to wide beam and/or just hold down the button while they paint the room?

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think the simple answer to both of these questions could be "power limitations".

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

That's what the big rifle ones are for.

And with the lightsaber, they have double sided ones. Why not focus the twin beams into 1 extra long one?

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Janeway used a wide beam dispersal at least once.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the length of the saber doesn't scale linearly. Maybe there's some extremely fast dropoff in effectiveness after a couple of feet.

And the power limitations of the phasers seem to me like they require some kind of capacitor to charge up and release in a burst. Plus maybe the tip of the phaser would overheat under sustained fire.

And sure, you could say "add more tips", but we've tried that with gun barrels IRL for the same reason. They're heavy & unwieldy so they only get used for mounted guns, like with the minigun.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

And star wars has miniguns as well to solve that problem, usually carried by a single heavy gunner

RIP Hevy

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

We have been shown that there is some weight to a lightsaber when lit though. Like in Rebels and the Mandalorian/Book of Boba.

And this weight is different to how a normal sword would work. The length adjustment is to finetune this power/weight distribution to fit the user and their style of fighting. Which is why we get shotos and claymores, as well as different sizes for different sized species.