Timeline for Why do Jedi use lightsabers?
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| Apr 28, 2017 at 23:33 | history | edited | Mikasa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2017 at 3:17 | comment | added | darthspongebob | I find your lack of faith disturbing | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 0:48 | comment | added | NKCampbell | ancient weapons and hokey religions are no match for a good blaster at your side | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 21:14 | comment | added | Bellerophon | @BobJarvis Why not have a blaster for fighting and a light saber for cutting. | |
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| Nov 12, 2015 at 20:32 | comment | added | Octopus | @David, said Obi-Wan who knew that Anakin had used it to slay younglings. Very elegant. Very civilized. | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 17:37 | history | protected | Wad Cheber | ||
| Nov 12, 2015 at 14:27 | answer | added | Robert Mandeville | timeline score: 16 | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 3:02 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | Efficiency. An entire squad of Imperial stormtroopers can plug away with their blasters to no effect, while one Jedi with a lightsaber can slice his way through solid steel. (This may be an example of "stupid henchmen" effect :-). | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 0:41 | answer | added | Rex Brocki | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 21:51 | comment | added | Möoz | Have you seen how poorly people shoot those Blasters? | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 21:40 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/664558280157618176 | ||
| Nov 11, 2015 at 20:20 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | As an out of world answer, weapons tend to be designed to work well with the style of the wielder. Some weapons are designed to be used with brute force. Others are designed to allow you to make a choice first, then let physics work the rest out. It would be reasonable that a jedi's weapon would leverage their sensitivity, especially with respect to the force, so it would be a weapon that can leverage the wielder's ability to simply "do the right thing" because they felt it. Such a weapon would be dangerous without such sensitivity, as indicated by how hard they are to use by non-jedi. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 19:19 | comment | added | David Conrad | "An elegant weapon for a more civilized age." | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 16:44 | comment | added | TylerH | In addition to the existing answers, I've read some about lightsabers serving as a tool to attune a Jedi's connection with the Force, in order to enhance that connection and direct it. They become more capable Force users with their lightsaber (thanks to the crystals inside, mostly). Since their power comes almost entirely from their ability to connect with and harness the Force, this makes lightsabers an almost necessary tool. Don't have time to research a source, so I'll leave this as a comment. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 14:56 | comment | added | Jodrell | because the producer/writer/director of the film thought it would make it better. I happen to agree, duels with pistols don't last long. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 14:46 | comment | added | user40790 | Because blasters aren't capable of deflecting blaster fire and cutting open doors. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 14:31 | comment | added | Tyler Durden | Because a gun is way too easy. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 9:08 | comment | added | GeoffAtkins | OOU - Rule of cool. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 8:12 | answer | added | Eric Towers | timeline score: 27 | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 4:24 | vote | accept | madmadir | ||
| Nov 11, 2015 at 3:56 | answer | added | user4493605 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 3:42 | history | edited | Often Right | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2015 at 3:41 | answer | added | Often Right | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 3:39 | answer | added | Wad Cheber | timeline score: 65 | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 3:36 | history | edited | Wad Cheber | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2015 at 3:32 | history | asked | madmadir | CC BY-SA 3.0 |