Timeline for How does the Mandalorian armor stop a lightsaber?
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| Nov 22, 2021 at 19:32 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | @PeterCordes If it's inconsistent with our understanding of physics - or, simply, Organic Marble's "plot armour" - why is that not sufficient, in the Star Wars universe? | |
| Nov 22, 2021 at 2:45 | comment | added | Organic Marble | It's literally plot armor. | |
| Nov 21, 2021 at 23:16 | history | edited | Laurel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2021 at 3:31 | comment | added | Peter Cordes | @RobbieGoodwin: Because super-hot plasma should be able to melt any solid material. (Or burn or vaporize, if that happens first when transferring huge amounts of heat into it.) Star Wars is supposedly set in our universe (a long time ago in a galaxy far far away), although this wouldn't be the only case of things working in ways that are inconsistent with our understanding of physics. (e.g. banked turns in space; I'm not talking about "magic" such as force powers) | |
| Nov 20, 2021 at 22:19 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Could you turn that round and explain why Mandalorian Armour shouldn't be invulnerable? | |
| Nov 20, 2021 at 1:28 | comment | added | Mithoron | @EricTowers They think there that Fett's armor was beskar, but there's no indication it was. | |
| Nov 20, 2021 at 0:25 | comment | added | Eric Towers | For a counter-argument, you may with to read M. Windu, "Field Notes from the Battle of Geonosis: The Critical Omission of Bevors from Mandalorian Armor", reporting field experience of successful attacks versus Mandalorian armor. A popularized synopsis appears here. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 19:31 | comment | added | Tony Ennis | If old George thought his movies would change the world, he might have paid more attention to the details. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1461710882099109897 | ||
| Nov 19, 2021 at 12:25 | comment | added | Austin Hemmelgarn | Note that in most cases when the question is ‘how does X stop a lightsaber?’, the answer has usually been either ‘it dissipates heat absurdly well’ or ‘it has ray shields’. I don’t think there’s ever been an official explanation for beskar though. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 10:27 | answer | added | marianoju | timeline score: 22 | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 7:33 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 19, 2021 at 1:40 | comment | added | Mithoron | See this answer to "Is there any material which cannot be cut by a lightsaber?". | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 1:40 | comment | added | Mithoron | It was quite difficult to cut through blast door. Poor Qui-Gon wasted a lot of time and still didn't open it. So, I guess beskar is similar, just that normal output from lightsaber is not enough to melt it - energy gets dissipated too fast for the metal to reach melting point. | |
| Nov 18, 2021 at 23:33 | answer | added | Silly but True | timeline score: 27 | |
| Nov 18, 2021 at 23:27 | history | asked | Brandon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |