Can a Lightsaber Block Bullets? (Because Science w/ Kyle Hill)

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Star Wars gave us the civilized weapon of the Jedi world with the lightsaber, but could it handle the weapons of OUR world? Kyle is using the Force on this week's Because Science!
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• HEAT OF VAPORIZATION: bit.ly/2toauRm
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• ENERGY TO VAPORIZE 9MM: bit.ly/2vzSro5
• ENERGY TO MELT 9MM: bit.ly/2tnLPfH
• MUZZLE VELOCITIES: bit.ly/2vAbn6a

[@Nerdist]

Should Jar Jar Binks be dead? NEW mini-ep over on my Insta (instagram.com/sci_Phile/). Thanks for watching! -- KH

[@sohamtalekar7820]

Nerdist awesome as always

[@windhelmguard5295]

don't say "degree kelvin" it'S just "kelvin"

[@nylcalvario5592]

Nerdist no I like him

[@tortoise2.04]

Nerdist why are the jedis a her

[@vvFREAKOUTvv]

It would take a lot more than 3 million volts to even injure the dark lord. The amount of electricity to even make Darth Jar-Jar even flinch is not even calculable by our science yet.

[@darthjawa1369]

Bullets Exist in Star wars already. Tusken raiders for example use them. They call them Slugthrowers.

[@Koreanspree]

don't forget about the Trandoshans

[@stevenpeven258]

Many bowcasters (Wookiee guns) also use solid projectiles, in main cannon they use metal quarrels enveloped in plasma, while in legends, some were modified to fire pure energy like laser weapons do, it just depends on who made the weapon and what materials were available. Source: starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bowcaster

[@Zathren]

Toby Redguard He's not wrong. Just proved the movie isn't scientifically real. Which is all movies really.

[@seanrea550]

and the slug throwers are preferred Jedi hunter weapons.

[@mrscary3105]

I run SWRPG, and yes, you are very right. Also in the Star Wars book "Shatterpoint" it was stated they could block, but not reflect slugs.

[@BigFraz0]

Lets all be honest we're all subscribed to Nerdist purely for 'Because Science' with Kyle

[@Sigzyl]

Fraser Soley-Peters of course we are

[@grimrenaissance]

Fraser Soley-Peters He's the one bringing the numbers, even Jess with all her hotness can't do that, I love her attitude a lot though.

[@slowpokechef]

Fraser Soley-Peters I watch for the chobot

[@ParthSareen]

here because.... Kyle

[@Whereareyouroam]

You forgot Jessica Chobot

[@itsbk6192]

Laser sword❌ Lightsaber❌ Plasmatana✔✔✔

[@darthskarr8975]

It's Bk - I'm writing my own Sci-Fi novels and have just trademarked Plasmatana's. Thank you. XD

[@RtistiqSkubie]

It's Bk did you get that name from No More Heroes, the game?

[@raymondwiggins354]

It's Bk more like a plasma stick... Except the dark saber. It was too cool to be a stick.

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

But what about Electrapier?

[@AXharoth]

phase-kukri

[@PetCreeer]

I feel like liquid lead traveling super fast is worse than an intact bullet

[@ottopike737]

PetCharmander it's probably more survivable. the damage would be more shallow.

[@seigeengine]

I doubt it, actually. If the liquid lead traveled far enough after melting, sure, but since it's melted very close to where it will hit you, it's not going to spread out meaningfully more just because it's molten, so it's going to impact with the same force into the same area.

[@TheJerseyNinja]

seigeengine not exactly, the insane amount of energy transfer would slow the molten lead down quite a bit. It definitely wouldn’t penetrate you. But you would have some third degree burns that’s for sure.

[@seigeengine]

How would the energy transfer slow down the lead? Cause I'm not aware of any reason it would do so, since it isn't vaporizing the lead meaningfully.

[@TheJerseyNinja]

seigeengine it’s still transferring energy, and quite a lot. It’s turning solid lead into molten lead in microseconds, that’s pretty meaningful. The lightsaber would be absorbing quite a bit of the energy of the bullet in the process, most likely then creating a “kick” to the Jedi. Now it wouldn’t slow down DRASTICALLY, but enough to the effect that for it now being a liquid, it won’t penetrate due to sheer impact force

[@franciscomagalhaes5812]

That was how snoke got his face.

[@TheKhopesh]

7:00 So, fun fact: Molten lead (melted from kinetic impact) hardens back into it's solid state VERY quickly at those speeds. Said molten lead does separate though, which means that it doesn't just melt into a glob of hot metal and harden into a hard glob of metal, it turns into a "shower" of metal raindrop shaped pellets. This means that you wouldn't be getting splashed by molten lead, you'd be getting shot by a LITERAL MINIATURE SHOTGUN BLAST, probably going at about 2/3rds to 3/4ths the starting speed. So you're still getting fatally shot, and additionally you're getting cooked from the inside by the frying-pan-hot lead inside your body. Long story short, if you try to block a bullet with a lightsaber, you're just making it so each bullet turns into a minishotgun shot that virtually can't miss, and making the bullets even MORE deadly by shredding your insides, then COOKING THEM FROM THE INSIDE.

[@naphackDT]

Honestly nobody would use lead bullets against Jedi. Just use tungsten rounds. They won't even melt.

[@bobafat2082]

TheKhopesh just responding to see if anyone (tries to) argue with this.

[@brainplay8060]

The problem with the theory is that the tiny particles in the "shotgun" effect have much less mass and much less penetrative power. They'll also be irregularly shaped which means they lose speed incredibly fast. Any lead that's semi-molten would strike and expand on contact also dispersing the energy across the surface. Any sort of heavy clothing would probably stop the majority of the re-solidified splatter let alone any sort of armor. What fake nerd boy in this video forgets is that the ability to block blaster bolts in the first place is due to Force enhanced reflexes. Not only could they block shots but they could dodge them much like Neo from the Matrix. You would have to overwhelm them with full auto fire or bring friends and fire from numerous angles. Of course they could just eject your magazines or force choke you.

[@NickCombs]

This is the conversation I was looking for :) Yes, I think the melted bullet would still have penetrating power. Consider that it's not being blown apart by the plasmatana, but merely melted in place. This means you're less likely to get a shotgun-like spray, and the molten lead is going to continue on (with all of it's momentum) as a single mass. At those speeds, the bullet, liquid as it might be, is still going to penetrate that dumb cloak and tunic and flesh. It has to lose much of its velocity before it starts to splatter. So you're just going to have a normal bullet wound on the outside and a slightly shallower (but much nastier) internal wound. And a Jedi that deflects a shot with his/her plasmatana is not attempting to dodge the shot, so they're definitely super dead.

[@alexanerose4820]

+Robot Wolf Block? eh maybe not unless the molten bullet has some other interaction with the lightsaber that we might not be taking into account. But catching it? Well with the reflexes a jedi has and the fact that they don't really have to catch the bullet per se like a blaster bolt then using the force to catch/stop/deflect a bullet mid flight is actually plausible. any mass that isn't like say a missile coming form range should be easy to stop

[@jrbird1983]

HOW FAST WOULD A DROP OF WATER NEED TO TRAVEL TO BREAK SKIN?

[@kldn-xtlxmr458]

Same as a bullet I guess

[@wilbarker8171]

One layer of skin?

[@0ttimo]

bellyflop speed

[@Shaggy_Rogers0001]

The speed of light

[@vorizon2370]

"Don't bring a plasmatana to a gun fight". " Bring the force!"

[@Brendan-kx8iy]

@The Bengalee Sceptic No they wouldn't. Jedi aren't batters waiting for the ball to come, they have Precognition/farsight which means they know where you are going to fire the projectile before you even pull the trigger. And bullets can't be deflected, but they can be blocked.

[@Brendan-kx8iy]

@The Bengalee Sceptic and bullets would be easier to stop than a blaster bolt because they are slower and are solid. Slugthrowers are Mach 5+ and are made of stronger materials than from our world. And even then, they only leave small, very insignificant drops of molten lead that don't even penetrate the robes a Jedi is wearing. A bullet from our world which is at best, Mach 2 would just be blocked and wouldn't pass through the saber.

[@_piulin_]

@The Bengalee Sceptic Eh, do you've watched "The Matrix"? If Neo can stop bullets with telekinesis, Force-users can, too.

[@Brendan-kx8iy]

@The Bengalee Sceptic Obi-Wan blocked Slugthrowers with his lightsaber before in a comic. Therefore they actually can be blocked. Also, Slugthrowers are more advanced than our guns. So a bullet would be blocked but not deflected back at the user due to it being metal.

[@Brendan-kx8iy]

@The Bengalee Sceptic also what do you mean by SWG? and it's proven by shatterpoint and other sources that blaster bolts are at least as fast if not faster than bullets. Put a tracer on a bullet and they appear to move around the same speeds.

[@Malicious_Hero]

This is established in the Star Wars universe already. Look up Slug Throwers. They were firearms in Star Wars that basically just shot bullets, for the sole purpose of fighting Jedi. Sure, go ahead, block my shot. Then just take the melted metal.

[@marctim1000]

Malicious Hero not everyone has time for that, thats why we have this beautiful specimen explaining it to us

[@tommydoez]

wouldn't the force just guide the Jedi to use their hilts instead of the blade to deflect the bullet? Wouldn't the Jedi be able to either rip the Slug Throwers from the user's hands or stop the bullet in its track/ deflect it with the force? Also if metal bullets were the way to stop the Jedi why aren't certain Stormtroopers trained in using the slug throwers instead of using that weird lighting rod thing? Isn't the Jedi's cloak made to stop a plasma shot/ spread out the energy from the shot so wouldn't it do the same to the melted metal? Alongside that, I just find it hilarious a Jedi would do better with a knife against a gun rather than with a lightsaber.

[@101Mant]

Malicious Hero just be because it happens in the SW universe doesn't mean the sceince holds up.

[@Nerdist]

That's awesome! -- KH

[@jimbo_2676]

Tem PlaYZ!!! Yes but that would take a huge amount of focus and in a battle situation it wouldn't be possible

[@red62]

how strong is a superhero's skeletal structure? Let's say Spiderman for example: if he can lift tons of metal over his head (a small car for example), how strong does his bones have to be to not collapse under all that weight?

[@PrinceofMilk]

Red62 You are a genius

[@jquannjones]

Dahamsterbro for real though give this man all the cookies

[@Kaine2099]

Red62 there was a 80s or 90s comic that said he weighted 220 pounds, but if you see marvel website or universe it says that he's magically 167 pounds, I hate that, I'm talking about spider man and he's 5'10" so yeah he should be 220 pounds to have the muscle and/or bone structure to lift his 20 tons standard strength ,you're welcome

[@jacobschlenker8130]

Well I assumed his body was enhanced including his bones

[@Johncornwell103]

The average asgardian in cannon according to the comics bone structure is 6 times stronger than a human. Which lets the average asgardian lift around 50 tons at peak strength. The Odin family is enhanced even further with the Odinforce which lets them lift the weight of blackholes.

[@meezalamazala279]

But what if the wielder had the high ground?

[@theemeraldstar7713]

Still no, The wielder still wouldn't have the reflexes to do it, and even if he had conveniently had the light saber in the right place then still the bullet would be going too fast, It would have to be too high to see the wielder for the bullet to slow down enough.

[@nolankorica3752]

The joke flew right over your head

[@bushwooky1964]

TheEmeraldStar - WHOOOSH

[@DarthNoox]

Meezala Mazala {Humanoid Form of the universes} they automatically win

[@xtreamdream439]

@@theemeraldstar7713 mostly jedi use light saber so would they really need one

[@Ryan-iu5tx]

If the Jedi has the reflexes to block bullets, why don’t they just dodge them?

[@brixsenblocks7572]

Unknown They dint block bullets they block blaster bolts which move slower.

[@Brendan-kx8iy]

@@brixsenblocks7572 Blaster Bolts are actually Hypersonic+, they are faster than bullets, they are only super slowed down. And they are obviously as fast if not faster because normal people can't react to them.

[@wompingdroid]

😂😂😂

[@750tiprogamer]

@@Brendan-kx8iy where did you read that blaster bullets are faster

[@Slade432]

b b they are actually faster than light

[@Specter2197]

1) In the Legends canon, "slugthrowers" are actually decent counters to dealing with lightsaber wielders, but because they're bulkier, heavier, dirtier, etc. most people just use blasters. 2) Padme died because Palpatine transferred her life force into Anakin/Vader in order to ensure he survived. This also conveniently killed off Palpy's apprentice's last ties to his former identity. Well, supposedly it did, but y'know, Skywalker twins.

[@Nerdist]

This is SO nerdy -- KH

[@gslinger19]

You're a host on a channel called the Nerdist dude. You expect?...... ;)

[@ahmedabusabib5424]

Nerdist Geeky*

[@schmittywhamjenson]

Specter2197 this isn't cannon

[@cyrusmeyer2816]

Nothing in the movie even said that bullshit. Theories arent ever right in movies so stop making up excuses. The writers gave you a reason for her death so deal with it

[@Nerdist]

*The "Kyle is Wrong!" FAQ* 1. I chose room temperature for the bullet because I figured the majority of the mass -- the lead -- wouldn't be heated nearly as much as the jacket, which can melt during firing. It would make it impossible to determine the temp of the interior. 2. I used a vertical orientation for a lightsaber, and not an optimal angle, because that's the angle it looks like Jedi usually block at. 3. I didn't factor in the material making up the jacket of the bullet because it wasn't the majority of the mass, and therefore wouldn't change the value that much. It would only make the math longer. 4. I said "degree Kelvin" to distinguish that it's a degree unit for people who may not be familiar with Kelvin. We're not all engineers and chemists. 5. If a Jedi COULD block bullets, I imagine they would have blocked the blaster bolts -- slower, magnetic, and more visible projectiles -- during Order 66. 6. I went on my Padme rant -- knowing canonically she died of a broken heart and that that's a real thing (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy) -- because no matter what her problem was, it would feasibly be handled by the kind of tech that could give her husband 4 new limbs and a suit that keeps his entire body functioning. -- KH (UPDATING)

[@gslinger19]

Padme's death is crap. You're not wrong about that. The reason is Palapatine supposedly lifedrained her into Anakin but I don't see how he could have done that. The only thing I think you're wrong about is that bullet weapons exist in Star Wars and the Jedi seem to be able to handle them just fine. How? Because Jedi. Which is kinda a lousy reason I know. :) Love this show BTW.

[@goldenhedgehog9]

gslinger19 slug throwers (the name of bullet firing guns in the Star Wars Galaxy) are the favored weapon of Jedi hunters, because they give Jedi the most trouble, they can't be deflected, and even if blocked, they still end up getting hurt. People have been going on about this through the entire comment section.

[@Samael1113]

While the prostheses are a high level of tech that would imply they could have done something, and Bacta had already been proven to be a miracle healing solution for numerous species throughout the SW Galaxy, you can't know for certain the technology to keep her alive and non-vegetative exists and is easily available in SW AND even if it was in existence, there is no guarantee they had the resources available and on-hand at the time of her death. People die all the time in hospitals because that particular hospital doesn't have the technologies available to them to help what is wrong with a person. Even though it is in existence at another medical facility. Also, Darth Vader's suit is a well-guarded Sith secret, employing Sith Alchemical processes to create And if you know anything about the Sith, you know they jealously guard their secrets. Typically learning something, whether through their own experimentation or finding an old Sith's holocron, record it into their own holocron then destroy any other copies of the information, so that they are the only one to have that power. In the EU, Sidious had made a handful of suits similar to Vader's.

[@4G12]

Nerdist Agreed with most points except point 5. They could and did deflect blaster bolts very well, but there is a limit to that ability, depending on the power of the individual Jedi. Order 66 was the ultimate backstab that took most of them by surprise. Do you not remember the likes of Aayla Secura being literally shot from behind in her back and her not defending at all due to not anticipating the treachery? As for bullets, they are massive objects and one strong in telekinesis has many ways to deal with them armed with nothing but the Force.

[@colemanliam1]

wouldnt the bullet slow down a considerable ammount while interacting with the plasma

[@ineran448]

Woh woh woh. Guys. This is amazing. Dude is actually writing backwards and it looks normal.

[@ravenskill9940]

Ine Ran thank you!! Somebody noticed. It took me several vids but once I realized what he was doing there.. I must say, I'm impressed!

[@DarkThomy]

Me too at first. Recently I realized they probably inverted the video.

[@almondpotato9483]

They inverted the vid guys... It took me like 10 seconds to figure that out...

[@demonetizeddinosaur3655]

How does he write it though? Does he have a clear whiteboard in front of him or something?

[@djlego1591]

@@demonetizeddinosaur3655 no it's editing

[@Tabs1551]

No, they can’t. This is explained in the EU. A slug thrower is a weapon that shoots bullets. This weapon is most commonly used by Tusken Raiders. The bullet is melted by the lightsaber, but still goes through, injuring the user.

[@skyet1273]

EU and Canon have gone different paths.

[@forgottenrights351]

Lightsaber could stop bullets. For a detailed explanation, see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGapoIZsl66gjck

[@marikasdaughter6263]

@@skyet1273 Yeah, except disney doesn't get to retcon previously established George Lucas approved things. So despite Disney saying EU isn't canon, they can go fuck themselves on that front. Disney just doesn't want to be associated with things they can't control. They have no love for starwars or it's universe, they're using it as a cash cow, they're not exactly the people you go to for facts.

[@daliasaravia1443]

HAHAHAH that Padme rant tho 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 so true 🙄

[@user-wz5py9kf7i]

Dalia Saravia palpetine did it on purpose. So Vader would suffer more and be more powerfull, because that how the darkside works.

[@WasNiksIsNiksWordtNiks]

Dalia Saravia padme died by a broken heart...

[@biohazard724]

Mischa de Bruijn Padme died of a brain embolism brought on by being *strangled* just before bearing twins.

[@0x0404]

There is no cure for a broken heart

[@xenostyrant4118]

Dalia Saravia There is a fantheory that Palpatine used the Dark Side to kill Padme to let Vader live using the method to prevent death that he learned from Darth Plagius

[@caseytodd7632]

I was SO waiting for the George Lucas "laser sword" and as always, Kyle delivers.

[@chaosscarecrow6002]

I love how he complains on the fact that they have so much other advanced medical technology but they couldnt save Padme lol XD genius

[@icerator]

It was a plot armour

[@kaiserhundkek2531]

I’m not so sure anybody could stop an exploded heart.

[@robyn4111]

I love the little rant halfway through "you can give him (Anakin/Vader) a whole perfect arm but you couldn't handle her (Padmé) lady parts?"

[@ermacjones4821]

It had to be done, without her death, there can be no Vader. She had to go.

[@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495]

The C.I.A. I mean, not really. Anakin just had to believe she was dead, and Palpatine is super good at lying.

[@socialdeviant13]

Modern medicine in a nutshell...

[@AndreaIannini]

A sufficiently experienced Jedi would use the Force to block what his lightsaber can't. Even Darth Vader was too lazy to ignite his lightsaber in the Empire when he blocked Han's shots with his hand.

[@TerryTerius]

Andrea Iannini Probably, but we are talking about the feasibility of blocking a bullet with a lightsaber specifically.

[@ggez3933]

But blaster shots are waaaaay slower than bullets. If it took 70 microseconds to get through 2.5 cm, it would take 2800 microseconds, or 0.0028 seconds to get through 1 m. Let's say you would shoot from maybe 20 m away in a gunfight where you use pistols with slow moving bullets. That would mean 0,056 seconds for you to react. I don't care how fast your reflexes are, or if you can predict the future, you can't block that willingly with force. It would probably take that amount of time for the force to actually take effect on things, because it can't be instant, so even if you started the process of stopping the bullet with the force when the trigger was pulled, you would still get shot. An assault rifle could reach 1200 m/s, which is almost 4 times faster than the pistol bullet in the video, which would give you just over 0,01 seconds to react from 20 metres, and use the force.

[@jeetsupa4362]

You do know that force users can deflect blaster fire with their eyes closes? They can predict it.

[@ceremyjlarkson9475]

(Copy pasted response of mine to a different comment, Might get a little wooonnnnkkkkyyyyyyy) *Initiate in the hall of the mountain king* I believe you are to be wronged here. Let's assume they force push de boolets because that would quick and effective. We must define what a force push actually is. Considering it can, you know, push an all manner of things, we shall assume that they push air forward. But when you push air, you get sound. So, they are really just using sound to push the bullets out of the way (lemme know if you think this is wrong, I'm not the most educated in the starwars universe). Now we know what the push actually is, we need to know what is being fired at it. A fairly common bullet is the 7.62x51mm NATO round. It puts out a whopping 3304 joules of energy. Now, because you want to counter that with sound, we need to know what a sound is measured in. Loudness is a measure of decibels, and decibels are measured in watts, and watts are joules per second. Now, our energy to stop the bullet is 3304 watts. Now, our wonderful little decibel formula is quite complicated, with it's silly little logarithm. But what is a Logarithm? Okay, think of it as so. 20 decibels is not twice as powerful as 10 decibels, but actually TEN times as powerful. So, now we plug in our numbers and pull the lever on our mechanical calculator, and we get our answer. 1784 decibels (Check me if you want, still a stupid number). Okay, here is where our problems start. You wanna know how truly powerful that is? THAT IS THE SOUND POWER OF SEVEN GODDAMN NUCLEAR FUCKING WEAPONS! HOLY SHIT! YOU WOULDN'T JUST STOP THE BULLET, YOU WOULD STOP THE ENTIRE GODDAMN WAR! AND EVERYBODY WITHIN A FUCKING 100 MILE RADIUS WOULD BE DEAD! YOU WOULD BE VIOLENTLY EVISCERATED, YOU BEING ERASED FROM EXISTENCE! THEY COULDN'T BURY YOU, BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO BURY! AT ALL! NOTHING! NIL! DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH THE FORCE PEOPLE! Okay, I'm chill. The problem with using sound (even though that is the only likely option in terms of physics) is that the thing that created it is massively more powerful than the sound created. Okay, There is your explanation of how the force just couldn't work.

[@thebanditman5663]

jeetsupa blasted bolts generally travel at 130 fps bullets general around 300 mps

[@jerrycolvin3315]

we can't just breeze past the insane tooth whistle at 0:34

[@GulfsideMinistries]

Great ear. :)

[@anakinskywalker3282]

"Its a older code but it checks out" "its a older study but it checks out" i love it

[@FenixFang]

Finally realized that you guys just flip the footage to make the writing readable

[@douglasfisher4068]

EpicLazyKing it’s actually a special glass board that is transparent and And on his end everything you write is normal but on the other end it appears as normal as well It’s cool tech

[@FenixFang]

@@douglasfisher4068 Cool, I never knew

[@rowanbrown5541]

I always love when because science covers the same thing as I just did in physics. It makes me feel smart

[@HernoF94]

3:34 The Phantom...WHAT?!

[@mariusdogaru2618]

hernan frankrajch MENACCE!!!

[@LOSTKILLERDRAENEI]

Duh, the Phantom Menache, the one with Qui-gon Tequila

[@D.A.R.C.I.]

hernan frankrajch how did i not notice this?! XDDD

[@Nerdist]

Now you all have to suffer with this like I have. -- KH

[@maeve3207]

Read this as he said it. Face palm.

[@jasonholmesmusic1489]

7:20 Padme actually lost the will to survive because Anakin fell to the dark side she would have been perfectly fine medically otherwise Idk if it makes more or less sense than what you said

[@Draculas-knight]

@Agnish Roy well you could have a heart atack because of a heart broke however there is a theory that palpy drain life force powered padme to help anakin yet thats even more lame another thing if they can make clones of people with actual memories of their original counterpart why not just clone padme palpatine did and its way more easier to transfer souls to a husk in force wise i mean

[@sergeantsonso3490]

i can't believe i sat here for over 10 minutes watching a grown man play with a toy lightsaber

[@kgbcommitteeforstatesecuri3315]

I came I Saw I Conquered Thank you and Goodnight thats like the weirdest porn to watch

[@jonsitoa]

I came I Saw I Conquered Thank you and Goodnight because he look like thor thats the reason

[@baronvonbrunn8596]

A grown man playing with [wwhhm lightsaber noises] light saber? How [WHMM DZZZZ lightsaber noises] is this [lightsaber noises] possible... oh... don˙t [WZZM turning off lightsaber noise] care that noises, thats just my lightsaber... [turning on lightsaber noise] [silent pew pew laser noises] Im deffinitely not PLAYING with lightsaber [pew pew noises wzzm lightsaber noises]...

[@rodrigolabastida5775]

But could Jedi use force to stop Them?

[@TsukiraLuna]

Them? No! Sadly, the Illuminati can't be stopped.

[@240pixel]

try stopping thing you can't really see coming...

[@bernieburton6520]

A really well trained and force sensitive Jedi ( or Sith) is precognitive, so they should be aware that someone is shooting a bullet at them, even before the shot is fired, so they should be able to just use the force to stop the bullet itself. If the force can stop a blaster bolt, it should be able to stop a bullet as well. And really, it should be able to return the projectile to the person who fired the shot as well. It would be interesting to know if a Force user could have an object travel at high velocities. If the power of the force is really only limited by the faith/ imagination of the individual force user, than the force is probably capable of Far more than we ever actually see used in the various stories.

[@240pixel]

Bernie Burton well. From what ive seen in the movies even best of jedi struggles reaching objects using force. I mean stationary objects. But if i fire a burst of machinegun fire they would have hard time trying to stop bunch of bullets flying at about 900m/second

[@inatus_s]

Rodrigo Labastida yes jedi can, with enough power and understanding of the force, some for user can even bring down a ship so.... yup

[@TenshiR]

The ending of this video made me unlike my original like so I could like it ALL OVER again...twice

[@bishop6881]

RiGo (head turn) do it!

[@emeraldis3553]

Is it possible to learn this power?

[@mouthwateringtofu]

Hello

[@transformersloverjon]

Sneaky fake out.

[@dickshneeze4566]

This is why one of the best ways to kill a Jedi is to use a "slug thrower". It's basically like the guns we use, where a metal "slug" is projected out. Did you know that the slug thrower is used by tusken raiders?

[@mpcollins1993]

johnallentanktoad 2015 A Jedi would just push the slugs away from them

[@cian9393]

Mike Collins Only a master Jedi could

[@aaronmoise8261]

-Nub- X a master is stretch most knights are pretty competent with the force

[@Groundlord]

Assuming they can detect the shooter's hostile intentions in time ro react AND they aren't otherwise distracted from using the Force, maybe. That's also assuming that they're good enough with the Force to stop/deflect a projectile with that much speed and kinetic energy behind it.

[@Hamieee]

Why don't Jedi hunters use shotguns? Jedi reflexes might be able to block one pellet but the next seven or eight ought to do the trick.

[@TheBenjamin501]

hamie the force. Ie: force push (probs just redirect the bullets), force dash, or even (for some jedi) just stop the bullets

[@Hamieee]

Benjamin Richardson but it has been shown that the force takes concentration that is hard to achieve while fighting.

[@TheBenjamin501]

hamie u are right But to be fair I think most Jedi would be able to at least redirect the bullets to the side with a simple force push which most can do even in the midst of a fight

[@TheBenjamin501]

hamie also I think most masters would be able to stop the bullets even when fighting but those r just the masters

[@Hamieee]

Benjamin Richardson yeah, I don't think criminals would care much about the rank, just the fact that they liked a Jedi

[@whitherwhence]

5:47 PAINFULY missed opportunity for an "over 9000" joke! I am dissappointed.

[@cosmichyper6165]

The Doctor. simply The Doctor. ikkkkkkkkk

[@avolvox]

HAHAHA OMG SO RELEVANT, MAKES ME XD

[@seeker296]

Gunpowder ruins everything

[@wildwest8069]

This makes a lot of sense for Jedi Killers in universe to pack slugthrowers as certain bounty hunters and assassins did. Neat! Bit late, but neat!

[@abstraction6212]

Have you seen what kenobi did in tcw 2004? You can block bullets with the force

[@kotyissocool]

Star Wars comics already answered this when someone fired a conventional bullet at Obi-Wan: he blocked and got molten lead in his face as a result

[@yea0276]

We don't need a deathstar...We need a machine gun!

[@mardy3732]

yea02 Seems like the technology in star wars should allow them to make a simple machine gun.

[@jaojintalonis92]

It would be useless against Jedi though as they can manipulate objects with hand gestures (see end of the Matrix). They don't seem to be able to manipulate energy as easily as matter which is why they block bolts rather than just waving them off.

[@daegan_ftw]

Unless you're Kylo Ren...

[@OPCI_2501_V]

yea02 bring a 88mm cannon with high explosive ammo, let's see what happens when you try and block that with a light saber 😎

[@mardy3732]

First off, Neo isn't a jedi. And you see Kylo Ren stopping Poe's blaster with ease. It's not as easy for a jedi to manipulate object without proper concentration and it's more limited than you think. You see a lot of times when jedi are fighting non-force users they still can't use the force to just ragdoll them around (grievous for example) even though they should have no way to shield themselves from it. The bullets would travel fast and fire rapidly so unless the force user can create some kind of kinetic wall he'll have to focus on every individual bullet and redirect it. In the heat of a battle I don't see this happening.

[@8BitBronyz]

What if you were to tilt the saber to increase bullet's time spent in the plasma? If holding perpendicular yields 2500 joules in the time frame, it stands to reason that tilting it 45 degrees increases the distance to about 3.5 cm and energy to about 3500 joules. Say the length of the sword is 3ft which is close to 90 cm. So holding it at 90 degrees should put out around 10x the necessary joules. Somewhere between this is the sweet spot. Tilting it to about 9 cm distance is key. So with the hypotenuse at 9cm and the width at 2.5cm, the angle should be cos(2.5/9)*180/3.14. If my trig is right (probably not), the angle to yield 9000 joules is about a 55.13 degree tilt. So it is feasible.

[@chaos_omega]

Maybe they could also move with the bullet to increase the contact time?

[@reniorjd]

8BitBronyz like he said you still have hot vapor flying towards you which is still bad, just imagine how bad people get burned by steam.

[@reniorjd]

Hell People have die to things like this. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3144363/Engineer-burned-death-jet-super-heated-280C-steam-climbed-inside-broken-industrial-oven-rendering-plant.html

[@8BitBronyz]

reniorjd if it's vaporized, there's only heat splash which is uncomfortable but as long as you're mobile, is nothing to worry about. If you were to stand still and block shot after shot, you might bake yourself but keep moving and the heat is quickly disappated and harmless. Mostly because there's a difference between heat and temperature. The temperature is high but the heat is insignificant. You can burn yourself on steam but a couple milliliters of water turning to steam won't have the energy of heat to raise the temperature of your skin deep and thoroughly enough to do damage. That and if the sword is held at arm's length, there's the chance that the momentum goes to 0 first and rises above you instead. At the very least it takes some calculation of air resistance to a heavy gas. But it's likely going to be successful.

[@8BitBronyz]

Chaos Omega they could but it seems unlikely to time that with the bullets. 350 m/s right? That's 1m every 1/350 seconds. Reaction time and predicting shots can only take you so far. :p

[@sourzebra9289]

The force wouldn’t work if Jedi came to this galaxy because it doesn’t exist here

[@ccvelcro4514]

Lol true because midicholorians around you and etc etc

[@DuraheLL]

My new favorite channel on youtube. This guy is fantastic.

[@wishbone346]

If I'm remembering correctly in the old canon (Legends) lightsabers were said to not be able to stop slugthrowers (the Star Wars equivalent of our ballistic projectile weapons.) This actually made slugthrowers extremely popular with Jedi hunters.

[@uberness77]

...Yeah they were. Mace Windu even advises a group of people using Slug throwers against him to use blasters in Shatterpoint.

[@manticleague4106]

Do the science of glass slippers

[@cthulwho8197]

ManticLeague Many believe that "glass" was a mistranslation, and that on the original tales they were "squirrel" slippers. In other words slippers made from squirrel fur.

[@jaggerra7]

I read somewhere that they were fancy fur lined slippers.

[@kelsouthdeaton5093]

Cthulwho? There were a lot of different versions of the story and the slippers from different parts of the Germanic lands. Some had fur slippers some had glass. Grimm brothers consolidated versions of the different fairy tales.

[@leoschenk2118]

This is why the mandalorians switched to slugthrowers when fighting the jedi

[@sethnewport1187]

In one of the movies of starwars a lightsaber goes through a big metal door while they are on a big spaceship so I think it would stop bullets if it can go through a door

[@Shaggy_Rogers0001]

You're completely wrong!

[@tommysubak4391]

Thanks for that shout out Kyle. I know it was for me. I just know

[@Nerdist]

It was -- KH

[@Mastermind4life]

When someone makes the parody video of some weeaboo bringing a light saber to a gun fight and as hes dying on the floor, screaming "whhhhhy" dramatically , the shooter looks at the camera and winks "because science" give me a shout out :P

[@daegan_ftw]

Star Wars fanboys are not weeaboos. Only people obsessed with Japanese pop culture and/or anime fit that terms definitions. The word your looking for is not one I can provide.

[@johnapple6646]

How do you have 52 likes

[@tabitharyan1243]

Daegan Noel you're just lonely and need sunlight. And to be more social.

[@tabitharyan1243]

John Apple because this is real humour.

[@lgtvflia.ruffinelli6569]

Sirreptitious Clandestine but in that ocassion it was a game

[@Equinox4O7]

Just discovered your channel and I'm loving your videos

[@AeneasGemini]

There are projectile weapons in star wars (mandalorian rippers, which could also penetrate shields) and they were classed as illegal and slugthrowers were considered primitive, but after this I'm starting to think that was just the jedi stopping their enemies from being able to absolutely decimate them. Then again they could just invent a force power that could stop them

[@Lateknightgames]

Extrapolating upon the numbers, and taking into account a Jedi's reflexes. Could a Jedi block a bullet if they allowed it to impact the saber at an angle, increasing the amount of plasma its passing through rather than with the blade perpendicular to the bullets trajectory? If so, what would the angle of impact have to be to achieve vaporization?

[@TheJanitorIsIn]

Late Knight Games I was considering that, though I didnt consider a Jedi would try doing it intentionally.

[@The1stChillaKilla]

well i didnt do the math but to get 90000j and only Transfer 2500 in 2.5cm Diameter means that it would have to go through about 90 cm of lightsaber ( again just quick in my head so there may be mistakes). how long is a lightsaber? I think it would need to go through the complete sabre top to bottom

[@rewrose2838]

Yeah I suppose one could always have an old veteran Jedi now living his life as a peaceful hermit who'd once mastered the art of blocking bullets .... by _not_ receiving the bullet normal to the blade

[@Alaric323]

Well, if my math is right, you need approximately 260 microseconds to achieve this using the numbers given to us. Depending on the speed of the bullet, it would result in between 25 centimeters to a meter or so of lightsaber to move through. Lightsabers are averaged to be a meter in length (but probably depends on the user), so it should be able to vaporize any low caliber bullet if stabbed directly. Of course, there's more factors at play. Potential for atom collisions between the plasma of the lightsaber and the now partially vaporized bullet can redirect some of it, creating a force (which is probably negligible, but still existant), and there's always regions of a plasma that can be cooler than others, and lead atoms can be shown to be influenced by magnetic fields somewhat by introducing them to graphene sheets, so the lightsaber could affect them too (though the lightsaber would be a looping coil of a magnetic field so one side would push and the other would retract, probably resulting in no impact at all.) All in all, WE NEEDS MORE MATHS!

[@Painteagle]

I was thinking the same thing as you all. ChillaKilla I think you added a 0 in there so by those numbers it would be closer to 9 cm (tilted at an angle somewhere around 75 degrees forward or back) but for higher velocity bullets (3-5 times faster based on what was stated in the video) it could take up to 45 cm or about an 87 degree tilt. Higher mass bullets at that speed would take even longer. What we also need to question here is the canon idea that a Lightsaber power level can be adjusted. If a Jedi did have the reflexes to understand what was happening, they could potentially turn up the power level of the plasma to vaporize the bullets. This idea though has the issue that we have no idea what power level Qui-Gon was using in that scene.

[@anakinskywalker549]

You need a teacher! I can show you the ways of the force..

[@jx7945]

Kylo Ren Sup. Darth Vader is still cooler than you.

[@moguldamongrel3054]

Kylo Ren Buuuurnnnn!!!!

[@roigipot8120]

Kylo Ren "You're afraid.. that you will never be as strong as Darth Vader.."

[@tabitharyan1243]

fun fact: kylo may not be as powerful as darth vader, but as of 3 days ago, he officially outranks him.

[@yeetyeet-jb6nc]

Kylo ten doesn't understand science

[@Nhileishere]

17:18 😂😂😂 love that logical vent detour

[@ariatavoosi7020]

This brings a whole new meaning to "packing heat"

[@MercyReigns]

Myth busters did an episode on bending the path of bullets similar to how the wrist watch did. Eventually they had to use a couple (or one, not too sure) extremely strong magnet(s) which resulted in the bullet being dragged downward, not completely stopping the bullet. Keep in mind I'm (kind of) sure they used a giant neodymium magnet.

[@kaimagnus5760]

Mercy Reigns So still nothing practical since the Jedi would have to lure the Gunman into a Magnet Chamber which would result in the same magnatizim killing the Jedi.

[@naphackDT]

What kind of bullet did they use? My guess is they used an AP round with a steel penetrator.

[@sebastiantovarmarquez1902]

or they can just stop the bullets with the force, like Neo.

[@BloodiusAurion]

They can't... otherwise they would stop blasters the same way

[@sebastiantovarmarquez1902]

Felix Rojas Kylo Ren did it in the force awakens.

[@Matt_the_pirate]

And Vader blocked Solo's blaster too

[@Matt_the_pirate]

Also, there are few types of ammo in SW universe (power cells, metallic bolts etc.) but from what I have seen, bolts can be deflected only by the Force, exception for Wookie bowcasters. There are also very powerful kinds of weapons that are impossible to deflect by any means (with storage for only few shots tho). And the disruptor rifles. Oh Force how much I love those.

[@otteroftoast2616]

Right! So this explains why ballistic weaponry is so difficult (of not impossible, but I hate that word) to block in any Star Wars game! Recently, I've played Jedi Academy, and the ballistic weapons of the sand raiders cannot be blocked, but they can be avoided. Thanks for this! This is fascinating, really.

[@Ivan_Berni]

As far as i remember you cant block there because you are not trained enough, you learn that later in the game.

[@senju31]

That Padme rant was out of nowhere but necessary.

[@thejeevsan]

Kyle when you write on the glass (which i assume you are standing behind) are you just mirroring the image or did you learn to write backwards lol

[@ptepaul5173]

thejeevsan I'm pretty sure he is a lefty look at 5s he writes them like a 6 yr old

[@elinobenjamin]

Pte paul that wasn't the question...?? Lmao. I'm pretty sure he learned how to write backwards

[@Nerdist]

I'LL TAKE THIS TO MY GRAVE -- KH

[@ErickFerraz2]

C'mom people. Ocam razors here, they probably just flip the image.

[@D.A.R.C.I.]

Ever notice that he never wears clothing with words on them when hes writing things on the "clear" board?

[@The.Home.Cinema.Engineer]

lmfao !!!!!! @ 5:37 - 5:43 "feelings are dumb" face

[@ramsey5056]

Hunters use bullets to hunt jedis because even if they block it they get hit with hot liquid lead. Spot on.

[@alexanderkilburg7415]

Let me know if I made some mistake, but don't lightsabers act more like physical objects than a pocket of plasma? He seems to say that lightsabers don't have normal force, as in just pressing up against something. We don't see lightsabers interact with non-metal too much, but when Obi Wan cut through the poison worm in Episode II, it was flung across the room, and Mace Windu decapitated Jango Fett, making his head fly 10 feet. Luke's hand moved up when Vader sliced it off Luke's wrist. Normal force can stop bullets.

[@forgottenrights351]

Lightsabers actually could stop bullets. For a detailed explanation, see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGapoIZsl66gjck

[@jamiejackson6552]

If a Jedi ignites lightsaber *Ignites kylos saber* *SCREAMS IN ORDER 66

[@ShadyBoy_]

a perfect opportunity for a "ITS OVERE 9000!" joke missed

[@Nerdist]

My shame is total. -- KH

[@kevincervantes9026]

In the show it actually said "Its over 8000!" and not 9000 go ahead look it up.

[@greatjamaicamecrazy]

Alpha Wolf I think you mean in the original Japanese in order to synch lip flaps for the dub

[@danieltilson4053]

The show said 9000 (dub at least) the manga said 8000.

[@YounesLayachi]

Daniel Tilson dub only

[@vincentxu8217]

5:37 Han Solo: That's not how the Force works!

[@funnyguy19792009]

I know that I have commented on some of your post contradicting your conclusion however I do have respect for you and I enjoy most of your videos as you are right most of the time.

[@NeloAngeloX]

i remember there was an episode of MythBusters where they did alter the path of a bullet. they used like neodymium magnets, several fat stacks of them, that made the bullet drop

[@petergerdes1094]

Didn't they use steel or at least steel jacketed bullets?

[@sadeknight9112]

Heehee... you know how many joules it takes to vaporize a bullet... *IT'S OVER 9000!!!1!*

[@codyopperman5930]

or, you could counter lightsabers with shotguns. They can't block all of the shots if they come at the same time

[@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord]

Cody Opperman yes they can they're jedi

[@NickCombs]

They should really have invented spreadshot blasters in a galaxy far far away. Actually they probably did. We just haven't seen them in the movies yet.

[@bluescorpion6156]

Nick Combs lmao they have in the games, which sure most of them are legend now, meaning it's not cannon, but for example the Wookiee's weapons the bow caster has a spread shot that has been used in multiple games.

[@NickCombs]

Called it!

[@IamnotJohnFord]

I was thinking the same thing. A shotgun with a grenade launcher would lay low many a Jedi. And, just for fun, today's special forces with sniper coverage would decimate Star Wars and Star Trek. No one is blocking everything with shotgun blasts in your face, and supported by a sniper 300 meters away. Sometimes simpler is better.

[@haydengalloway5177]

You're missing two things: 1. The plasma in the magnetic field is mass and that mass would slow the bullet making it stay inside the blade for more than 70 microseconds. 2. If you turned on a 35 Megawatt beam of energy just feet from your body you would 100% catch on fire.

[@forgottenrights351]

Not to mention, the lightsaber is a solid object. They can stop bullets, and I explain how here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGapoIZsl66gjck

[@codycrossman]

Hahaha! "The light sabre is pretty much middle ground... Not the high ground!" 😂

[@Enceladus335]

who needs lightsaber when you got force stop bullets neo style 😎

[@aaronruger5149]

SRSLY Your username makes this comment so much better.

[@rickmiller3778]

Inside the game Knights of the old republic, the old one, the Jedi could create an aura around themselves to shield from damage. So if a Jedi melted the rounds then used the force aura to stop the liquid lead then would the Jedi effectively nullify the effects of bullets? And I'm no genius in any circumstances but I do believe that the Jedi have encountered ballistic weapons before with the Trandoshans. Therefore wouldn't the Jedi have come up with some form of defence against these types of weapons.

[@AeneasGemini]

Mandalorian rippers were projectile weapons not unlike guns, they could pass through shielding. The only thing I could think of that the jedi could do against such a weapons would be.... 'muh de force'. It's a deus ex machina but basically there are energy resistant force powers so why couldn't they absorb kinetic energy as well?

[@frinkls5347]

AeneasGemini Tuskan raiders... In the episode one game for the sega dreamcast, you can block bullets but not deflect them.

[@TheBenjamin501]

Rick Miller also a girl (forget her name) and shaak ti have used the force to stop a lightsaber with their hands

[@nogland8916]

body armor

[@Bilbanzabar]

This just makes me want a because science episode about Magneto.

[@houston3103]

Funny fact, in the ancient mandalorian wars the mandos switched to using solid projectiles because they knew that when a jedi tried to deflect it, the hot shrapnel would his the jedi.

[@phoenixblaze5491]

But what about the droid attack on the wookies?

[@jx7945]

Phoenix BLAZE5 But you forget. They were wearing the strongest of armors. Plot armor.

[@KansasCitian]

Yeah but Jedi could just do their best Neo impersonation and stop the bullets

[@Nerdist]

I'm guessing if they could, they wouldn't have been all Order 66'd. -- KH

[@KibblesDoesStuff]

Henry Powell kylo Ren says "hi" with his super crazy cool force stasis powers

[@doctor99267]

Nerdist how come it's only the dark side that gets cool force powers like stopping a laser in motion or blocking it with hands or even, the coolest yet, force lightning while jedis just push stuff. Guess the mitichlorions are racially biased.

[@bobwilson679]

Nerdist Bullets have more mass than blaster bolts, so they would probably be easier to stop than blaster bolts. Also, as proven in Episode 7, blaster bolts can be stopped using the force, so theoretically a very powerful Jedi should be able to use the force to stop bullets.

[@alexdhamp]

You'd need to be an incredible powerful force user to do that, though, wouldn't you. I mean, pushing someone back as to be MUCH easier than pushing aerodynamic bits of lead flying at your face at extremely high velocity. Kyle! You should do an episode on Force vs Bullets now!! XD

[@andrew3203]

A few changes to the science of a lightsaber. 1. Even if the base of the weapon is magnetically contained plasma, the focusing crystal is a Khyber crystal that channels the Force. This is why the Jedi call it a Light+saber. They channel the Light side of the Force through the weapon and thus imbue the blade with Force powers. (like blocking Sith lightning, or cutting Wraiths and other types of ghosts). 2.Block is poorly used here. Even blaster bolts are never simply blocked, but deflected away (or returned to sender). Just blocking an incoming projectile would make the Jedi subject to the kinetic force of the projectile anyway, same as with armor. But the wrist would be the receiving end, instead of the impact being spread over the torso, like from an impact plate on the armor. SW wiki gives a blaster bolt the energy to blow through a meter of fero-concrete, making them equivalent to heavy artillery from Earth. 3. Telekinesis. If a Force user can grab and smash a Star Destroyer from the sky, they can surely do the same with regular bullets. (not all of them can, but then a bullet is a quintillion times lighter than a space ship). We have seen ( in movies) Force users pull and push objects with their minds, from the lightsabers themselves to crates, debris, ships and so on. A bullet would be stopped ala Matrix long before it reaches the Jedi.

[@erised0303]

Don't forget that a jedi is just fast enough to block a blaster bolt which travels at about the speed of a baseball, but a bullet travels 1000 - 1500 m/s which means that the jedi would probably not block more than half of the bullets. Meaning that if a jedi was being fired at he/she would most likely be dead in less than a minute, especially if the shooter had something like an AK-47 or even a machine gun. So if we were invaded by a bunch of jedi not having any sorts of troopers with them we would most likely win. But they have the force so it would probably be like 50/50 but I still think that we would win.

[@TheBenjamin501]

Koala King yeah i dont believe jedi are "just fast enough" ive seen most jedi deflect many incoming blaster bolts with ease

[@erised0303]

Benjamin Richardson Ok that is true but the point is that blaster bolts don’t travel that fast and a bullet travels at least double the speed meaning it would be a lot harder do try to block a bullet than to block a blaster bolt.

[@TheBenjamin501]

Koala King u are very right and I do believe some of the lesser jedi have no chance against a bullet but I think most of the knights and all of the masters could do it

[@erised0303]

Benjamin Richardson Yeah that’s true. And I think that as long as any Jedi have high enough reaction time they could actually just use the force to push the bullets away or at least make change direction

[@aaronmoise8261]

Koala King what about the force sheild that every Jedi has I feel like bullet cannot or penetrate that

[@mistermeatcake1785]

the only thing hot enough to vaporise bullets is jessica chobot

[@Nerdist]

Prove it -- KH

[@Painteagle]

Did you just order a hit? That can get you taken down from these sites. :P

[@GreenFantom]

Painteagle He didn't order a hit. He asked for someone to test their scientific hypothesis.

[@chaos_omega]

I'm a super-sweet ninja assassin, I'll take the job. I'VE GOT MY SIGHTS ON YOU, CHOBOT! ಠ‿ಠ

[@MaestroMojo]

pepe the haye symbol - Order 69

[@nilaksh007]

I noticed one thing : he can write with his both hands and that too in mirror

[@ravenskill9940]

Nilaksh Singh wait! He uses both? *has to rewatch video*

[@ravenskill9940]

Nilaksh Singh omg ... he does!!! O.o

[@gsagabaen]

I like that Jedi legend in the end.

[@CubeFrog]

This is why slugthrowers (like the Tusken Raiders used) in Star Wars cannon are good at Jedi-killing! Especially the one that shoot a cluster of them.

[@obi-wankenobi8406]

Well you forgot plot armor

[@ezramiller8936]

Obi-Wan Kenobi Well said

[@providenceagent2372]

So in other words, the star wars army would stand no chance against us

[@josephwagner7759]

Until the imperials realized that conventional tactics are useless and they simply bomb us from orbit with a fleet of star destroyers.

[@providenceagent2372]

True

[@kevintran8539]

I mean, the clone and imperial troops both wore body armor and helmets, not to mention utilizing weaponry that could easily melt through any body armor we have. I think their armies have us beat on land, too.

[@PeteTheGrouch]

Joseph Wagner Or just use the Death Star. And before any idiot mentions "nukes"; most of our missiles probably wouldn't even be able to _reach_ the DS, let alone penetrate it's shields...

[@morinor1340]

PeteTheGrouch nukes? thats how star wars uses nukes: "ok, we dont want to destroy everything, just some precise hits on strategic targets" "so we do what?" "send a tie bomber and nuke them" (yes, proton bombs/torpedoes are a kind of nuclear weapon.)

[@mnal5gex]

Best episode yet!

[@marcoswappner8331]

This one is hard math (or physics). Stuff you didn't take into account, but that I also wouldn't expect you to: heat would take some time to reach the center of the bullet; the EM field would induce currents in the bullet, which would at least slow it down, increasing the time spent in the plasma; molten lead might get deflected by the EM field more easy than the solid bullet. Excelet episode, anyway!

[@sloandarkhorn44885]

Jedi could just stop the bullets mid-air matrix style

[@darthmortis9960]

*sees new Nerdist video, clicks instantly*

[@scottgray4623]

"Phantom Men-A-ce" 😂😂😂

[@alexanderardalan587]

Kyle, first off I speak for many here when I say that your videos are a nerdy mix of activism and enthusiasm that we all love. I do have a question though regarding the energy transfer between the lightsaber and the bullet that maybe someone can answer below. The 35 MJ/s(MW) estimate for the power output of the lightsaber is distributed over a volume of space bigger than the actual bullet - is it not? Therefore why did you assume that when the bullet passes through the area of "energy" that all of the energy the lightsaber was putting out during that length of time was transferred to the bullet? I would think that the energy density of that region of space would need to be accounted for in this problem. Is it evenly distributed? Does it only depend on the ratio of the (cross sectional area of the bullet)/(cross sectional area of the energy being emitted). Either way the concept that the lightsaber will only make the bullet deadlier by heating it up holds, but it would be interesting to see the rest of the math worked out in light of this new idea.

[@Luke-jo2xi]

can a willy block a speargun?

[@FeetSnifffer]

How does colossus sweat?

[@sadeknight9112]

M1keyAjax does he?

[@gustavolrcoelho]

This looks promising

[@FeetSnifffer]

Jordan Stolp I'm not sure, but I'm realllyy curious, like does he need to? If he does is it molten iron or something? Thought of this while watching Deadpool

[@ahlpym]

The X-Men character? I'm pretty sure he turns to metal through and through, to the point where he doesn't have any such biological functions anymore. From Wikipedia (Yes, I know): "While in his armored form, Colossus requires no food, water, or even oxygen to sustain himself"

[@FeetSnifffer]

Alex Larsen I mean that in the comics I mean in the movies where if he was metal all the time and ate like he does in the movie (cereal)

[@tylerplays2671]

I like how you also technically disproved the scene from X-Men where Magneto stopped a bunch of bullets

[@carlpeters1278]

One aspect of this question you didn't address is what about full metal jacket rounds copper has a much higher melting point so even if the lead melted the bullet would remain fully intact and just be really hot on impact also you could use non lead ammo made of solid copper. Great video and thanks for making it.

[@anon6995]

They would just stop the bullets with the force xD

[@chrisgaming9567]

Good luck with that if you have any non-ridiculous reaction time

[@DJNiems]

Wouldn't you need to be able to see the projectile though? Or are we just explaining everything away with "the force"?

[@ceremyjlarkson9475]

*Initiate in the hall of the mountain king* I believe you are to be wronged here. Let's assume they force push de boolets because that would quick and effective. We must define what a force push actually is. Considering it can, you know, push an all manner of things, we shall assume that the push air forward. But when you push air, you get sound. So, they are really just using sound to push the bullets out of the way (lemme know if you think this is wrong, I'm not the most educated in the starwars universe). Now we know what the push actually is, we need to know what is being fired at it. A fairly common bullet is the 7.62x51mm NATO round. It puts out a whopping 3304 joules of energy. Now, because you want to counter that with sound, we need to know what a sound is measured in. Loudness is a measure of decibels, and decibels are measured in watts, and watts are joules per second. Now, our energy to stop the bullet is 3304 watts. Now, our wonderful little decibel formula is quite complicated, with it's silly little logarithm. But what is a Logarithm? Okay, think of it as so. 20 decibels is not twice as powerful as 10 decibels, but actually TEN times as powerful. So, now we plug in our numbers and pull the lever on our mechanical calculator, and we get our answer. 1784 decibels (Check me if you want, still a stupid number). Okay, here is where our problems start. You wanna know how truly powerful that is? THAT IS THE SOUND POWER OF SEVEN GODDAMN NUCLEAR FUCKING WEAPONS! HOLY SHIT! YOU WOULDN'T JUST STOP THE BULLET, YOU WOULD STOP THE ENTIRE GODDAMN WAR! AND EVERYBODY WITHIN A FUCKING 100 MILE RADIUS WOULD BE DEAD! YOU WOULD BE VIOLENTLY EVISCERATED, YOU BEING ERASED FROM EXISTENCE! THEY COULDN'T BURY YOU, BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO BURY! AT ALL! NOTHING! NIL! DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH THE FORCE PEOPLE! Okay, I'm chill. The problem with using sound (even though that is the only likely option in terms of physics) is that the thing that created it is massively more powerful than the sound created. Okay, There is your explanation of how the force just couldn't work.

[@ceremyjlarkson9475]

I'm talking about a most realistic way that we know how to and how most likely they could. Again, I'm not the most educated about star wars, but sound, as a movement of energy, is the most likely way you could do that.

[@ceremyjlarkson9475]

And no, I didn't waste time with my maths and whatnot. I quite enjoyed doing it, and it is nice to be proven wrong every once and a while. Many thanks!

[@erickruiz9960]

Hey but doesn't the magnetic field that surrounds the light saber afect the the time between the entry and exit o the bullet ?

[@erickruiz9960]

and isn't the lead affected more by the magnetic field when melted?

[@alexhuk7353]

Adrick Entertainment since the requirement to stop the bullets is way to high, one would assume that the effect that it would have on the bullet would be negligible. In both cannon and expanded, there are examples of using the force to make a field around the user (force-forcefield). So you could say they the force it's self could slow the bullet down (maybe even catch it), to increase the time and energy of the light saber on the bullet.

[@patlanticocean8290]

As to slowing the bullet with the magnetic fields while lead is melted, the effect you would cause with the first encounter of the field (because it is a circuit the bullet would encounter the field twice) would be largely undone by the second encounter. A hot projectile is still a projectile, without a more significant susceptibility to magnets the bullet is simply changing states. Being hit with a gram of ice at the speed of sound still carries the same force as a gram of water, the mass is the same as is the acceleration in the forward direction. As for effecting the time... possibly but not by any noticeable amount. It would kind of be like rolling a soccer ball over two parallel conveyor belts running in opposite directions: the force created by the first is mostly undone by the second and the forward velocity remains much the same save for the change in friction (depending on what the surface was before the belt) and at the speed of a bullet you would hardly notice whatever change was made by the time it hits the target. If a bullet passed through a barrier of plasma THEN had to travel some several hundred metres further to a target, THAT would yield some interesting results.

[@kair1425]

“Not it does” 😂😂😂 I like so much foolishness

[@MrStreaty122]

Something they may have overlooked, just a thought that came to me at the end of the video. What about the magnetic field of the saber, acting on the newly liquid lead?

[@Shaggy_Rogers0001]

Lead isn't magnetic, so it wouldn't be affected by the magnetic field. But a steel projectile probably would.

[@lincolnpascual]

So basically, Han Solo was right: all you need is a good blaster.

[@juliang8676]

The phantom Meh-nach-ey?

[@Kindrick]

Some Jedi did survive Order 66, either through skill or through just not being around at the time, so there probably are a number of Jedi that could and did block blaster bolts. A Jedi's reactions to such attacks are based on the Force granting them short-term precognition, they see/feel the attack coming before it happens. From the second bullet onward, they should start using the optimal angle, rather than completely vertical. I say second, because, as per the reasoning for why Dooku's lightsaber was so deadly, fighting something different than what they're used to can throw them so far off that they end up making fatal mistakes, and even with precognition at their disposal, and it could take as little as one melted bullet to the face to spell their doom.