Why Death by Lightsaber Would Be Much Worse in Real Life! (Because Science w/ Kyle Hill)

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Star Wars has told us that the lightsaber is an elegant weapon, but is that really true? Kyle has the cutting edge facts on this week's Because Science!
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[@darkmanstudios3828]

So Obi Wan didn't disappear into the Force, he blew up

[@emblazen6442]

Yes, the most realistic death by lightsaber I guess.

[@bozo5773]

Darkman Studios He left the game as soon as he knew he was gonna die

[@jamesmonroe1538]

He did both.

[@sth02]

Only scientifically accurate lightsaber death in the series 😂

[@TheMarketableJackFrost]

He just Spontaneously Combusts.

[@manlikesteve]

Lucas film: Luke's hand slices off. Disney: Fin gets a scratch.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

And gets the shit kicked out of him by the most recently introduced female character. Seriously, he's two for two.

[@manlikesteve]

@@Zombiewithabowtie yes

[@owengrant5209]

Lol true

[@l.pietrobon3925]

@@Zombiewithabowtie Was it necessary to say the character was female? Lol

[@kaydenfindlay1090]

Oh Gucci Kong yeah cause it shows Rey is a Mary Sue

[@grungis]

he looks like Chris hemsworths surfer cousin from rhode island

[@benpena4740]

MrFrancinnio ha you’re so right! This should’ve gotten pinned

[@datboismurfy_4970]

You tryna get on r/rareinsults?

[@grungis]

Mozzie S wasn’t the initial intention no

[@fallen3887]

@@datboismurfy_4970 what? Why would you think that?

[@thelumbaginator9605]

And sounds like an off brand matpat

[@ethan7664]

In Star Wars the lightsaber isn’t radiating heat so it doesn’t light everyone on fire. When Luke made his green lightsaber he states that he couldn’t feel the heat which means the conductors are working. so there is something in place to prevent everyone from catching on fire

[@Fulvin-jv9pf]

Dyslexic DoodleBob The beam is stabilised by a containment force field, which is also projected from the hilt. So there is no heat emitting from the blade. What actually cauterizes the wound is when it comes into contact with the plasma within the blade itself.

[@KP-gq6nt]

Thank you, that was bugging me.

[@minihooperprod.8332]

N no, it’s basically a projection of the Kyber crystal, that’s why it’s not heated, it’s pure energy

[@minihooperprod.8332]

Dyslexic DoodleBob it’s just energy emitting from the Kyber crystal

[@blackdwarf990]

Canon lore states that lightsabers consist of a *plasma* blade. This makes sense since plasma can be created when a gas gets ionized at high temperatures, energized or subjected to a strong electromagnetic field. Plasma acts somewhat like a hot gas, which expands and cools, just like an ordinary fire. So if a plasma is the base technology of a light saber, it needs to be contained. Since Plasma is composed of charged particles, they can be manipulated by magnetic fields. Therefore the lightsaber draws power from a power cell with the kyber crystal channeling and focusing that energy. A force field generated in the hilt captures and redirects the plasma stream back into it’s point of origin.

[@lilbroomstick1977]

But what if you have the high ground?

[@Goatsauce_]

You don't try it.

[@SmokeDog1871]

you catch on fire and explode, same as the rest

[@theTroglodyte112]

lil broomstick aaa

[@ghostlypirate_5083]

You where supposed to beat the dark side not join them!

[@AydenAugustine]

You underestimate my power...

[@faman6777]

Death by Highground is worst.

[@ΜιχάληςΑντωνούρης-β3η]

You were the chosen one!

[@u.v.s.5583]

It's magma. When a kilogram of magma cools down by 1000 degrees Kelvin per second, this releases about 2MW of power. So rapidly cooling doown 18 kg of magma approximately corresponds to the lightsaber.

[@Just_Ducky47]

@@u.v.s.5583 Dude...nobody cares its a fuckin joke

[@otakusamamanganime]

Oooh I see what you did there sir

[@reversethepolarityoftheneu773]

Don’t try it

[@komraderylo9353]

Fun fact. In star wars legends they explain somehow there is a tiny force field that contained all the energy. I don't question it beyond that.

[@TheDarkMaster312]

Fog Battleship NCarolina That's how most things in sci-fi works. Levitation? Force fields. Shielding? Force fields. Force fields are everywhere and they're fueled by electromagnetism, which is the backbone of all scieice fiction.

[@KarlPHorse]

Fog Battleship NCarolina I feel like you could also go the comic book route and create an over complicated pseudoscientific explanation. For example you could say that lightsaber are actually only about as hot as a burning red piece of iron, and that they cut by somehow moving matter out of the way through some other means than vaporization or sublimation. Just sort of parting matter on contact by some scientific miracle. And that the heat is just a by product caused by this effect.

[@enlightenbyyah8470]

Like a light condom

[@xion637]

Regulated by the force crystals Jedi hopefuls had to find on their own, yes, that is correct.

[@samwaldrop8464]

Fog Battleship NCarolina first of all a light saber is not "light" it's actually hot plasma contained within a magnetic field.

[@barefootalien]

You're also forgetting that a lightsaber isn't just technology. It's space-magic, too. The blade and especially its forcefield is also a Force-field, powered by a Force-enabled crystal that is attuned to its wielder as the weapon is constructed. They cannot be mass-produced; each is hand-crafted through Force rituals, usually by its wielder or its wielder's master. In Star Wars roleplay, the working assumption of most people I've met (hundreds) is that the Force perfectly contains the plasma. In physics terms, that would mean that all frequencies of radiation coming from the plasma is completely self-contained and recycled back into the plasma with near 100% efficiency-except a small proportion of visible light and sonic energy (purely for effect; a perfectly efficient lightsaber would be black, which does exist in Legends canon). Thus rather than 35 MW of power, actually while the blade is idle, it's only drawing about as much as a typical toy lightsaber in the real world, to cast the light it casts and make the noise it makes (give or take a few watts here and there to ionize the air it passes through, but as I'll explain next, that is actually recovered). When it's actually cutting things, it would only generate/consume as much power as is required to precisely ionize (not just vaporize or sublimate) the matter in the kerf the blade consumes as it passes. It would not radiate additional heat even then to boil away surrounding material. So, what happens to the material it does ionize? Well because it's ionized, it can also be controlled by the forcefield, and is then absorbed into the plasma blade and converted into power to recharge the power cell (which is why they last basically indefinitely never needing to be recharged). You'll note that in all movies, shows, video games, etc, when a lightsaber sticks in something and begins to *melt* it, the Force User in question closes their eyes and concentrates. The assumption there is that they are using their own Force Abilities to *disrupt* the blade's inherent balance of energy recycling to allow thermal energy to escape into the surrounding material. Or did you think it took Qui-gon that much focus that he had to close his eyes, concentrate, and break into a sweat, just to hold a stick still? In fact, I think there's enough evidence in that Episode I scene to assume he was using yet more Force energy to Absorb Energy to avoid the heat coming off of the modified blade and melting blast door from burning his skin. The end result is a 100% efficient (to within any reasonable margin of error) weapon that only outputs bursts of energy when it needs, then immediately reabsorbs just as much energy as it put out by absorbing the ionized matter back into the energy source. Of course this flagrantly violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics... but that's neatly covered by space-magic. ;) So, while this was a neat exercise in physics analysis, and maybe taught some kids some critical thinking skills, really I think that if you're going to analyze a fictional weapon, you should really use the actual properties of the weapon within the fiction, don't you think? Especially in a setting with this huge and dedicated a fan base, where people have absolutely worked through these kinds of things in great detail over the decades because we have *way* too much time on our hands. ;)

[@Sadows12]

This is the kind of explanation I was looking for. Thank you.

[@elliotman1028]

I have no idea why u made an essay lol

[@jakezimmer7256]

This deserves way more likes

[@citizencj3389]

Very good explanation. Missing some kinetic energy explaining but a good effort nevertheless.

[@tomiokasam2242]

Nailed it

[@SlewedBoot25934]

0:22 *casually regrows arm*

[@rugoss1195]

Lmoa

[@auracts653]

Lmoa

[@dekisugee]

Lmoa

[@Squide250]

Lmoa

[@slime7054]

Lmoa

[@captaincrazy5008]

*A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW?*

[@JPFanBoy2]

_N'YES_

[@asadstrangelittleman9655]

Mmmmmmm yes,mmmmmmm

[@Nerdist]

YEEEEEESSS -- KH

[@dp-r9856]

YES.

[@spudthepug]

No.

[@jbwinning2011]

Dude's hair is fucking magnificent.

[@JanderVK]

I'm no longer straight...

[@benderbendingrodriguez2647]

Your comment is fucking magnificent.

[@lucasmandel]

He looks like a lion. If he beefed up a bit I think that’d be even more true.

[@jbwinning2011]

He looks like Thor if Thor went to Yale

[@myllss1790]

He looks like irl simba

[@monkey8391]

imagine force skipping your lightsaber over a lake. It would be sick.

[@hannahgrace-grace]

Like that scene in the rain in Clone Wars... the older one, when Anakin is fighting Ventress... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpOlfHt4ZriZnMk

[@CroixDixMois]

now's the mjolnir gone. is thor now a jedi?

[@darthkek1953]

I find his lack of father... disturbing.

[@kennethwoody5897]

Nah Thor is just a Storm Sorcerer

[@wish8486]

Marco Paul Sapinosa I

[@stezvgrom9417]

Thor has short hair now

[@onyxi.x5777]

Marco Paul Sapinosa *now that mjlonir is gone

[@4rnnr_as]

THAT'S WHY OBI-WAN DISAPPEARS WHEN VADER HITS HIM! I have been enlightened! Lol

[@marwanbasil6890]

Yeah from a certain point of view

[@ImpetusM]

Well.. I mean, if you had the theory that he disappeared into the Force originally then stick with that as it’s proven. This comment was most likely a joke lol but just incase your for real, here you go.. although, realistically your correct but as it’s soooo fantasied we can say he disappeared into the force.

[@kl657]

He used his knowledge of the force to die, similar to how Luke died

[@bloody4558]

Obi-wan actually never got hit. Just watch the scene again, he vanishes before the Blade hits. It the main reason as to why Vader was left extremely confused by the event

[@anakinkenobi1323]

Flexible content Luca wait luke died?!

[@tezze-kezze8282]

Since when did Thor like star wars

[@santiagomontoya493]

Well they both work for disney

[@ArchangelExile]

When Disney bought them both.

[@luizmarinho6138]

Nah. He is Jesus.

[@tezze-kezze8282]

Seems Legit

[@GriziDaWiz]

I didn’t know Thor was this smart.

[@ItsARandomDragon]

Definetly after drinking that much

[@Evergreen0021]

He keeps it Loki.

[@tothestars212]

@@Evergreen0021 nice

[@kimikimchi8652]

Geeky Chris Hemsworth

[@ju9653]

Well he do have 1500 years of experience, sooooo it's okay for me

[@rekunta]

This was an enjoyable and informative video.....from a certain point of view.

[@Kennedy_Killer]

From a certain point of view?!

[@BrianMusic12]

@@Kennedy_Killer yuueessss

[@minecraftgoat87]

@@BrianMusic12 nnnooew

[@galaxy7nails613]

*the correct one*

[@Crescent-IV]

One could say... from the high ground

[@Goblin_Mom]

i just assumed that whatever containment field it's using just lets matter pass thru and touch the blade, but doesn't let energy through. i feel like this would also explain why it can deflect blaster bolts

[@10191927]

Ada Kloosterman - Agreed, the light saber blade is very tightly controlled, so controlled that the saber presents absolutely no harm when turned on, and there’s no sign of any radiating heat given off by the saber. It has to have some very specialized containment field that limits or eliminates radiating heat and confines it to the blade to the point that it only does damage when coming into contact with a surface or object.

[@EvanHBogle]

Marth that’s exactly my hypothesis

[@antonnym638]

I thought the same thing. Problem is that the energy of the explosion is carried by the rapidly expanding steam, not the radiation so the barrier would not prevent an explosion.

[@magicalfungi3206]

yeah, but you would still have a flesh vapor explosion.... ewww

[@10191927]

Veritable Veritablility - Depends, I don’t necessarily think that in the case of an amputation from a saber, the contact as we’ve seen is very brief, and cauterizes the wound shut. I would think that such a brief contact and since it instantaneously cauterizes the wound, you don’t get the vapor explosion.

[@jeffersonian000]

This all assumes Lightsabers are blades of plasma. We see energy shielding throughout the SW universe, a Lightsaber could be a mono-molecular field rather than a plasma. As such, it would have the cutting power displayed while not being hot. The light we see as well as the cauterizing effect would be side effects of the compact field. Remember, Lightsabers cast shadows.

[@redhairgrneyes]

Scott Jefferson interesting 😯

[@devinsullivan3463]

To elaborate on what you said, in one of the movies it's said that the plasma is contained in a force field in the shape of a sword. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@BlargeMan]

Devin Sullivan I don't think that was ever said in any of the movies

[@teo.mit.h]

What i understood:

[@Captain_Veinrick]

Scott Jefferson But it’s canon that lightsabers are plasma as stated in the Knights of the old republic mmo that is canon so star wars probably did this just because it looked cool and it does but didn’t look deeply into the true effects of what a real lightsaber would do

[@Kamenriderneo]

4:51 You made a joke that by lighting the LightSaber, the heat from the blade would set you on fire. If the blade was just plasma, you would be right. But, in the canon, there is a field around the blade which allows mater to move through but stops energy (which is why lightsabers can stop blasters and other lightsabers). That field would also abosrb the energy from the blade and thus even if it is turned on, you would not be feeling the heat from the blade unless you actually touched it. I don't know how this information would change the rest of your theory on the effects of the lightsaber on Qui-Gon Jin though

[@happywolf6804]

I bet you own a lightsaber

[@Riokv]

maybe that force makes the body not explode? idk hahha

[@lorastra6975]

Well that's too bad that Lightsabers if the were real won't have a force field. Since we never made a force field for anything, we are still going to be cooked while holding a lightsaber end of story.

[@Asunabestgirl]

Matter and energy are the same thing, study physics to a decent level and then talk

[@lorastra6975]

@@Asunabestgirl Are you referring to me?

[@ross_boss]

6:46 *Awesome safety hand placement*

[@Audiotrocious]

Ross Boss lol

[@gavinnaicker6393]

Love the fact that he uses the Matric system of measurement. Makes it universal & easier. Thank you.

[@Xanderfied]

Is that like the Matrix system?

[@robotic-race]

@@Xanderfied oof

[@szalonacytryna955]

*confused american screaming*

[@michaelh404]

Yeah, very convenient. Especially when I have to bust out a converter to understand the measurements.

[@dorian-stefanmarciuc9939]

@@michaelh404 or you can learn the metric system

[@DaenaMichelle]

- From a certain point of view. - A certain point of view? - YES. (Laughed every time)

[@nerdboi4206]

How many other people realised that while he was explaining the death, he was holding the blade, potentially burning off his hand

[@Tinnesa]

He looks like Qui Gon Ginn

[@jmuk3571]

Tinnesa. He looks like Thor

[@charles1412]

Jmuk35 yes, a very skinny Thor.

[@minecraftgoat87]

@@charles1412 a very skinny Thor? That would not even be Thor.

[@lvbboi9]

As he showed in the intro Qui Gone Ginn

[@bardy8702]

Thor gon jinn

[@williamedward1666]

Well, according to EU canon, the lightsaber was actually invented by the Sith. So it does stand to reason that it would be a pretty brutal weapon.

[@epsilonborealis]

"EU canon" - that's one fine oxymoron you've got there pal.

[@KizumichiBouya]

No it's not. Disney canon is false canon. It wouldn't suck as bad if they didn't render most of the Old Republic stuff moot. It happened 10,000 years ago,like it would have ruined original trilogy?Bullshit! Fuck Disney!

[@elijahwatson3474]

William Edward Invented? Or just used and upgraded the most by the sith? Since Lucasfilms is Heavily hinted at some old republic stuff coming back.

[@damobeck1]

The EU is semi canon, as long as it doesn't interfere with the movies or cartoons... or canon books. It isn't necessarily canon, but they are bringing a lot of things back anyway so until it is proved false, assume it is true.

[@nickniehaus1763]

William Edward mmmm without a cord yeah, not overall

[@BrotherAlpha]

The scientific conclusion is: Lightsabers don't work the way you think they work.

[@Skinnymarks]

BrotherAlpha Ya maybe there is an undiscovered force that allows it to fully contain almost all heat inside the blade but then allow flesh to go inside the blades containment field.

[@ManOfdwarf]

cyber crystals

[@curseofgladstone4981]

BrotherAlpha. Dont forget that air is a terrible conductor and the radiated heat would mostly go upwards. So there would only be a tiny radius that is dangerous around it. As long as you point it away from your body.

[@Skinnymarks]

Dragon Warhammer at the supposed tempature it's no longer relying on a conductive medium. It will be direct radiation.

[@Kaleban]

This is why I keep posting a response anytime I see something regarding lightsabers. Lucas envisioned them as glowy cutting weapons, literally a "laser-sword" and the whole plasma and heat thing was retconned in I believe to make it seem more realistic, just like our friends the midichlorians. Here's the thing, I don't believe that lightsabers are plasma based at all. Their unique properties of both being able to cut through blast doors like butter and NOT setting the whole room on fire come from the blade not being a magnetic toroid containing plasma but instead being composed of the force field technology that SW has mastered. Lightsabers don't contain a plasma basin, and throughout all media it's always been said that sabers only lose power from their highly refined hilt power packs when the blade makes contact with something, interrupting the closed loop. This would not be the case if plasma composed the center of the blade, nor the power expended in keeping a tightly wound magnetic field always on. Not to mention that a magnetic saber would attract everything metal in the vicinity. No, the best solution is kind of the one Lucas originally envisioned, and was somewhat expanded upon in the old EU material. Lightsaber blades are just highly focused ray shields/force fields, explaining their ability to reflect blaster bolts or melt metal. The color of the blade is caused by the focusing crystal. A firesaber like Kylo Ren's is due to the unstable focusing crystal causing power arcs to erupt from the force field blade.

[@_sqwid]

Him: talks about how a light saber would blow up your body if it’s in you Me: sees him touch the blade *Wait. That’s illegal.*

[@Gmal51]

William Oscar Garvin: lightsaber is a illegal weapon that nobody should use or play with that means you should be careful with them and don't try and turn it on and play with it or swing it around because you will just cut your bed or cut your hand off so please be able don't try to do that and use it that's why I avoided even guns and lightsabers because me playing with it and doing someone with it is not a good idea because you don't know what you were doing now I know we have swords in real life but I just avoid using them as well.

[@TheUmbroDragon]

So , A lightsaber acts like a light beam made of plasma from what is observed. In the movies its portrayed to cauterized and melt everything besides itself . If it did put out that much energy with the technology that we know of today. Not only would it set us on fire it would explode the reactor that it was coming out of. Unless there is more to the tech than a simple plasma blade. Sure there is need of Keiber crystals (Hope that is how its spelt), But what if it uses other tech from the universe that we are not thinking about. I notice from the prequels there is a shield that covers the gungan army. People could go in and out, but blasters and bombs do not go through. In fact, when the shield is hit, it doesn't seem to even generate heat from the blasts around the shield . SO, what if the Lightsaber's beam actually has this shield around it that grows and contains the heat and the blade from expanding , but objects and people can go through the beam and get sliced . It would also explain why the Lightsaber can deflect blasters and other lightsabers. So, to be able to wield a lightsaber is still possible if we can figure out what this Shield is and how it functions. Thoughts?

[@KENTDOORAkakeshawncarterwillia]

TheUmbroDragon underrated comment

[@salik001]

Kyle, I really like your show. However on your explanation, I offer a counter to that. What if there is something to training to be a Jedi and that being able to use the Force is integral to the ability to wield a light-saber? I posit that only through this training is it possible to contain and deflect the heat of a Jedi's weapon. Therefore it is possible to use a light-saber without harming the user. Now I know that you might be thinking that this would be mean that they should be immune to attacks from other sabers as well but lets suppose that a Jedi is using all of his power and concentration to contain and control the deadly effects of his blade so he has to rely solely on his skill and swordsmanship to defend against an attack. I would be interested to hear your feedback on this. Keep up the great work!

[@darigaaz66]

We already know that you don't have to be a Jedi to use a lightsaber, see: Grievous, Finn

[@pacificace20]

If I remember correctly the Gungan shield did not reflect the shots but instead it diffused the energy that the shots imparted on it. It looked more like water when something dropped in it. So if lightsabers did this they would still cut and maybe even clash with other lightsabers but blaster shots would be absorbed. This was all from memory so if im wrong let me know.

[@jeremy-jq7ny]

TheUmbroDragon plasma is an ionized gas consisting of positive ions and free electrons in proportions resulting in more or less no overall electric charge, typically at low pressures (as in the upper atmosphere and in fluorescent lamps) or at very high temperatures (as in stars and nuclear fusion reactors). so a lightsaber is basically a super powerful neon sign. go figure...

[@vestlen]

Fun theory: The Jedis learn to dynamically manipulate the output of different areas of the saber using the Force. So when melting a blast door, for example, they only allow the parts of the saber that are touching or inside of the door to get ultra hot, leaving your hands and face unharmed. This would help explain what makes them so difficult to wield and why so much training is involved; you'd have to be mentally manipulating different parts of the saber like crazy during battle just to make sure you didn't obliterate yourself. This makes Jedi fights even more fascinating; on top of what you see there'd be a whole mental game of "chicken" going on of balancing the energy to be as hot as you can stand without burning yourself.

[@lukepicherack838]

What about Finn?

[@shayliakara]

@@lukepicherack838 Yep, Fin should be dead.

[@biggainallbran8937]

@Sibe Studios What about when Han used the lightsaber in Empire?

[@jelanyduali9505]

What about grievious?

[@patrickjohnson3862]

@@jelanyduali9505 Grievous had armor and a mechanical body with the lightsaber's default settings.

[@HappiestSadGuy]

Still feels better than being put in the friend zone tho

[@KapybaraKSP]

HappiestSadGuy definatley

[@JRMAV1]

That’s the burn that keeps on giving

[@85Funkadelic]

That's what you get for hiding your intent. Just be honest it works out better in the long run. It doesn't mean you need to be crass or vulgar though.

[@O8l1v1ous]

GridCodeGamer you’d know a lot about that

[@tabitharyan1243]

ObliviousGaming and I'm positive you'd know more. haha. don't go beating the dead horse man. that isn't cool.

[@punkzee1081]

the hacksmith: hold my tools

[@raphaelroy4543]

Yes

[@raphaelroy4543]

You come right here after the episode of the Hacksmith.

[@punkzee1081]

@@raphaelroy4543 yep

[@TheNotSoFakeGilbert]

that would explain obi-wan's death

[@jasinelguemri1711]

lmao

[@euphoriadealer7086]

Would have blown his robes up too lol

[@pyrocircuit1491]

Nah he just pussed out and turned to a force ghost right before he got hit

[@Browncheeze]

But from my point of view the jedi are evil -Anakin

[@GreenLightningHood]

Browncheeze I don't like sand. -Also Anakin

[@GreenLightningHood]

I killed them all. And not just the men, but the women and children as well. - Also Anakin.

[@GreenLightningHood]

My point here is that Anakin prolly wasn't that qualified to make morality assessments lol

[@badfoody]

THEN YOU ARE LOST

[@nicoleleah9734]

I am the SENATE. -Palpatine

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

I always assumed that it had variable power - it operated at the lowest power necessary to burn through whatever it's cutting.

[@ryankunst668]

That's what I was just thinking.

[@10191927]

Anonymous Freak - I always thought that the Light Saber was configured in a way to be completely efficient, and it is. It’s standardized to some degree, all light sabers perform the same regardless of how the handle is constructed. A Jedi has to construct their own light saber to become a Jedi, they just have to put the components together. But a lightsaber works the same, always. I equate the light saber to a gun, it’s both a tool and a weapon, you put it away when not using it, and only using it when you absolutely have to.

[@Sheol02]

Anonymous Freak it changes nothing. The moment it outputs enough energy to cut metal - everything around is on fire and dead. At point of cutting through human it will do the same as Kyle said.

[@REIwAlexY]

Yeah.... thats the pt that ppl dont understand. Unless something that we basically dont understand yet prevents heat escaping from the blade, enough energy to cut through metal=star level temperatures

[@MarkoDash]

in some of the old EU it was stated that a lightsaber only expends energy while it's cutting something, while just on it's a superconducting loop.

[@dindnt]

The hacksmith recently made a plasma light saber... good thing it didn't work the way that this guy explained it.

[@whah-nah-nahjack-bandit5867]

yeah, Hacksmith made me lose a bit of faith in Because Science

[@saversaan777]

@@whah-nah-nahjack-bandit5867 are you kidding me. It's not a real light saber, it's a glorified torch. Didn't you see how slowly it cuts through things? It's nowhere near as powerful as the sabers in the movies.

[@allimerell5573]

I'm not sure if I'm impressed or disgusted. But I am really glad they didn't portray it like that in the movies!

[@nahor88]

The lighsabers were just intended to be futuristic-looking swords like the Samurai used. Lucas thus intended for them to kill like real life swords, which is why there's blood when Obi-wan kills the criminal in the cantina. It was changed from ESB on that the lightsabers are considered so hot they cauterize wounds instantly.

[@erbgorre]

acknowledgment: sure sucks to be a meatbag in the star wars universe. also.. SURPRISE PORGSABER!

[@heroebennett]

hk 47!!

[@zten9092]

erbgorre lament: this meatbag brain could not think of this witty comment first

[@titonoguera3580]

erbgorre dammit I hate/ like you only because I wanted to use that and yaassss HK-47 my favorite companion in The Old Republic

[@judethegoth3028]

Begurt!!!!!

[@Noine14159145]

Just consider the saber modulates the power adapting to whatever it hits.

[@nightwishfreak1998]

Title at the start should have been " Qui-Gone Limb"

[@erbgorre]

or even "qui-gone limp" ;P

[@Nerdist]

DAMNIT -- KH

[@erbgorre]

or seeing how he wouldve exploded like a gas filled balloon, how bout qui-gone blimp? thats the last one i had -.-

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

Obi-Gone

[@arteriacoronaria6058]

Darth vader tries to kill me with his lightsaber. Me: throws a bucket of water.

[@mr.supawitj.4157]

It's work cuz enough water can make light saber off

[@indaygenerale7524]

@HeartZ TV thats kids talk.

[@mr.supawitj.4157]

@@indaygenerale7524 the only lightsaber that can use in water is lightsaber of kit fisto

[@wasteman3259]

HeartZ TV is this some random legends shit

[@saikou933]

@@mr.supawitj.4157 no they all can go in the water with lighsabers kit fisto saber is not special

[@curtoloirinhas2380]

That’s Outrageous, it’s unfair!

[@failedabortion1894]

Take a seat, young Skywalker

[@happywolf6804]

YOUR A MAD MAN

[@hairyputter5363]

What about the droids attack on wookies

[@somarriba333]

Hmmmm...death by lightsaber or death by lava? I'd rather have death by snu snu.

[@rileyx7346]

somarriba333 Hell Yeah, Hell no, Hell yeah, hell no, hell yeah, hell no, hell yeah, hell no

[@S501Airborne]

😂😂😂 yaus

[@mackenziepeek9317]

SNU SNU

[@uncleruckus1160]

somarriba333 agreed

[@vinniemcintyre4987]

I’m watching that episode no, would be great to die by snu snu

[@chickenranger4616]

Editor: how many porgs do you want Kyle: *yes*

[@TheOutsider69]

Lightsabers don't generate heat until they connect with an object, completing the arc. It's kind of like battery generated forging. Connecting two ends to a battery then clamping both onto a metal object. Grant Thompson has done a video on using electricity to melt various metals in seconds.

[@Mukation]

Yeah, Qui-Gon used his Lightsaber to melt the blast doors in the phantom menace.

[@NobleS1236]

The Outsider But it has been confirmed that a lightsaber's blade is made of plasma, so it does produce heat without touching anything.

[@AStrangeTree]

The Outsider but wouldn’t they constantly be in contact with the air?

[@cachon6]

If the heat is somehow contained just in sabers area like an antimater container so when something is cut whith it, just lets inside most of the heat instead of transmiting or keeping it 🤔

[@skateify31]

You're right. According to the ultimate encyclopedia and history of the lightsaber books (which may for all I know no longer be canon) lightsabers actually emit no heat.

[@IdoDekel-do7hh]

before that video I wanted a lightsaber now I need one

[@benweiss2519]

This*

[@emileponcelet3439]

When a person is stabbed by a lightsaber they will fall, causing the lightsaber to cut upwards and splitting a person in 2

[@LuizFernando-jc4dg]

A C E R T A I N P O I N T O F V I E W

[@rumblingend8443]

Ur stupid it's *A C E R T A I N P O I N T O F V I E W*

[@jake1173]

*_Y E S A C E R T A I N P O I N T O F V I E W_*

[@reeverbstudios]

YES!

[@rumblingend8443]

Yes what

[@nozyspy4967]

If you have ever played Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy, you will see that when you hit an enemy with a lightsaber there is a little puff of purple smoke. i always took that to mean it was vaporising blood!

[@Synthwave89]

What's better is to stand in front of someone with your lightsaber on going through them.

[@anon2969]

Or dodgy blood mechanics haha great games though

[@RogueBoyScout]

I just bought Jedi Academy a few days ago.... will look out for what you said

[@UrbanDestination]

I´m sure the Porgs can find a way to survive the lightsaber. They just look at you with those big eyes and you will be helpless.

[@vnleao]

UrbanDestination Porgs are the true source of the Dark Side concentration that was on that island

[@CaptainFirespitter]

Seth Ellison Good question.

[@cutercills9x9productions9]

I used to wish that Lightsabers were real. Now I'm happy they don't exist.

[@aluraune5892]

You touched the blade of the lightsaber...

[@lepirs9]

Mx Parallax boom explosion

[@AKAstyxx]

tutaminis

[@Chronic637]

HE'S INVINCIBLE

[@PhillipKinnison]

No #surpriselightsaber sad....

[@LifeofEbb]

Phillip Kinnison 9:16 kinda counts ...from a certain point of view

[@PhillipKinnison]

That's what I thought to but, it's just not the same lol

[@nicksmit2909]

Sometimes the most surprising lightsaber is the lack of one

[@Ovetupp]

Well, it's right there in the title so it would hardly be a surprise

[@cristhiangabriel8453]

Maybe he thought he would be on fire if there was a surprise lightsaber

[@at0mly]

Best ending.

[@nickabbott319]

atomly lol

[@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid]

Very Rick & Morty.. "Because **belch** science! Mothafuckas!"

[@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid]

Oh wait you probably were referring to the very end, after the sponsor plugs. And that was also an epic ending.

[@josepht5715]

did y'all notice that the cut like cooled down while he was talking

[@feranoks]

According to lore and lightsaber descriptions, the blade itself does not give off heat. You can't use to warm your hands for instance. Only when touching doesn it burn. So catching on fire shouldn't be a problem. And containing this heat is something they have the technology to do apperantly since Jedi Initiates were given practice sabers that would only singe or cause mild burns through the use of containment fields. Lore out!

[@gavinjenkins899]

That's all well and good when just standing there, but as soon as you use it to cut anything, it MUST cause that removed matter to go somewhere, no matter how it's being done. If it was contained fully at all times, it would just bounce off of people and walls. So at some point, it must transfer enough energy to vaporize anything it touches, which would still cause vapor explosions and so on and so forth. And if the thing it's cutting has a sufficiently high vaporization point, like steel, the amount of energy it would have to let through at a minimum to do that would still probably burn everyone in the room (because the vaporized stuff wouldn't be contained, even if the plasma remains contained afterward, and the vaporized door gas would still scald you)

[@feranoks]

Oh yeah totallly agree. I was just talking about people going up in flames when close to a lightsaber. I totally agree with everything that happens at the point of contact.

[@SteveWhetstone-UXDesigner]

it could be the really hot part of the light saber is actually less than 1mm diameter in the center of a much thicker diameter magnetic heat containment shell. The electromagnetic containment would be circular polarize around a very very thin of high temp high energy plasma. That would also explain why light sabers don't just pass through each other and you can block one light saber with a parry by another.

[@gandurk]

Steve Whetstone it could also explain why wielders use so much force as to actually reach targets with the small energy beam as you propose. In tfw kylos crossguards appear to be failing to penetrate finns shoulder even though causing great pain, which, as you suggest, may be down to the containment field around the beam stopping it from simply buttering through, but that enough energy escapes to cause pain and burns to finn

[@johnoshack2429]

Isak Monstad I had read that the crossguard of kylos lightsaber is only a ventilation which stabilizes the main blade (because of the cracked kyber crystal, so it cannot be considered a actual blade, so maybe thats why it fails to penetrate finns shoulder. Just my opinion.

[@matheusmterra]

I don’t like to be picky about pseudoscience but this is a misconception that I see too often, about the energy a lightsaber should radiate. According to the official star wars sources, including the now non-canon Legends (which are canon unless something “more canon” says otherwise) the lightsaber does not generate heat outwards, there’s a containment field around the plasna that shapes it into a blade, and so the plasma cutting effect only happens when the blade makes contact with an object.

[@10dschr]

You'd still explode if stabbed with one, the field breaks around the place it hits so that it can cut things. The only thing that wouldn't happen is everyone around it being set on fire when it's turned on.

[@ajaquino85]

If it was a fully closed system then it wouldn't be able to cut/burn though metal or people. From the visual effects it obviously uses heat to cut. And with how fast they cut body parts it would still be vaporizing chunks of matter enough to cause the exploding effect,

[@ErizotDread]

There must be some limit to the amount of energy it can ever release on contact with matter, because otherwise, Qui-Gon would have melted through the blast door in a nanosecond, and probably destroyed the whole donut+donut hole ship they were on! lol

[@gnom1146]

So where does the heat go then? You have to disperse that amount of heat somewhere, unless you want you lightsaber to explode. You can't magically contain the heat that plasma generates in a small box, in any box for that matter, it has to go somewhere.

[@Mernom]

Unless you heat it up and then keep it there, and add to it as it dissipates.

[@heroplayzz7802]

1 like 1 qui-gon prayer...

[@nolanc9432]

You mean Qui-Gone

[@mrnaris4852]

If you think that the Light saber is a futuristic thing, you can think that it has some technology to prevent everyone from burning

[@Gmal51]

William Oscar Garvin:there is not a technology on planet that will prevent that blood from burning right through you.

[@IvanosqueVanschaick]

Michael Bay star wars confirmed 👍

[@gyneve]

Ivanosque Van schaick Explosions. Explosions everywhere.

[@SpedSpedding]

Rockstar science. Incredible. First time I’ve landed here. Subbed. Love it.

[@rickjames5998]

Sped Spedding you look like a rock star too

[@SpedSpedding]

Rick James Haha thanks man! 🤘🏻

[@penizflaccidman3497]

unfortunately u're subbing to an entire channel not to BECAUSE SCIENCE only :(

[@CosmicG777]

Peniz Flaccidman Yeah. And everything else on the Nerdist sucks. I wish I could just sub to Because Science.

[@Pockeywn]

Hey same

[@issacseo892]

When you try to get to the 10 minute mark but get 1 sec short

[@1nstant459]

issac seo lol

[@raphaelroy4543]

I hope our friend watch the last episode of the Hacksmith.

[@4589dude]

So uncivilized

[@LeonEdwardsGoat]

Elijah Lee obi wan reference tard

[@4589dude]

Oh I don't think so

[@xxxelitesniperxxxhk]

g e n e r a l k e n o b i

[@gopherbarney8707]

Elijah Lee Cant hear you from the high ground

[@granola661]

From my point of view *I* have the high ground

[@662kev4]

The light saber cuts and acts more like a laser than a super hot radiating plasma. Except for it being contained in a blade a meter long or so, and deflecting blaster fire somehow, and repelling other light sabers. So not a laser, good work.

[@totalgamerguy3707]

Alexander Walerow well I’m pretty sure the crystals are force-imbued, which could mean that the user, if force-sensitive could manipulate the force imbued in the crystal to deflect things. But that’s a humble lore explanation not a scientific one.

[@ericvaldivia1957]

Bold of you making the video 9:59 instead of 10 minutes

[@danacoleman4007]

I don't care what you say Kyle! It's still the absolute hands-down unquestionable coolest weapon of all time.

[@SteeleTheThird]

No Dana, it’s the hottest weapon. Haha, puns...

[@krautandsalo]

You clearly have never heard of the bolter rifle.

[@REALletsfail]

@@krautandsalo you clearly never heard of the Anzio 20mm rifle

[@krautandsalo]

@@REALletsfail You seriously think a generic 20mm anti materiel rifle is cooler than a bolter? There are way cooler weapons that that also do actually exist than that gun. And none of them are anywhere near as cool as a fully automatic rifle, aimed via a neural link to the shooter, shooting ultra precise rocket assisted armour piercing high explosive projectiles. Sorry, but I disagree.

[@jaqenhghar6996]

Nah I'll wager my Glock 23 against your lightsaber. The only force you'd feel is the impact from a jacketed hollow point, then a coldness and stillness will overtake your entire body as you see Yoda, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and all of the other Jedi masters who lied to you welcoming you to that great Coruscant party in the hereafter 😊.

[@reptowolfe8322]

There is a containment field around the plasma that contains the heat for until it is broken

[@MichaelThe-Pyro]

this

[@reptowolfe8322]

Kutlu Mızrak I understand that it is fantasy, this is the actual in universe explanation of it not burning everything within a reasonable distance

[@JcLeopard]

+Kutlu Mızrak Scientists in the 300 years ago would have told you that Atomic Bombs and Space Travel were fantasy.

[@dudemanbroguy3464]

JcLeopard you’re delusional if you think a light saber will ever be real haha. No science at all to it, just a fictional weapon in a fictional setting

[@dudemanbroguy3464]

yo keep everyone calm? Kek, there maybe crazy technology under wraps but it’s to keep everyone calm is not why it’s hidden lol. More like to keep it a secret from other governments, you probably believe aliens have come to earth as well bwhaha

[@theangrybirdgodofthebadlan2583]

Me: that's BS Friend: Bull shit? Me: No, BECAUSE SCIENCE! Friend: ...

[@Mr.Manta5988]

1:55 The detail of the cutting edge glowing dimmer as it cools down is cool

[@MrBtterman]

These science videos always ends up ruining something for me...

[@Nerdist]

Or making more awesome...from a certain point of view -- KH

[@GeneralKnife]

Nerdist a certain point of view?

[@FUKTxProductions]

ghahahah

[@olgagerman9216]

that's because you're getting older. get used to it.

[@zerozone5848]

GeneralKnife *Yess*

[@maxveldhuis1727]

When I think about lightsabers and Star Wars I don't compare it to logic, I think that the Star Wars universe has different rules of nature. Which explains how the Millennium Falcon can fly, how the blasters shoot and how the lightsaber's can work.

[@trevormendoza1338]

Well, of course. He's just doing a hypothetical on lightsabers' behavior IF they existed in our world and how they would hypothetically work over here.

[@xsimko]

...and how there's a sound in vacuum...

[@boubelkajitkka8654]

Максим Холявін George Lucas said: without it, it'll be boring... . Coz in space battle wont be sounds, exposions etc...

[@xsimko]

Even more: without dispersing environment, in space lazer beams would be invisible. Real life just doesn't want to correspond to action movie's expectations. =)

[@PONYBOYonline]

You don’t need to provide examples....pretty much 99% of technology in Star Wars is implausible

[@nicl-xh3vl]

There is a kyber crystal that freezes instead of being hot

[@loserbeam2780]

Even one that absorbs energy which is pretty awesome

[@NotWoodie]

The crystal itself has been said to have a cold aura, it doesn't freeze, I saw this video too and it's incredibly misleading, the crystal itself is cold not the blade, yet the aura of the blade feels "cold" too, just not when made contact with, it still acts like a normal lightsaber

[@mikeaninger7388]

Still one of my favorites years after Kyle started his own channel. Hope he gets credit for it.

[@max.wilson]

What about the physics behind death by snu snu? 😂🤣😂

[@adamwestbrook1409]

Crushed pelvases

[@thomasmurrell9832]

Max Wilson best way to die, may I add.

[@JinKee]

Yes. But how much snu snu exactly does it take to crush a human pelvis?

[@keepironman14]

Jin Kee depends on the gaint female, however much force applied on impact. It's either your bones simply get worn down until they break or every single impact would have to do some amount of fracturing (or micro-fracturing) at a rate faster then bone heals. Eventually your pelvis would crumble due to the fracturing. But really you'd have much worse to worry about. Your dong is much more fragile then bone, you'll be missing your stick b4 your pelvis shatters.

[@benn255b3]

Max Wilson funny I just seen that episode the other day. I wouldn't mind that death ;)

[@Andreithelord]

Actually it is explained the blade of the saber are made from plasma/laser/*insert saber material here* and a tweakable containment field which limits the outward expulsion of energy. As a result, it is supposed to have the exact power highlighted in the video, without any of the heat radiation, as that is contained in a small space. This is also used to explain why the sabers clash when they hit each other and explains the saber's hum

[@sadev101]

then if the heat is contained how would you melt through metal doors for instance

[@lagatafelinigatunus5598]

The field only contains the heat, and to a certain distance, therefore you can still cut things when the plasma/laser makes contact with objects or people.

[@sadev101]

its the heat from a laser or plasma that does the destruction of matter .. laser without heat is no functioning for cutting purposes. that why we need to increase wattage for lasers to cut through thicker morre durable material. if you make sure the heat does not get to be transferred to the object then no cutting takes place

[@lagatafelinigatunus5598]

Did you read? i just said that the force field wich contains the plasma/whatever of the lightsaber, also contains the heat, but it doesn't prevent objects from making contact with it, so when you cut something the plasma/heat contained within the forcefield "tube" burns the object as it is touched. I hope i explained it better this time. Heat doesn't go out of the field containing the heat, but things outside can go through and be burned on contact.

[@sadev101]

the nerdist explained to us that the high intensity heat makes the matter evaporate so quickly it explodes so you cant cut. now you have a containment field that its even more hot inside then normal because it cannot escape so builds up.. but even if it didnt do that. you have concentrated all the heat inside the conatainment field and its that heat that should cut but still cant cat because it still will get into contact with the matter making it expand so quick its more exploding then anything else . just as the video said. now you only have the heat more confined but still having the same effect

[@richt63]

Great video ❤ which pretty much confirms my beliefs that a lightsaber is more than technological. That it's a supernatural, mystical weapon like king Arthur's Excalibur, the sacred sword of the Japanese emperor said to be originally the weapon given to Amaterasu omikami by her brother Susanoo-no-mikoto-sama after he slain oroachi the eight headed dragon, spear of Odin to name a few. Great video ❤

[@Not_Your_Usual_Username]

Well it’s still not going to be painful because that amount pain can not be processed by the brain it would either A) shut down, or B) something else

[@namenotavailable6879]

im gonna go with B) something else, being the brain most probably also exploding or melting, which sounds pretty cool "how did he pass away" "oh, him? yeah his brain exploded. they do that sometimes"

[@felynecomrade]

I was burned pretty bad once. Only hurt for a second or two. The nerves were cooked, they couldn't transmit signals.

[@bingus0838]

6:39: blows up some one from heat of lightsaber 6:48: hold (light) part

[@joaobulhoes7335]

Dude this guy just made a 9:59 minute video, what a trooper

[@Luke.Raistrick]

Lovely vid as usual Kyle great job

[@Hasan-ol2qy]

how tf did you watch it already?

[@Luke.Raistrick]

Hasan Laith it came out an hour earlier on nerdist.com

[@opie317]

you mean Thor?

[@lukemellinger339]

I accidentally read this as, "Lonely vid as usual Kylo"

[@thesurvivoroforder6639]

Please do a episode in which you explain how santa’s reindeer fly, and how their magic powders work

[@rileyx7346]

The survivor of order 66 Uhhh

[@mehmeh2255]

The survivor of order 66 Don't forget to mention they're all biosex female because only female reindeer have antlers in the winter. Note, I didn't say nothing 'bout them being cis.

[@wbariqProductions]

That explains why Obi-wan was vaporized when he got hit by Vader's lightsaber.

[@Stanna44]

wbariqProductions No... only the part that got hit vaporizes. Not his entire body.

[@spacedoutfoo]

Dude you really just spoiled the movie for me, come on man

[@lukatube7175]

Evan Reed I mean (don’t take offence to this) but I find it weird that you’ve never seen start wars before,

[@somethingofascientist58]

Evan Reed The movie came out in 1977

[@somethingofascientist58]

Evan Reed The movie came out in 1977

[@berserkrpascal5217]

Those Porgs just cracked me open xD

[@RVNCALL]

Pascal Werner I hate them, they are just annoying

[@fullyuki]

Cracked your skull open with their devilish eyes?

[@wuhugm]

The forcefield that contains the energy/heat/plasma into the shape of a blade also preventing the expansion of destroyed materials. That's why it's not releasing shockwave every time the blade is swung despite constantly superheat the air it passes through. There's your answer.

[@rednas2.079]

Alexander Reinfield Would have been my answer too! Maybe OP should read the EU books before trying to explain things that don't need any explaining 😂

[@mariocastro6895]

Hey I have one comment about this. Take into consideration that in the book "the Jedi path" it explains that lightsabers cannot vaporize liquid...

[@mariocastro6895]

And specifically water

[@doc8140]

Mario R S Castro true, since it would render the underwater-lightsabers pointless

[@peterpeter3226]

People need to watch this video again to answer questions about the new Ahsoka episode with Sabine getting stabbed with a lightsaber.

[@hamsteronroids5781]

Scientifically yes this would happen but keep in mind that a lightsaber is made using a kyber crystal which might not be the same as pure heat

[@DylanoTheWizard]

interesting... XD

[@ridleydidnothingwrong]

Stfu this is what would happen if it were real quit being fanboy and just fucking except that this whole Kyber crystal stuff can't exist

[@httohot]

raptor jezus it cant exist???!!!?!?!?! we know like literally less than 1% about our universe and the millions of possibilities and your response to having less than one percent of that limited information is to say, "kyber crystal stuff CAN'T exist"... You believe this despite the fact that face time and skype were literally science fiction tropes and considered nigh impossible less than 30 years ago we just discovered and monitored gravitational waves we just discovered how to edit human genes to organize dna as we please We literally just discovered a single particle can both exist and not exist in a specific space at a specific time All these things are in the last 30 years and you want to say kyber crystals cant exist like your some kind of fucking scientist.....smh you are part of the population that tells the great thinkers of our time like the wright brother or Einstein that they are wrong and try to stop them. If you had your way there would be no innovation because if it isnt obvious then it isnt possible in your eyes. If you took the time to take this video seriously then at least take the time to take the potential possibilities of the universe seriously.

[@jamessteiniger7016]

So I was looking forward to a good debate but I forgot this is a KZbin comment section and things always escalate to the highest degree after two comments. However, I celebrate the Jedi religion, train in lightsaber combat and am now waiting for someone to discover the power a Kyber Crystal would provide in order to obtain a real saber, or at least as close as it could come without defying physics. Hell maybe they'll use some sort of metal rod in the center to heat up instead of just a light beam. Then it can cauterize, so it'll be like the hoverboard. No actual hovering, but no real physical work needed for operation.

[@sunmoon2225]

raptor jezus Lightsabres aren't real, deal with it

[@lynxranger9226]

It’s kind of what almost happened at Chernobyl

[@taxiband]

It’s hilarious when he was writing qui gone Jin he wrote it with an E at the end of gon

[@Arcane101X]

The measurements reflection of the light of the lightsaber at 6:18 is just *chefs kiss* pleasing. One of my favorites vids from Kyle just got better.

[@85bbenjaminfan]

I once heard it said that a lightsaber is pure energy from power cells that is focused through the Kyber crystal. There are superconductors in the hilt that regulate the temperature of the blade and keep it cool. The blade's ability to melt through a blast door, as demonstrated in The Phantom Menace, happens by the energy of the blade exciting the molecules in the durasteel and said molecules vibrate, causing friction and heat, therefore causing the doors to melt. It was a canon explanation before Disney threw the E.U. out, but at least at the time it perfectly explained the attributes of the lightsaber blade. Changing it to super heated plasma seems to be more problematic, at least in my opinion

[@LicoriceDiabetes]

Do you think "pure energy" doesn't radiate heat lol

[@85bbenjaminfan]

@@LicoriceDiabetes Hence the reason for the superconductors

[@LicoriceDiabetes]

@@85bbenjaminfan I hope you look up the vague science behind superconductors, you can't just say "yes thats why they exist" - they require very specific conditions to be any more effective than a normal conducting surface..

[@85bbenjaminfan]

@@LicoriceDiabetes And I hope you're keeping in mind that we're discussing a fictional universe that often times defies our laws of chemistry and physics, so you can't always use common science to describe all of the phenomena you see within this universe. And with that in mind, some things are better taken in at face value than having some "vague scientific explanation" applied to it

[@LicoriceDiabetes]

@@85bbenjaminfan for you to use that as a defense after using superconductors as your initial reasoning is fairly contradictory, please re-evaluate.

[@komodo26]

Dude, that just makes lightsabers so much more metal. That’s awesome!

[@dooder9612]

i was waiting to see a 9:59 video i said this: i see a 9:59 vid i sub because thats content not money seeking shit

[@solomonsetarin7615]

lol

[@fayyllfayyll]

Fucking FACTS DUDE!

[@nolanmathes6503]

Go to thesmithplays video what’s really going to happen to the hatch

[@jordanwillett8456]

@Shinyhunter Ferr0 Yes but not for every video and not for a video that has 30 seconds of content and 9min and 30 sec of black screen or a stupid outro it should be a real 10 min worth of content some of these people make garbage just to make a 10 min video

[@newk_id9230]

Filip Djordjevic well I mean they kinda work for money, especially if KZbin is the only thing they do

[@charles1412]

I like how he casually holds the lightsabers blade while he explains how master qui gon would explode, then rain down chunks of Jedi master.

[@settratheimperishable3491]

but what if 2 lightsabers clash together in a duel?

[@Shigellosis]

Voltair remember Hiroshima?

[@chloedevereaux1801]

repelling magnetic fields stop the plasma.... simples

[@lawaern3474]

They are designed to clash you know. And they are actually not hot at all when not in contact with most solids. There are several materials that also don't trigger the heat, one such material is OTHER LIGHTSABER BLADES!!!

[@ethandembitz2398]

Thugzilla goddamn

[@kolbywilliams6288]

If we go by the lore explanations, exactly what happens in the movies. If we go by reality, they would be incinerated before they clashed.

[@mosshead2665]

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE

[@clairekidd5691]

This dude is a legend the video is 9:59 long

[@jeremyk.6456]

I think that they consider them elegant weapons because you don’t leave a cleaved up bloody corpses. If this is how it would actually work then they would need to have a manner to shield the energy of the lightsaber blade from the atmosphere/environment until the shield passes the point of striking to prevent a massive storm of fire/heat in the area of a battle.

[@Mnymas]

Mans not hot

[@micraftgaming3582]

M1nymas 8989 this deserves more likes 😂

[@SmokyTiger101]

M1nymas 8989 mans too hot

[@caniz80]

RAW SAUCE!

[@tezze-kezze8282]

M1nymas 8989 Never hot

[@Equinox4O7]

M1nymas 8989 Mans never hot

[@ZainUShah]

6:48 How come the first few millimeters of Qui-Gon's skin would get vaporized when the lightsaber is held within 10 centimeters from him, but *you were touching the lightsaber with your fingers and they didn't ignite?*

[@LicoriceDiabetes]

Because he is holding a toy for demonstrative purposes

[@kimikimchi8652]

706 You are such a Logan (Fanders will get that reference.)