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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@user-yo7fj7gy8e]

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.

[@dalton912]

@@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

[@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

[@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

[@DaenaMichelle]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@_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.

[@SlewedBoot25934]

0:22 *casually regrows arm*

[@rugoss1195]

Lmoa

[@auracts653]

Lmoa

[@dekisugee]

Lmoa

[@Squide250]

Lmoa

[@slime7054]

Lmoa

[@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?!

[@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.

[@aveekdas2173]

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

[@lorastra6975]

@@aveekdas2173 Are you referring to me?

[@chickenranger4616]

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

[@ellie5963]

His hair is majestic

[@shizukagozen777]

FroggityLob Ifkr !!!

[@flazme9858]

Thor has nothing on him

[@chrisburgett165]

My brother has almost as long or longer than his hair. But your right it is super majestic

[@sean_2455]

Like Jesus

[@maximhoste3269]

Looks like a surfer dure

[@captaincrazy5008]

*A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW?*

[@JPFanBoy2]

_N'YES_

[@asadstrangelittleman9655]

Mmmmmmm yes,mmmmmmm

[@Nerdist]

YEEEEEESSS -- KH

[@dp-r9856]

YES.

[@spudthepug]

No.

[@nerdboi4206]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

Another theory: It wouldn't actually be that bad because intense heat destroys your nerves to the point you don't feel pain. Much like a 3rd degree burn.

[@elmercy4968]

3rd degree burns hurt like hell.

[@jace8490]

@@elmercy4968not for long though

[@juliancaraveo5700]

So essentially it would be a very quick and heated amputation / wound ? Even than it still sounds painful .

[@Not-Kurosawa]

luke screamed when he got amputated and anakin passed out when count dooku ampuated him tho

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@cutercills9x9productions9]

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

[@josepht5715]

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

[@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

[@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

[@christopherriley3812]

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.

[@emileponcelet3439]

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

[@thefreddyshow9144]

Someone: * turns on a lightsaber * Earth:🔥🔥🔥

[@papastalin846]

So australians made the lightsaber

[@KurtisandHurdle]

Just remember this is a long time ago in a galaxy far far away anything can happen

[@mrpenis6052]

a long time ago but somehow in the future

[@corvus1253]

Yes, a science *fiction fantasy* space opera.

[@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

[@raphaelroy4543]

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

[@ericvaldivia1957]

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

[@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

[@theo4512]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@ross_boss]

6:46 *Awesome safety hand placement*

[@Audiotrocious]

Ross Boss lol

[@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

[@beastlymace2214]

They have a limiter that both cools and contains everything outside of the light saber area BIG BRAAAAIIIIINNNNN

[@mikeaninger7388]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@joaobulhoes7335]

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

[@Mr.Manta5988]

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

[@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

[@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...

[@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

[@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 ❤

[@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

[@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.

[@coochcatcher6915]

You know they’re good people when they leave the video 1 second off 10 minutes

[@eh2587]

This proves Anakin killed all younglings by just making a step forward at the execution of order 66

[@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

[@IdoDekel-do7hh]

before that video I wanted a lightsaber now I need one

[@benweiss2519]

This*

[@bingus0838]

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

[@kernal5633]

This guy is like when you are done teaching the ways of the force like a Jedi, so you teach it like khan academy.

[@alexanderzhmurov9624]

To be fair, I think the Republic would've had a better standing...

[@happybalint]

but kyber ccrystals are magic so the rules of sience dont apply here

[@robymaru03]

Magic is not the antithesis of science, magic is unexplained science. Much natural phenomena were considered magic in the past until great minds appeared and break them down into science. To put it simply you could say that Magic is raw knowledge and Science is refined knowledge.

[@avelynn7364]

Theyre not Magic

[@hipplel]

Sience

[@pwnmeisterage]

@@robymaru03 Magic is more than just ignorance - it's also imagination, fantasy, fiction. Maybe science cannot always properly prove or explain an observed phenomenon - but in this instance it can properly disprove (reasonably rule out) a suicidally impractical speculative phenomenon. 35MW seems like a fair approximation and even if the numbers are off by a few orders of magnitude the results of lightsaber combat would basically work out pretty much as they're described in the video.

[@waltmclendon7906]

Exactly!!! 😑

[@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.

[@taxiband]

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

[@theharmonicaloser9323]

Nobody: Science nerds: ITS 70% WATER AJSHDHDKS

[@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

[@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.

[@o8l1v1ous2]

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.

[@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.

[@sleazyp2225]

0:29 why did you have to do my mans like that

[@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

[@aluraune5892]

You touched the blade of the lightsaber...

[@lepirs9]

Mx Parallax boom explosion

[@AKAstyxx]

tutaminis

[@Chronic637]

HE'S INVINCIBLE

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@punkzee1081]

the hacksmith: hold my tools

[@raphaelroy4543]

Yes

[@raphaelroy4543]

You come right here after the episode of the Hacksmith.

[@punkzee1081]

@@raphaelroy4543 yep

[@lynxranger9226]

It’s kind of what almost happened at Chernobyl

[@heroplayzz7802]

1 like 1 qui-gon prayer...

[@nolanc9432]

You mean Qui-Gone

[@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

[@jackstealo7518]

This guys is so good at editing. I have just started learning how to edit. It's amazing how he knows his vision so well. I hope I get this good.

[@bushmonger950]

This is how many times he said “from a certain point of view” 👇

[@joaquimamado8313]

A certain point of view?!?

[@IvanosqueVanschaick]

Michael Bay star wars confirmed 👍

[@gyneve]

Ivanosque Van schaick Explosions. Explosions everywhere.

[@issacseo892]

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

[@1nstant459]

issac seo lol

[@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.)

[@gabehinterman9142]

Great job Kyle and team, y’all rock!!

[@JeanLucCaptain]

This is actually covered in halo. The covenant energy sword has the same effect.

[@icyachilles5078]

Jean-Luc Martel halo is not the same as star wars...

[@JeanLucCaptain]

No it isn't but the energy sword works on the same principle.

[@ryandunn4848]

An energy sword and a lightsaber are pretty much the exact same thing except the energy sword is designed to cathch the blade of the enemy's sword to throw them off guard, like how the energy sword has two blades that meet in a parallel point.

[@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

[@flamethereploid1352]

Me: take a shot every time Kyle says, “from.. a certain point of view...” 9 year old anakin: he’s gonna get us both killed R2-d2: beeps in agreement

[@peterpeter3226]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@roomtemparatureicebag2013]

The reason that the lightsaber doesn’t just keep going is there is a magnetic field around it making it the shape that it is The magnetic field lets things go inside it so the plasma can melt said thing but it doesn’t let heat out so no you wouldn’t burn when you turn it on

[@plack_benis382]

Yep. Its pretty simple, i mean if the blade wasnt wasnt contained by something it would be a damn laser beam pretty much

[@cianmannion1752]

Honestly enjoy watching these videos, they are very interesting

[@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.

[@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.

[@eliteified4124]

This is my debate. The lightsaber is yes powerful but to understand it we need to look at the kybercrystal, it contains and controls the power through the force it’s alive. It emits a blade when the lightsaber is made because the kyber can’t emit its power any were else (also the saber itself is surging the kybercrystals power to its exit) is forcing a blade, the saber conducts the energy and forces it through but will not make the victims explode its controlled and contained energy is forcing the crystal to emit a force to stop surging all that power the saber is weakened and yet it stops the victims from exploding yet also stopping the bleeding because the conducted plasma forces the wound (that makes the target bleed) is closed yet making it like it is in the movies

[@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.

[@Mykil47]

Idk why I found it so funny when you first turned the lightsaber on and bursted into flames.

[@DuBstep115]

Its treason then

[@PorksG]

Flying corkscrew

[@Hauptseite]

*lame death* aaaaaaah!

[@vanyac6448]

Actually, in Star Wars lore, lightsabers don't slice by delivering heat to the target, they slice because the plasma blade loops back into the hilt, creating a gyroscopic effect. This gyroscopic effect makes lightsabers difficult to handle, but it also subtly pushes molecules of whatever the lightsaber is cutting into, aside. At least it does so if handled correctly, because in Episode 6, Luke's lightsaber bounces off of some railings during his duel with Vader.

[@theseeker2360]

Its taken me this long to realize he's left handed