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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Oct 1, 2005 5:30:45 GMT -5
Going back to the material a Jedi would use to make his/her lightsaber, it'd most probably be a lightweight, non-conductive and heat-resistant composit, maybe even blast resistant in case the lightsaber should explode in their hands.
Can't find much reference to types of materials used in the SW universe, but there's plenty of references in the ST universe (I guess Trekkies are more meticulous then us, eeer...Warries?).
Anyway it'd be real cool to make a saber out of one, or a combination of the following ST materials:
Ceramic-polymer Tritanium Duranium Monocrystal beryllium silicate infused with semiferrous polycarbonate whiskers Ablative ceramic fabric
I'm also quite disappointed Lucas never included some kind of saber making process in any of the movies...even a short glimpse of a Jedi in the process of fabricating his/her saber would be most welcomed. The only 'process' we saw was in the CLone Wars cartoons when Barriss Offee did the final assembly of her saber with the help of the Force...
I'm also quite surprise the SW universe, which is more advanced then the ST univer in many ways, do not seem to have replicator or transporter technology...just imagine what kind of saber hilts a Jedi could make with a replicator!
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Post by Seda Navilli on Oct 1, 2005 14:03:25 GMT -5
lol whats a replicator? Never did watch much Star Trek...
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Oct 5, 2005 4:35:26 GMT -5
The best way to describe a replicator is that its a 3-D printer. it extracts carbon molecules from the air and use it to make solid objects.
You input all the engineering specifications of an item's into it, and the replicator makes a finished, working product of what you entered; provided all the information you entered are correct.
That's how starfleet personnel get their weapon, clothing, food, drink, parts for the starship and everything else while on extended voyages across the galaxy.
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Oct 5, 2005 20:36:51 GMT -5
...and this is on topic how ??
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Oct 6, 2005 1:25:58 GMT -5
...and this is on topic how ?? Exploring ways to make a better saber hilt? ;D
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Oct 21, 2005 17:27:44 GMT -5
The best way to describe a replicator is that its a 3-D printer. it extracts carbon molecules from the air and use it to make solid objects.
You input all the engineering specifications of an item's into it, and the replicator makes a finished, working product of what you entered; provided all the information you entered are correct. Actually, replicators draw on reserves of 'recycled matter' to create the chosen object. Essentially, it uses the same technology used in transporters. Most things that are replicated were at one point original items that were dematerialized, and had their entire molecular structure mapped and stored. Whenever someone orders something from a replicator, be it a cup of tea, a uniform jacket or even a phaser, the replicator basically dematerializes an amount of the 'recycled matter', reorganizes it's molecular structure to match the template of the original, and then materializes it in that new form I've noticed in the novelization and visual dictionary for ROTS that many things (including General Greivous) are fabricated from duranium... Looks like Lucas is getting uncreative and stealing ideas again...
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Post by Olos Nay on Oct 21, 2005 23:16:00 GMT -5
I'm also quite disappointed Lucas never included some kind of saber making process in any of the movies...even a short glimpse of a Jedi in the process of fabricating his/her saber would be most welcomed. The only 'process' we saw was in the CLone Wars cartoons when Barriss Offee did the final assembly of her saber with the help of the Force... Well, the Luke EP6 hero saber is made with a sliding part over the activation box - it was intended that we see Luke finish the saber, and adjust the electronics in the activation box. but it didn't make it to the final cut. As for teleportation or replication... well, SW isn't a scientific universe. Have you notice there are no scientists?
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Post by Solinbeb Newau on Oct 22, 2005 9:37:55 GMT -5
As for teleportation or replication... well, SW isn't a scientific universe. Have you notice there are no scientists? Well, at least in the movies anyway. There was the Maw installation's scientists making the Death Star, the Sun Crusher, the World Devastators. Though, now due to the movies it was someone else who had created the Death Star.
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Post by LoreenShadowchaser on Oct 22, 2005 17:11:15 GMT -5
In the Star Wars Radio Dramas put out many years ago on National Public Radio, they were over 5 hrs, so had more time to delve into detail with character and plot development.
At the beginning of Return of the Jedi, you hear Luke building his new lightsaber in Ben's hut, using parts he found there, and describing the process. (and getting frustrated when he had problems with it Until he became calm and let the Force flow through him. )
Hmm, I need to find those tapes, I bought the whole trilogy when it came out on tape back in the 90s, but don't know where they are right now after having moved a few years ago.
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Post by Solinbeb Newau on Oct 23, 2005 8:51:52 GMT -5
In the Star Wars Radio Dramas put out many years ago on National Public Radio, they were over 5 hrs, so had more time to delve into detail with character and plot development.
At the beginning of Return of the Jedi, you hear Luke building his new lightsaber in Ben's hut, using parts he found there, and describing the process. (and getting frustrated when he had problems with it Until he became calm and let the Force flow through him. )
Hmm, I need to find those tapes, I bought the whole trilogy when it came out on tape back in the 90s, but don't know where they are right now after having moved a few years ago. I think they published the scripts for those...I have them, somewhere.
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Oct 26, 2005 19:52:48 GMT -5
Aye, it is too bad george didn't show the process. Maybe he thought it wouldn't progress the story of Anikan and Luke.<shrugs>. Plo, All the materials you'd mentioned would work quite nicely. I thought I'd heard somewhere, saber hilts are made from Duranium or durasteal.
Olos, they DO have scientists, but this particular part of the story, it didn't show them. As they have cab drivers, doctors(healers) and freighter captians, we don't see them but they are there. SO it's up to us to make stories to show the other joes and janes in this universe.
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Oct 26, 2005 20:18:09 GMT -5
bearing all this in mind, and along with a short story I have begun that threatens to lengthen into around 20 pages.....I have a unique idea for a saber "assembly" that will please some SF fans and have others calling for my DNA to be unravelled..........and it should be able to cut Mandalorian Armor and other resistant substances............
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Post by Raikoh No Yorimizu on Nov 20, 2005 21:54:40 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]I've always thought of a light saber as two blades the first is the archwave beam(color part) its a reletively new concept of a partical beam that falls back on itself forming an "arch"it acts as acontainer for the other beam the second, the phobium beam (white part) is the part that does the cutting. a phobium beam is like a super concentrated photon beam P.S. sorry i havent been around lately i went to Japan!Iwas there For a new book I'm writing it was great except i got a call from my wife and they made fun of how small my cell phone was so I turned around and made fun of how small they were so I'm spending christmas in a japanese prison send more food!!![/glow]
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Post by Solinbeb Newau on Nov 21, 2005 14:13:04 GMT -5
Hmmm...found my old Lightsaber Dueling Pack from West End Games.
Here's their explanation...
"Although the exact details of lightsaber operation remain shrouded in mystery, the general technology is known. All controls and components fit into a compact handle 24 to 30 centimeters long. When the Jedi activates the lightsaber, a tremendous charge of pure energy flows from the power cell. A series of multi-faceted jewels focus the energy into a tight parallel beam.
The beam emits from a positively charged continuous energy lens at the center of the handle. The beam then arcs circumferentially back to the negatively charged high energy flux aperture, usually set in a disk that also serves as a handguard. The power amplitude determines the point at which the beam arcs back to the disk, setting the blade length. The tight, arcing beam forms a blade of amazing strength."
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Dec 24, 2005 9:32:26 GMT -5
Hmmm...found my old Lightsaber Dueling Pack from West End Games. Here's their explanation... "Although the exact details of lightsaber operation remain shrouded in mystery, the general technology is known. All controls and components fit into a compact handle 24 to 30 centimeters long. When the Jedi activates the lightsaber, a tremendous charge of pure energy flows from the power cell. A series of multi-faceted jewels focus the energy into a tight parallel beam." And if that beam of 'pure energy' was a stream of graviton particles, that would fit perfectly with my theory
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