force actvation

[azreal]

a button or a switch is baically just moving a circuit so shouldnt it be possible to move it wth force ;D

[Xorren Hedrasii]

If I ever get my backstory finished, I'll post it. It involves that very concept. All my PVC sabers have small bolts as a guide for the Force but they arent actually activators. Good thinking bringing that up Azreal!

[Seda Navilli]

Yep, in an EU book I have, there are lightsabers which use the force to become active. Pretty good idea - but then Luke would have been in a bad way during ESB if his had been force activated

[tanzanlinnear]

I've never liked the idea of a saber being Force activated, as it would mean that in the middle of a duel, your opponent could simply deactivate your blade just as you go to block a fatal blow... I much prefer the idea that sabers have an on/off activation system, some with an auto-cut off if the saber is dropped, some that simply stay on.

[azreal]

tanzanlinnear said:

I've never liked the idea of a saber being Force activated, as it would mean that in the middle of a duel, your opponent could simply deactivate your blade just as you go to block a fatal blow... I much prefer the idea that sabers have an on/off activation system, some with an auto-cut off if the saber is dropped, some that simply stay on.

well wth a switch the sith could just move the switch wth the force ;D it would essentially be harder because he would have to move the whole suircate

[Ani-Chay Pinn]

I think that little things like moving switches might take more concentration than a broad Force-push. The smaller it is, the more you have focus on it. Little things like turning your opponents light saber off might sound good in theory, but while you stop to concentrate on that, your opponent might be cutting your head off. That's my theory about it anyway.

[tanzanlinnear]

adavenport said:

I think that little things like moving switches might take more concentration than a broad Force-push. The smaller it is, the more you have focus on it.

I'd dissagree... In ESB, Luke thought he couldn't use the Force to raise his X-Wing from the swamp because it was too big, but Master Yoda told him that the size made no difference... I'd apply the reverse of that scenario to this, that it doesn't matter how small the object is, it can still be manipulated by the Force...

[Solinbeb Newau]

But realizing that the opponent has such a switch in their lightsaber...and being able to switch it during a fight would be considerably harder due to the slight distraction of trying to defend yourself from the lightsaber at the same time.

[Starkindler (The Naked Jedi)]

hop back out of reach
switch off opponent's saber
hop in swinging to end the battle.....

at least on less experienced Jedi it would work.

[Johann Shinobi]

seda said:

Yep, in an EU book I have, there are lightsabers which use the force to become active. Pretty good idea - but then Luke would have been in a bad way during ESB if his had been force activated

the novel is "the Crystal Star"

Also,since each saber is made to the specifications of the creator it would take considerable consentration to find the one curcuit that controls the activator. it would be easier to just disarm the opponant that try a difficult manuver like turing off thier saber.

[Seda Navilli]

johannshinobi said:

the novel is "the Crystal Star"

Ha ha yep spot on! Its like the only EU book I own

[Ani-Chay Pinn]

True, size matters not. But I think the issue in a fight would be not whether or not a Jedi could do little things, like turning off an opponent's saber; I think the problem is how long and how much concentration it would take in the middle of a fight.

For example, Yoda could lift Luke's light saber out of the swamp, but only after he sat back and concentrated on it. Yoda had to let Dooku go at the end of AOTC because he had to stop and keep Anakin and Obi-Wan from getting crushed.. He couldn't do that and fight Dooku at the same time.

I think the same thing might apply to little things as well. A simple Force push can be done without breaking the rhythm of the fight, but you couldn't crush your opponent's neck because you'd have to stop and think about it. And while you're doing that your opponent has time to cut you in half while you're concentrating on their neck.

tanzanlinnear said:

I'd dissagree... In ESB, Luke thought he couldn't use the Force to raise his X-Wing from the swamp because it was too big, but Master Yoda told him that the size made no difference... I'd apply the reverse of that scenario to this, that it doesn't matter how small the object is, it can still be manipulated by the Force...

[Leda EmBorr]

Also, a Jedi would usually be connected to his saber through the Force, making manipulation of the switch by his opponent much more difficult.