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2022-09-08, 04:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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This is the explanation that makes the most sense, I think, with what we see in the films (original, prequel, and sequel). Swinging something and keeping it away from one's own body is well within the bounds of normal human capability, but without the Force, you won't be able to do the specific things the Jedi do with a lightsaber and will be stuck holding a glowing melee-only weapon in a setting replete with ranged weapons. One could argue for the usefulness of lightsabers in utility contexts for common soldiers, but at that point, it becomes a question of utility versus cost and availability.
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2022-09-08, 07:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-08, 07:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-08, 07:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-08, 07:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-08, 07:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-08, 08:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-08, 09:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Is that the Cartoon grevious who is badass, or the movie Greivous who just windmills his sabers around in a circle?
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2022-09-08, 09:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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The first kind are actually light-swordchucks.
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2022-09-08, 10:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Which makes me wonder why lightknives aren't a thing. You don't need a whole sword for cutting most things, and a knife with an energy blade would put a vibro-blade to shame.
Actually, I wonder what the younglings' or Yoda's smaller lightsabers would look like when held by a full-size adult? Why do we never see that?
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2022-09-08, 11:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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I have zero idea from a canon / expanded canon etc. perspective, but putting my worldbuilder hat on, if I had to come up with an excuse, I'd say that getting a stable, contained beam like you see in a lightsaber requires a power concentration that would be sufficient to power a full-size lightsaber. Getting something smaller would require intentionally reducing the range of your beam to less than what your equipment permits. Therefore, since you're paying for the full-size beam in the first place, so to speak, it doesn't make sense to have a smaller blade. No idea if anything in canon contradicts this idea though... if it does, then yeah, why the heck don't we have light-knives, they would be hella cool in a variety of situations.
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2022-09-08, 12:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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The EU did feature Lightsaber Shotos, also known as lightdaggers. But they were less combat knives and more offhand parrying blades, or for someone like Yoda who couldn't wield a full-size saber.
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2022-09-08, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-08, 02:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-08, 03:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Grievous cheats. He's been extensively modified with cybernetics, including on a nervous system level, which increases his reflexes. He also uses four lightsabers at the same time, which increases the odds that a given blaster bolt will be parried even if he had no skill whatsoever.
I think it's probably a matter of resource availability and cost. Lightsaber crystals aren't, say, as rare as Faberge eggs, since every Jedi or Jedi-in-training can be equipped with a lightsaber, but keep in mind that the Jedi are a relatively small organization tied into the high levels of a galaxy-wide government, so they can get a hold of those resources even if, on a broader basis, they're far too rare to be used for consumer goods. And since the crystals are a mineral resource, there's a set and finite amount of them within non-cosmological time scales, so a farsighted organization might make a point to deliberately ration them.
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2022-09-09, 07:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-09, 07:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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I didn't kill the thread this time! Yay!I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2022-09-09, 07:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thrown lightsaber is a staple maneuver in older video games, though, and Darth Vader did it at least once in the films (near the end of Return of the Jedi). I think the assumption there is that you have to use The Force to keep the dead man's switch held down; they're already presumably using The Force to guide the saber through the air anyway (and call it back to themselves, in the video games).
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2022-09-09, 08:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-09, 08:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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IIRC in the Legends canon lightsabers by default turned off if you released the power button, but there was a switch or something you could toggle to lock the blade on. I haven't engaged with any of the Disney canon EU, so I don't know if there's a similar concept there.
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2022-09-09, 09:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Which is why Ulysses 31 is the superior fantasy space opera franchise.
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2022-09-10, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-10, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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I airways thought vader walking over to his lightsaber was a show of dominance. He's allegedly unarmed, but he just casually strolls over. This isn't a desperate battle, it's just another day at the office.
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2022-09-11, 02:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-09-11, 05:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Corellia was just referenced in comic. I can't tell if memnarch is being deliberately vague in recognising the word Corellian "from somewhere" or if they're just as forgetful as I am. I had to Google to check if I only knew it from SWTOR, or if I really had seen it only four weeks ago... (The August 14 comic was the one that linked here - I wonder if anyone noticed when it was first published in late July?)
I'm still fairly sure I've been to Corellia in SWTOR, though. And I don't know if the phrase "Corellian Syndicate" comes from there or from Da&Dr.I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2022-09-11, 06:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Off the top of my head, Corellia is a well-known planet in official SW lore. I think that's where Han Solo comes from (don't know where exactly it was established). Also, a "Corellian Corvette" was a popular vessel, don't remember where it was used in the movies but I think it was. I know it best from the X-Wing / Tie-Fighter flight sim games though.
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