Star Wars discussion

[Dannflower Reguba]

With the Eu being de-canonized, I wonder if Boba Fett is still alive?

       My cousin read a book on Fett that said he actually lived anyway. Since the acid in the (was that the Sarlaac? I'm not sure) was so weak, he was able to blast his way back out.

[Izeroth]

With the Eu being de-canonized, I wonder if Boba Fett is still alive?

       My cousin read a book on Fett that said he actually lived anyway. Since the acid in the (was that the Sarlaac? I'm not sure) was so weak, he was able to blast his way back out.

That's what I was talking about. I was wondering if te books that said he lived are still lore.

[blindsimeonjtp]

did anyone see star wars rebels  on tv  ?

[Wylder Treejumper]

Chill, y'all.

Vibroblades were just ordinary blades that were rapidly vibrated to increase their damage; they wouldn't be lightsaber-resistant unless the materials they were made from were lightsaber resistant.

There were several of those, although since the EU has recently been de-canonized, I'm not sure how much of that is still "real". That said, though, the EU had at least two resistant materials that I know of, cortosis and phrik.

Pure cortosis was not only lightsaber-resistant, but could actually short out lightsabers, but had the disadvantage of being brittle and much less durable than other metals. You could make a cortosis/durasteel alloy or something else, which would make it stronger and retain the lightsaber resistance, but at the expense of not being able to short the lightsaber out. Phrik was not only lightsaber resistant but durable in other aspects as well. I believe General Grievous' bodyguards were said to have had phrik electrostaves.

Now that the EU has been decanonized, I'm not sure whether cortosis still exists. Phrik might, since I think it was invented for the prequel trilogy. If so, then the lightsaber could have a phrik covering, which would give the user's hand some protection from other people's lightsabers (of course, he'd still be in danger from his own, thanks to not having any protection for his hands against his 'crossguard' ).

It might be a moot point, though, because there's a theory that the normal lightsaber might not be as vulnerable as you'd think -- some people say that their blades "lock" together on contact. If that's true, then you couldn't necessarily just slide your lightsaber down the length of your opponent's blade and chop their weapon or hand apart. The crossguard might be intended for use as a weapon in case of these kinds of locks.

Of course, the real reason why it exists is because of "three blades". After all: in the first of the prequels, there was a guy who had a double-bladed lightsaber. In the second one, somebody fights with two lightsabers. In the third there's a guy that uses four of them at once. So, obviously there needs to be a lightsaber with three blades in the new trilogy.

If we're talking about lightsaber resistant metal, what about beskar'gam? It would be a bit of a trick getting it, as the Mandalorians don't sell it... But this is a Sith lord, so I'm assuming he can get what he wants.

[The Skarzs]

Forgive my ignorance, but why is it so bad to be a Sith? Isn't it just a side of the force that is used that derives that, or can you be a Force user without being either a Jedi or Sith?

[Jetthebinturong]

You can be a force user who is neither jedi or sith

The thing that is bad about sith is that the jedi are afraid to use techniques that they consider evil and give into darker emotions lest they never rise out of them, the sith have no such fear

[The Skarzs]

I see. So a Sith might potentially be more powerful than a Jedi. Maybe.

Wasn't the guy from Force Unleashed neither Sith nor Jedi?

[Søren]

Sith Lords are more powerful than most Jedi. Only ones like Mace Windu and Yoda are strong enough with the force to fight them 1 on 1. Obi Wan can. Darth Sidous was surely the most powerful with from the movie saga, and only Yoda could really go toe to toe with him. But, there are only two Sith Lords at a time, a master and an apprentice. So it balances out.

[Hickory]

Mace Windo?

[Dannflower Reguba]

       I've found the two codes to touch on the two extremes in rather annoying ways. The Jedi believe in peace, but they suppress passion. Passion is a good thing, it's a drive for your goals that cannot be emulated by anything else as it is the single strongest motivation a human can obtain seeing as it is emotional. The problem with the Sith is that they take it too far, and live off of anger instead of consuming it. So personally, I don't like either, it's just that the Jedi are seemingly always on the just side which forces me (no pun intended, seriously) to support them.

[Jetthebinturong]

I don't doubt that there are any good Sith out there, nor do I doubt the existence of evil Jedi. I'm reasonably sure that the sith species were the first beings to think of using the force as a weapon

[LT Sandpaw]

Mace was more powerful then Sidous and Yoda, Yoda was much older and wiser and probably stronger in the force, however Yoda was unable to defeat Sidous whereas Mace was.

[Hickory]

Windu was specifically known for prowess with the lightsaber, and using a 7th style, Vaapad. The only reason that he could defeat Sidious is because of his lightsaber prowess.

[Jetthebinturong]

He was also known for having destroyed an entire battalion of droids with his bare hands

[Hickory]

*shrugs* fine. But my point still stands. Oh yeah. That's a battalion of roids and a siesmic tank.