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How Hot Would a Light Saber Really Be?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whizzz-vroom dept.

Datagod asks: "Has anyone ever calculated the temperature you would need to be able to slice through steel like it was thin air? How hot would a light saber really need to be? Also, I am assuming that at least some of the metal would be vaporized and the expanding gas would fling bits of molten metal at the saber wielder. Wouldn't your average Jedi be horribly scarred from all this."

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  1. Hot? What about cold? by Paulo's+News · · Score: 0, Troll
    How do we know the light saber is hot? What if it is just really really cold?

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  2. Re:Nanotechnology by Asmor · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm totally stealing that for D20 Future if I ever run a game.

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  3. no, no you are all wrong by __aampey1734 · · Score: 1, Troll

    the correct answer is "who gives a shit?"

  4. Re:Mod me please? by jibjibjib · · Score: 0, Troll

    If star wars sucks, this post will get modded up.