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Obviously there is no power supply. The Jedi channels the energy of the Force.

I never noticed the Jedi avoiding looking at the naked beam of a lightsaber in the movies. I'd think it would be quite damaging to the eyes.

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Han Solo cutting open the Tauntaun in ESB is the death-blow to any mystical theory about lightsabers.

Unless Han Solo is force sensitive.

It's never been conclusively ruled out. Curious fans have speculated about it every now and then. In the books, he ends up fathering three Jedi. (Granted, he fathers them with Leia, a known force-sensitive. But it's entirely possible he's force sensitive, too.)

I should note that a fantastic way to start a nerd fight with Star Wars fans is to take the position that Han is force sensitive. Most people seem vehemently opposed to the idea. They see it as breaking character and/or narrative theme for him.

Star Wars is just the realpolitik machinations of midichlorians trying to gain lebensraum.

Midichlorians are heretical. They are the propaganda of a false prophet. The force exists outside of such things.

Is there a special branch of Godwin's law that includes the addition of Episode 1-3 to references to the 3rd Reich?

Yes, they are a splinter group of Interpol. Jackie Chan is one of their detectives.

edit - there should be a scifi detective/cop show called "Godwin's Law" about police vs Nazis, in space. That would be awesome.

In fact I am slightly annoyed that it doesn't exist already.

I'll join you in that! In the meantime, there's Iron Sky.

How can you combine Ayn Rand, Ray Kurzweil and Star Wars for nerd baiting?

If it is, it isn't conscious, Han Solo cuts open a Tauntaun at the beginning of Ep 5 with Luke's lightsaber.

There's also Gen. Grievous and his throphy lightsabers.

we don't mention him...

For all that's known, Grievous was a pretty good fighter before he got turned into that machine monster. So, like Vader, he is still alive in a Force sense.

I guess this is also why his MagnaGuards don't carry lightsabers, but electrostaffs instead.

Nobody cares about Grievous. He's part of the later, shittier movies from a different director (yeah Lucas in 2000s has nothing to do with the Lucas in the 70s).

Maybe just having the lightsaber Luke's proximity was enough to power it? After all, some Jedi can hurl their lightsabers.

Didn't Luke wield a lightsaber before he knew he was force sensitive?

Yep, he picked it up and just turned it on. I guess you could say it was natural instinct but I would have to think such a thing would require a great deal of concentration.

Plus there's the fact it's quite canon that there's a power source. Luke bought one when he built his second lightsaber.

EDIT: Thanks to Wookiepedia I now see that the earliest lightsabers were the result of the user channeling the force through the device. Later to be changed to various power sources which resulted in superior weapons.

That shit was stoles from Dune.

I read a long time ago in some kinda official source, that they have a cold fusion source in the handle.

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