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posted 08-07-2001 07:12            

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Originally posted by marcel:
Suggest reducing caffine intake, paxil might work.

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posted 08-07-2001 10:13            

I must now ignite all of my Star Wars paraphernalia in a large bonfire to appease the Lucasfilm demons.

posted 08-07-2001 14:15            

That's a big fat NO, Mr. Lucas.

What depresses me even more is that the possibility of seeing my dream --- which is watching Yoda get into a hardcore lightsaber battle with his clone --- ain't gonna happen BECAUSE ALL SEMBLANCE OF COOL AND/OR WONDER HAS VACATED GEORGE LUCAS' HEAD!

posted 08-07-2001 16:11            

Incidentally, am I the only one that's ever deliberately come up with a reasonable technical explanation of a lightsaber to shut somebody up about how silly Star Wars really is?

posted 08-07-2001 16:33         

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Originally posted by Jimbo:
Sorry, but the whole concept of Yoda as a lightsaber-wielding mean mofo is pretty gay, really - I mean, strong enough to lift an X-Wing with the Force alone = mighty motherfucker... but somebody only 2 feet tall is just NEVER going to be impressive as an actual swordsbeing. Even with a cool glowy sword.

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Who says he'll use his hands?

posted 08-07-2001 16:43            

Seriously, if you can throw a - presumably multiple-ton - insterstellar-travel-capable fighter craft around with the Force, you can do a LOT more damage with raw application than you could ever THINK about doing just waving a lightsaber about.

Yoda with a lightsaber for purposes of damaging an opponent with the lightsaber is like a grenade launcher loaded with throwing stars... silly on the face of it. The only conceivable use a lightsaber would be of to Yoda is as a means of parrying blaster bolts...

... which of course shouldn't be even VAGUELY as much of an issue as it is since EVEN FUCKING GUNGAN NATIVES HAVE NIFTY TOWER SHIELDS THAT STOP BLASTER BOLTS 100%.

posted 08-07-2001 17:24            

You could also make a definite case for mutual repulsion of magnetic fields between sabers, so you could still have a swordfight with 'em. (As to reflecting blaster bolts... sorry. Can't work that one in any way I can think of. Blaster bolt ABSORPTION, maybe... but not reflection.)

The only real technical problem left is in producing a magnetic bottle of the right dimensions... but hell, it SHOULD be possible to produce an extremely elliptical field, given unlimited technological prowess, right?

posted 08-07-2001 17:24            

also if your foe is using a lightsaber then it is only suitable to match him/her in his/her game

-excerpt form "aint it cool"-

Coming Soon To Fox: "When Clones Attack!" Followed up by "America's Funniest Sithlords Taking It In The Nuts With A Wiffle Ball."

posted 08-07-2001 20:07            

The shit on SA amazes me.

posted 08-08-2001 06:46         

however, light sabers do release a lot of thermal energy on contact with solid matter (since they cauterize). so wouldn't that point to some high-potential non-thermal energy being contained in the blade? so when it hits, it converts to heat like, say, a live power wire frying your ass to a crisp. but more focused.

posted 08-08-2001 09:52            

As much as Star Wars meant to me as a child, I have sadly had to give up on Lucas.

I wanted so badly to like The Phantom Menace, but for obvious unnamed reasons, it made me very very sad.

I will probably still force myself to go see The Clown Wars, but screw Lucas.

I am waiting with baited breath for Lord of the Rings!

posted 08-08-2001 10:21            

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Originally posted by Jimbo:
(Extra geek points to anybody ELSE who managed to come up with the (only one that I know of) halfway-reasonable technical explanation of what a lightsaber is and how it works.)

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Fucking voodoo magic.

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posted 08-08-2001 18:05            

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Originally posted by MightyMon:
Heh. I haven't the faintest idea how to extract a part from another picture so that it looks nice.

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Um, the way most of us do it is CAREFULLY.
You want to start with the lasso, but put your grab on a new layer, and go around the outside deleting extraneous stuff. In the end you'll want to make much use of the rubber stamp and blur tools to fit stuff together.

posted 08-08-2001 20:37            

THE DEVIL I SAY