How Lightsabers work

Understanding the basics of your typical light saber

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber1.htm
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If you've always wondered how light sabers work, HowStuffWorks.com has a thorough article outlining how light sabers work, various safety tips and practical uses such as defending yourself against would-be muggers.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Geek alert! Geek alert!
Save this lame crap for the next Star Wars geek convention.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Scott:
Welcome to a website run by a software company, populated by geeks of all shapes and sizes.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Don't forget you Lightsaber cursors.

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Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
My money is on the geek with the tire iron.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
It is pretty well written. Saw it on /. this morning.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
I think that picture sums it up best:

How Lightsabers Work:
1. Encounter mugger.
2. Brandish lightsaber.
3. Get head caved in by a nonfictional tire iron.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top

i love the half Ponch thrown over the muggers shoulder

Was that supposed to make him Mexican?
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sweet! Now I don't have to hold a broomstick and say "vvvvvvvvvvvvvv-vwwww! vwwww! vwwww!"
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Geek alert! Geek alert!
Save this lame crap for the next Star Wars geek convention


Hey, it's his site...he can be as lame as he wants.+LOL+
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sweet! Now I don't have to hold a broomstick and say "vvvvvvvvvvvvvv-vwwww! vwwww! vwwww!"


hahahahahahaha.....I loved this.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
I got my lightsaber for when I go see Star Wars. $9.99 at Toys R' Us. Not bad, it doesn't light up, but it does extend and retract, so it's easier to carry

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Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm debating getting this:
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Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
I got my lightsaber for when I go see Star Wars. $9.99 at Toys R' Us. Not bad, it doesn't light up, but it does extend and retract, so it's easier to carry


Hehehe...sounds exactly like the ones my boys have.
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
They sell models of the actual, Lucasfilm-licensed props for a hundred bucks at a store out here that I go to alot. They light up, make the noise and everything. Very classy, too; not the clunky, kidified Wal-Mart toy dept. thing. The hilt is stainless steel and the "blade" is glass or lucite or something. It's not retractable. It's for people who want to display it. Very cool.