Star Wars Fan Shows How Dumb Lightsaber Fights Would Look In Real Life

What makes lightsaber dueling so cool to watch while leaving Jedi and Sith with no choice but to practice their technique is the weight of the blade. A lightsaber isn’t so much like a flashlight as it is a sword since the blade isn’t comprised solely of light as their name implies. Lightsaber blades are actually made of plasma and powered by kyber crystals, which are housed in the metal hilt. In fact, the version of the lightsaber seen in most pieces of «Star Wars» media is the most refined and easy-to-use one. In the non-canon «Star Wars» Legends continuity, its predecessor proved significantly more cumbersome.

Centuries before the Clone Wars, the establishment of the Galactic Empire, and the Skywalker family’s rise to prominence, the Jedi and Sith used protosabers in battle. These weapons look similar to the lightsabers fans have come to recognize, with a metal hilt and crystal within it. However, this iteration doesn’t end with just the hilt. In order to power the plasma blade, users are required to carry around a large power supply that the hilt attaches to with a cable. Even with this battery, though, users are limited in terms of how long they can use the blade before having to power it down.

Ironically, if lightsabers lived up to their name and had blades of light instead of plasma, «Star Wars» would be home to some of the quickest and lamest duels in film history.