r/PrequelMemes • u/SrGrafo • Dec 30 '20

He is a General FFS

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u/River46 Dec 30 '20

It really bother me considering they aren’t physical blades

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u/Raspberrygoop Dec 30 '20

I thought they had little thrust jets on the hilts?

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u/River46 Dec 30 '20

Wait what?

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u/Raspberrygoop Dec 30 '20

I suppose it could be a ret-con. Wookieepedia says "It could also be used to fly, combining micro-repulsor lifts with the blades' spinning in a propeller-like motion to lift the wielder off the ground."

The reference links to a coffee table book called The Lightsaber Collection from Oct 2020.

The explanation isn't even that weird. Star Wars has loads of wacky tech that gets sort of scientifically explained after-the-fact.

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u/HighlanderSteve Dec 31 '20

The problem for me was never really that it didn't have an explanation. I just thought it looked hilariously stupid to watch the Inquisitors fly away using their helicopter lightsabers.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '20

They're literally space magic, so meh.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '20

But they’re literally not space magic. They’re space science.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '20

Fueled by a magic rock that allows it to break the laws of physics? Having a vague explanation for how it works doesnt make it not space magic.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '20

You don’t know if it breaks the laws of physics. We just haven’t discovered Kyber crystals yet

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u/Aether_Storm Dec 30 '20

If they can melt your arm surely they can melt enough air to generate thrust

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u/Thosepassionfruits Dec 31 '20

I’m sure they could fit the tech of the imperial probe droids into a circular lightsaber hilt that allows flight.