# How Stuff Works: Lightsabre! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131 "2005-05-09T23:22:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/41 "2005-05-11T13:56:43Z")
Talk about [pithy](http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/index.php?t=archives&date=last) ---
**Author:** ![Bendarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@Bendarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bendarr)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/42 "2005-05-11T19:29:01Z")
Hmmm, you people should check out this website then. especially the Plasma sabers. [Future Horizons](http://www.futurehorizons.net/) Oh what I could do with some of the items on this site. Hehe (Plot, plot, plan, plan) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/43 "2005-05-11T21:37:24Z")
> [@Bendarr](#): > > Hmmm, you people should check out this website then. especially the Plasma sabers. > > [Future Horizons](http://www.futurehorizons.net/) > Oh what I could do with some of the items on this site. Hehe > (Plot, plot, plan, plan) I dunno, if I’m going to be plunking down $400 for a plasma sabre I want it to cut something in half! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/44 "2005-05-11T22:30:46Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I dunno, if I’m going to be plunking down $400 for a plasma sabre I want it to cut something in half! Well, for many people it might cut their checking account balance in half. It would be cool to swing around the backyard at night, and let your neighbors know you are now officially certifiably insane. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/45 "2005-05-11T23:12:22Z")
It could also double as a bug zapper when you go camping. And hey-you wouldn’t even need a fire to make s’mores. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/46 "2005-05-12T00:30:32Z")
You could warm your water to shave while roughing it. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/47 "2005-05-12T02:30:04Z")
Obi Wan never shaved while he was roughing it. Mind you, Mace Windu’s mad Jedi skillz might explain his chrome dome. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/48 "2005-05-12T02:57:12Z")
Are you dissing my personal grooming double bladed light sabre skills? En garde! DAMMIT! Can I get back to you? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/49 "2005-05-12T03:06:13Z")
They never explained how you get shafts of photons to obey the Pauli exclusion principle and deflect off one another. I was able to reverse-engineer everything else, but that one has stumped me so far. Bummer. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/50 "2005-05-12T03:29:06Z")
Hey, you can cauterize wounds with…oh, _shit_. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/51 "2005-05-12T07:19:12Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > They never explained how you get shafts of photons to obey the Pauli exclusion principle and deflect off one another. I was able to reverse-engineer everything else, but that one has stumped me so far. > > Bummer. Buzzkill. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131/52 "2005-05-12T13:33:28Z")
Not getting the punk rock/light sabre connection. 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stuff-works-lightsabre/303131.md?page=2)