# Kid's with light sabers!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809 "2002-04-04T17:06:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/1 "2002-04-04T17:06:48Z")
Check out this picture from Episode 2. Yes, it’s real. [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/epizode2/kioul3.jpg](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/epizode2/kioul3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/2 "2002-04-04T17:59:57Z")
oh sweet jesus. Please don’t tell me that felch-monkey Lucas didn’t trim everything down and make a version with an all kid cast… ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/3 "2002-04-04T19:01:05Z")
I’ve seen a bigger version of this, which includes Yoda. It appears to be Yoda training young Jedi. This fits in nicely with the theory that Yoda trains all the young Jedi for a while, and then they get assigned to another Jedi as a padawan. Hence, Obi-Wan telling Luke that Yoda is “the Jedi master who instructed me” is accurate, even though Obi-Wan was the padawan of Qui-gon Jin. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/4 "2002-04-04T19:18:53Z")
Nah, the photo is from the all-midget version, _The Terror of Jedi Town_ ---
**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:** [April 4, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/5 "2002-04-04T19:59:34Z")
Look at what the kids are wearing-blast helmuts. And what are those things in front of them? Why remote seekers, of course! The same things Luke used when HE was training. Jedi training begins with the very young. It’s just a picture of some kids being trained, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/6 "2002-04-04T21:25:50Z")
Makes sense. Hey, did the purpose of a blast helmet ever get explained? I doubt Han Solo would have one around his ship if all it was used for is Jedi-Training :). ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/7 "2002-04-04T21:30:23Z")
What bugs me about this is that apparently, all good Jedi use blue or green sabers and all Sith use red ones. Why does Lucas have a problem with variety? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/8 "2002-04-04T22:09:06Z")
Yeah…why are you guys so weirded out by the pic? ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/9 "2002-04-05T00:00:22Z")
Considering that lightsabers are supposed to cut through anything except another lightsaber blade, is it really a smart idea to have a bunch of blindfolded kids wielding lightsabers _that close together_? ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/10 "2002-04-05T04:09:01Z")
The ones that are strong in the force will know when to get out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/11 "2002-04-05T04:14:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*Yeah…why are you guys so weirded out by the pic? \*\* Truth is, I only posted this thread because the shot makes it look so stupide. I’ve read the script for Attack of the Clones and I can tell you that it is a good movie. And yes, Yoda is in that shot(that one is a detail of it) and is explaining how to use a light saber. And trust me…Yoda knows how to use a light saber. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/12 "2002-04-05T07:50:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by king of spain \* > \*\*What bugs me about this is that apparently, all good Jedi use blue or green sabers and all Sith use red ones. Why does Lucas have a problem with variety? \*\* Because that’s the way it is. Actually, there is going to be at least one light sabre of a new colour in this movie. And it is pretty funky! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/13 "2002-04-05T08:13:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Atreyu \* > Considering that lightsabers are supposed to cut through anything except another lightsaber blade, is it really a smart idea to have a bunch of blindfolded kids wielding lightsabers _that close together_? Ah, Yoda probably gave the kids Genuine Imitation KidPruf PrettyLight Sabers™. Just some plastic neon with a handle, not a _real_ blade. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/14 "2002-04-05T08:37:58Z")
Please, look at the length of those blades. They’re “lightcarvingknives”, at best. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/15 "2002-04-05T10:19:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by king of spain \* > \*\*What bugs me about this is that apparently, all good Jedi use blue or green sabers and all Sith use red ones. Why does Lucas have a problem with variety? \*\* Actually if you look again the kids are using yellow sabers. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/16 "2002-04-05T11:30:03Z")
“Okay, but _aside_ from the blue, green, yellow, and other-colored light sabers, what have the Romans ever done for us?” And a light-knife is still long enough to cut those kids in two. Besides, you could put someone’s eye out! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/17 "2002-04-05T20:04:08Z")
Well, according to the toys, Samuel L. Jackson’s character (Mace Wendu?) has a purple-bladed saber, of variable length. And of course, we all know that Jackson kicks butt at whatever he does. Presumably, a blast helmet is worn on the head to protect oneself from a blast. It’s opaque because it’s harder to make clear armor. It makes sense for Luke to use one in his training, because Han would probably have had one available on the Falcon, but why are pupils at an organized Jedi school not just using blindfolds? And sabers don’t _quite_ cut through _anything_ but another blade… The power-room forcefields in Ep I also resisted them, if you’ll recall. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/18 "2002-04-05T21:56:59Z")
Actually, reading the books, not ALL the bad guys have red and all the good guys have green or blue. Leia has a red lightsaber. And yes, the books ARE canon. Lucas said so. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/19 "2002-04-06T05:05:01Z")
According to the Star Wars Homing Beacon: > [@](#): > > Aside from skilled masters, Episode II also shows young Jedi hopefuls starting down the path of lightsaber mastery – for which Gillard weathered a few blows. In the film, we see Jedi Master Yoda instruct a clan of “younglings”-- helmeted children with practice lightsabers exercising with droid remotes. > > “A four year old kid who can’t see and is carrying a lightsaber is a pretty scary thing,” admits the Stunt Coordinator. “Of the 100 kids we saw, we picked about 20. That was a great day, but there was one little girl that took a shine to me. She bit me in the back and hit me on the head with her lightsaber. You know, just being friendly.” ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809/20 "2002-04-06T07:05:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > And a light-knife is still long enough to cut those kids in two. Besides, you could put someone’s eye out! \*\* No kidding. [Look at what happens to poor Grandma at Christmas.](http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv.co.uk/en/dynamo/downloads/tVf2699/goodgift.mpg) (You may want to right click/download the file and then play this video clip, if you have a slow connection.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-with-light-sabers/101809.md?page=2)