# Which color lightsaber do you choose, average Jedi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478 "2012-04-11T17:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/1 "2012-04-11T17:47:46Z")
Those are the choices. Boring staid choices. Yellow? Bronze? A Jedi seeks not these colors. No [crazy](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber_crystal#Known_color_crystals) EU colors (Blue w/ Black Core, WTF). No Sith red, you’re a Jedi. And you’re just an average one at that, so no dual wielding. Every day you wake up thankful that you’re just competent enough with the force so as to not slice off your own face, and then you knock on wood. Purple is not an option, because purple is reserved for guys who owned the screen in Pulp Fiction. So if you’re one of those very few, Sam, Ving, Harvey, Bruce, et al. feel free to do a write in. Also the Dos Equis guy would qualify. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/2 "2012-04-11T17:51:11Z")
The board won’t let me submit my Blue or Green poll. It’s a trap. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/3 "2012-04-11T20:40:42Z")
Well so far two people have fallen into the trap! Edit: I play SWTOR, and like the blue over the green. The green is too light a green for me. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/4 "2012-04-11T21:43:11Z")
Yellow. Yellow, dammit. _Yellow_. Or orange. …Fine, if I can’t have those, then blue. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/5 "2012-04-11T21:57:40Z")
Basic blue. No need to stand out on a battlefield. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/6 "2012-04-11T22:07:27Z")
Green. In the Star wras universe I would dye my hair green and wear all green clothing with the green sabers. I would be known and feared as, “That awesome jedi that only wears green for some dumb reason.” ---
**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 11, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/7 "2012-04-11T22:13:03Z")
Blue. I also like those blue lights on the runways at airports. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/8 "2012-04-11T22:14:56Z")
Infrared. Sith wouldn’t see it coming. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/9 "2012-04-11T22:16:27Z")
Green. It just looks better as a lightsaber than the more pedestrian blue. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/10 "2012-04-11T23:28:35Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Green. > > In the Star wras universe I would dye my hair green and wear all green clothing with the green sabers. I would be known and feared as, “That awesome jedi that only wears green for some dumb reason.” There is something incongruous about this post and user name… I would go with green. I would also wear armor, because some asshole is someday going to figure out that a grenade launcher would kill like 100 Jedis a second. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/11 "2012-04-11T23:50:45Z")
Blue is my favorite color. You better make mine royal blue, none of this baby, sky or navy blue BS. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/12 "2012-04-12T00:02:25Z")
[“I would like a purple lightsaber.”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_Windu) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/13 "2012-04-12T00:05:39Z")
[I want a clear lightsaber blade, and will use Barab Ore as my lightsaber focusing crystal to get it.](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Barab_ore) A list of crystals & their colors– > **[Lightsaber crystal](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lightsaber_crystal)** > > The crystal is, by itself, the power source of the weapon. Like the Force user, the crystal is attuned to the Force. Without that attunement, the crystal is just a rock. And while a non-Force user could probably ignite and wield a lightsaber, the... ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/14 "2012-04-12T00:09:36Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > There is something incongruous about this post and user name… > I would go with green. I would also wear armor, because some asshole is someday going to figure out that a grenade launcher would kill like 100 Jedis a second. [Yup. 😃](http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/1106/mk-19-mk-demotivational-posters-1308070755.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/15 "2012-04-12T01:10:43Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I would go with green. I would also wear armor, because some asshole is someday going to figure out that a grenade launcher would kill like 100 Jedis a second. Seems to me that a grenade launcher is about the worst weapon you could use against a precognitive telekinetic. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/16 "2012-04-12T01:17:14Z")
I wanted glowstick yellow. you know, the yellow with just a hint of green that was what glowsticks looked like before there were other colors. So I picked green as being closer. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/17 "2012-04-12T01:26:48Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Seems to me that a grenade launcher is about the worst weapon you could use against a precognitive telekinetic. I guess it would depend on whether they can deflect projectiles via TK as opposed to their lightsabers. Note that Annie and Obi were standing next to that shape changer chick when a dart hit her, and neither did a thing about it. If grenade launchers are decided not to work against them, how about flame throwers? No evidence that Jedi can erect a shield. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/18 "2012-04-12T01:43:26Z")
The heck with that. I’m carrying an AK-47. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/19 "2012-04-12T02:05:16Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Seems to me that a grenade launcher is about the worst weapon you could use against a precognitive telekinetic. D’you think a Jedi can TK approximately 5-6 grenades/sec up to 1,600 meters? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478/20 "2012-04-12T02:18:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The heck with that. I’m carrying an AK-47. Flamethrower. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-color-lightsaber-do-you-choose-average-jedi/618478.md?page=2)