Why do Lightsabers TURN OFF when Dropped? 🤨
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Why do lightsabers TURN OFF when dropped or when someone holding one dies?
And there are actually 2 answers to this question with the first one being explained in the design of the lightsaber!
You see, some lightsabers had a heat sensor built into the hilt so that when the user let go of the handle, the saber deactivated immediately!
Now some people didn’t like the sensor idea so instead, they designed their lightsabers with a safety switch that they could flip on or off.
This enabled the lightsaber to remain turned on even if the user wasn’t holding it!
And this allowed the user to throw the lightsaber like a boomerang like we see Darth Vader do in Return of the Jedi.
Sometimes, Jedi built their lightsabers with the activation button inside the hilt rather than the outside.
This made sure a person who had Force powers could turn on the lightsaber while non Force users couldn’t use the weapon.
But people who were really skilled in the Force could manipulate the Kyber Crystal of the Lightsaber, turning it on or off even if they weren’t physically holding it whenever they wanted! - Розваги
Having the switch inside is genius for force users
What about just not having a switch at all if you can use the force
@@philbofettiArchivehe said more skilled ones used the crystal doe
@@philbofettiArchive that may work but if your using the Force to keep your saber active during a fight that might split your focus from your foes. Kinda like a debuff
Imagine your opponent turning your lightsaber off with the force
They could do that with the external button as well@@mathinek
For the exact reason that that season 6 episode of Rick and Morty explained.
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That is the first thing I thought of when I saw this short.
Came here to say this. Though Episode 4 would have been a lot shorter if Obi Wan just dropped his saber straight down on the Death Star.
@@erikkennedy8725 Absolutely!!!
To those of us who didn't watch, what's the reason?
I just always assumed that the lightsabers had something like a Deadman’s Switch on the hilt.
Was waiting for them to say this
Tbf, the sensor is kind of a deadman's switch in a way, deactivating if the user lets go or dies
@@alduintheanti-dragonbornAre you ...... Slow. He literally just explained this part
@@alduintheanti-dragonbornthere are different designs, watch the video...
Same
"Perfectly fucking vertical."
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I watched this video just to make sure this comment was here.
is this a rick and morty reference
I understood that reference
@@tenshimusouka5820 same bro
I always thought of it as a force connection as a kid
It would be the best explanation considering the crystal calls to each person so it would make sense
Yeah I really wish it was like that so only force users can use it. It’s wack that people like Finn can just pick it up and start swinging it
The Kyber Crystal And The Force-Wielder Are Directly Connected Through The Force But Not The Lightsaber Hilt
@@cosineguacFinn was basically confirmed to be force sensitive in the rise of skywalker
initially thought this too but when I saw Han used Luke's lightsaber in Hoth, thats the time I thought, yeah, maybe anyone can use a lightsaber
Only Qui Gon dies from a light saber stab evidently
And sand men with slashing, doors to long term stabbing, Padawan to being grass for the mower and more. Look the sequel trilogy is just bad and affected everthing.
@@fcoonjj4844not just the sand men, but the women and the children too
I remember when count dooku got up and walked away after getting his head chopped off with a lightsaber
@@LuunieTuuniei remember when he even patted R2 and waved at Obi Wan
Han did, too, in that really bad fanfic movie from 2015. Force is Not Asleep? Or whatever it was called
I figured it was some kind of pressure sensor in the hilt acting like a deadman switch. Like there was a switch to hit but once activated you needed to keep the pressure on. That way it switched off when dropped, not risking hurting anyone by mistake. But through a small application of the Force a user could keep the pressure on when throwing it.
That's literally what I thought
That's exactly what I thought
That's probably it and this guy's talking disney lore
I always thought the person was using the force to activate the kyber crystal inside, that's why when they get knocked out or pushed around they can lose focus and the Saber deactivates or in Darth vaders case focus as you throw the Saber to keep it on
It was also explained like this in star wars legends
To be fair, it's definitely necessary.
Having a plasma sword is a wild thing to drop on a spaceship if it doesn't turn off.
"Oh shit... there's a hole in the ship"
Perfectly fucking vertical
Clearly Morty had the safety switch off
Perfectly f**king vertical!
When I was younger I always thought the reason why the lightsaber turns off was because there was a button they had to press down and keep holding to ignite the lightsaber and it would retract if you weren’t holding the button down.
I feel like I remember reading someone a long time ago saying that you have to hold the button down for it to stay on, but that they use the force to hold the button down most of the time.
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I was thinking in my opinion was how it would be possible since you briefly see Han Solo use the lightsaber to cut open a Tauntaun to keep Luke warm on the planet of Hoth. So you don’t necessarily need to be able to use the force to turn the lightsaber on and off.
@@TheOtakuNinja69 You are correct, in Anakin's/Luke's lightsaber there is big red button to turn it on.
I immediately thought of the episode of Rick and Morty where the lightsabers were dropped vertically lol
Perfectly fucking vertical*
Lightsabers take, "Dead man's" switch to a whole new level.
Perfectly f’ing vertical
That one kid who drops his lightsaber perfectly vertically
Internal switch just under the casing is actually a big brain safety. Why all didn't do this I'll never know.
Real reason…. Cause it’s more dramatic on film for the lightsaber of the person losing to turn off, either when dropped or dead, and it makes the scene flow better in general.
no shit sherlock. everyone knows this but sometimes we want an in universe explanation
@@yukisoba8888 Honestly, I wish the in-universe explanation was that they used the force
@@ElasticGoblin”I’m dying. Must… turn off… lightsaber… with… force.” - Qui Gon (probably)
George Lucas was big on verisimilitude-things work and look the way they do for a reason. e.g. toydarians fly around all the time because they come from a swampy planet with predators that lurk on the ground. Toydarians have broad webbed feet for standing on the surface of the swamp, and their bellies are filled with gas that helps them float. There’s internal logic behind the design of the toydarians’ bodies.
Christ dude just let people dream and be happy
Imagine a scene where Anakin is switching off General Grievous lightsabers...keep it pressed the button with the force Anakin, and you can win The Clone Wars early hahaha 😂. Anakin: "What's the matter Grievous? Did i push your buttons?" Hahaha 😂
i always imagined it was to do with the crystal and the user being connected in some way, like if the user gets thrown off and drops the lightsabre then the crystal also gets thrown off and needs to be turned on again
or if the user dies then so does the crystal or something like that.
although that last one probably isn't true since they can used after the user has died
Heat Sensor, or some explanations were holding the button with the force (or activating/deactivating)
Why does this work or better How does it work for General Grievous?
I assume he just holds the activation buttons. He's a cyborg. It's not like his fingers can get tired.
Actually I heard another explanation on why they turn off
It says the lightsabers can only be activated if some pressure is put into them (you have to grab the saber in order to activate it)
When someone throws a lightsaber they use the force to put that same pressure so they stay activated
It actually explains both why they turn off when dropped and how Grievous can use them
Has anyone else noticed that the lightsaber grievous was holding seemed to have the exact same hilt as obi wan, but with a green blade?
@@michaelrunde4262It was a common lightsaber design.
@@michaelrunde4262 yeah, it was
It was just so they didn't have to design four new lightsabers just for him, there's no lore reasons behind that
I always imagined it something similar to one of those plasma ball things that detects when a hand is touching it to keep it on after its initial activation
So jedi can turn on anything without touchinng it?
Mostly yes
Sounds hot
@@GnaReffotsirk Yea lightsabers are hot😏
@@kamy779Padme: "Anakin.... could you show me your Lightsaber?"
Obi-Wan: "Anakin isn't showing *anybody* his lightsaber! Not until he is at least 29!"
@@johannesseyfried7933
Anakin : You underestimate my patience😤
Good idea you aren't gonna get a "perfectly fucking vertical" moment
I always thought they used force to hold the power button
Finally, an actually good explanation for this!!!
Is it though? Han used the one Obi Wan got from Anakin to give Luke, so doesn't that throw a wrench in the works? It would have been an Old Republic style.
I assumed you just had to hold the button down for it to work and it turned off when the button wasn’t pressed down
my exact thoughts, these beings can throw rocks and shoot lightning with the power of their minds, I think they should be able to push a button on their saber when thrown with the force.
Han used the one Obi Wan gave Luke, aka, Anakin's.
Design #3: Some switches have a spring built in: when the pressure from the wielders grip is released, it automatically opens, thereby turning off the saber. This also allowed Force Users to employ some telekinesis to maintain the switch as "on" when throwing the saber.
The theory with the force between the user and the crystal kyber in the light saber is the best 💪
I like to think it’s the Kyber Crystal’s bond with the user, they would mentally turn the saber on and off at will
And if the blade was out of their hands and they aren’t focusing the blade would deactivate
As well if the person was killed
That last bit is wrong. You don't switch the kyber crystal on or off. You switch the electricity that goes through the crystal on or off
All these reasons are true because different lightsaber for the specific force user.
Love ur reaction to this series. Nice to see a true second opinion on those situations.
Well technically first opinion and than see what he says later.
In other words... plot convenience
Honestly the inverse dead man's switch is a really, really good idea. If you get taken out by some kind of explosion or blast in a fight, your lit lightsaber would be the most dangerous shrapnel ever.
It also helps address the spaceship conundrum of "if this punctures the hull everyone loses," at least in situations where you can be killed or disarmed.
Oh yeah. I never thought about the fact that lightsabers seem to always be turned off when someone drops it. That makes sense how you explainee things
It'd be funny if lightsabers were like laser pointers where you got to hold down the button to use it
I thought it was because the kyber crystals are fuled by force energy, so when they are not weilded by a force user they turn off.
I had always just sort of assumed that the button that activated the lightsaber had to be held down in order to remain active - once it was released/let go the blade would just retract. Always made sense to me as a safety precaution for something so goddamn dangerous.
The kyber crystals (dont mind spelling) are connected to the owner by the force. Its why only force weilders can use lightsabers.
I always though it was the result of being able to use the force. Focused force energy through the crystal.
Thats why it doesnt run out of power
Always assumed that the light sabers read midi-chlorían cells being sped up
Finally a vid about this. Thank you so much.
When Vader’s light saber was returning, Luke should’ve use the force to tweak it and cut off his hand when he tried to catch it. 😂😂😂
There's also the whole thing that yout crystal is attuned to you and might just turn off on its own when you drop it.
I think they should've made it canon that it was based on force energy.
My theory was always that because the kyber Krystal was kinda tuned with the force, it would sense when it’s out of the hand of the owner, or when the owner dies
Anakin did this to someone who stole his lightsaber on Utapau during the unfinished episodes. That was sadly replaced by the sisters arc in the final season. Great arc.
I just thought the lightsaber knew the difference between the griund and the air...
The thing with the mechanism and the cyber crystal is what I use in my imagination
Right? Or else it will drop blade down and travel to the center of the earth just like in Rick and Morty!
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The way I see it, the Kyber Crystal is like a living entity in its own right, and as the force wielder, they have an unbreakable connection with it, allowing them to activate and deactivate the lightsaber at will. So, when the wielder dies or is close to death, the Crystal loses its connection and deactivates completely. That's how I understood it.
I used to think of them as "pulse activated" devices.
I assumed it was just them constantly holding the button down with the force and whenever they were rattled about they lost concentration but that was useful in the sense it didn't get them cut in half
My god, it's simply for the dramatic scene!
The saber turning off is like the life leaving the body
Force accuated internal mechanism so you can turn it on and off, some more complex to stop others from flipping it on.
I once read (some) lightsabers have pressure sensors and Force users with good telekinetic abilities hold their activated lightsabers mid-air through the Force.
The force flows through everyone - there is no force-less users.
Some also came with a pressure switch in addition or replacing the lock switch. Which means some users, like vader whose saber had a pressure switch, weren't just using the force to guide the weapon but also to keep constant pressure applied to the hilt which took some considerable effort and skill.
Me: well now I have a light saber with a switch
Me next second: drops is perfectly vertical
I like to think it is because lightsaber users have a “force bond” with their saber, so that the crystal knows when to ignite the sword… what do you think?
The actual reason was explain somewhere in George’s archives, I think. Where the blade is directly connected to the user via the force so any unexpected or abrupt loss of the saber would result in the saber turning off, unless they had the intention of throwing it..
i always thought it was more like a concentration spell type thing
I always assumed it was something to do with the force being used to turn on the lightsaber, but then was baffled anytime i saw a non-force user hold a saber
Anakin’s lightsaber turning off when Luke gets his hand cut off, but staying on when Rey wanted it to. Makes sense to me
Thematically it flows better if the lightsaber turns off. More dramatic than watching a turned on lightsaber flailing all over the place with a severed appendage.
I always imagined the lightsaber activation button working on pressure, meaning it needs to be continuously pressed to stay activated. Jedi use the Force to keep it pressed, so when they die or drop the saber, it deactivates automatically. This is one reason why it's difficult for non-Force users to wield the weapon effectively.
Honestly I thought it had something to do with "connection between wielder & crystal" type of reasoning
I like the momentary switch Idea
There's also an explanation that some actually have a broken circuit intentionally for them to close with the force
I always wondered about this, thank you for explaining it. I can finally sleep at night
Back in the 80s it was a safety issue ~ the same you had to hold the on button otherwise it switches itself off .
Shoutout to my boy Nejaa "Spicewood" Halcyon and his double click saber lock.
I got another idea that the light saber connects to the force user, only activate when the force users connects their force to the light saber even when they throw it to the opponent, the light saber is still on because it conmects to force. When the users got interupted by the strikes from enemies, sometimes they got surpised attacks, so the light saber got interupted and disconnected by the users. Sometimes the user parries and get stroke away the saber but they still manage to connect the force to the saber. Therefore it doesn't turn off.
I always thought that all lightsabers had a switch to turn them on/off or that they just used the force to turn them on. It's nice to know that no lightsaber is built the same as another. Both inside and outside they are unique to each force user
I had the Fall Of Cybertron Grimlock as a kid and i loved that thing. Such a shame it was so dearly loved the lights stopped working and it eventually just died. Trying to track down another one for my collection now.
My brain thought they were connected with the force, the kyber crystal and the lightsaber user
Definitely something I always wondered. Thank you for this.
Hands like being held, yes?
Maybe Lightsabers like being held too and when they're not, switching off is their way of saying "Noooo! Hold me!" 😂
I figured it was some kind of sensors whole it was griped. Throwing it via the force requires the user to maintain pressure on the sensors to keep it activated
the one that I like the most is that the kyber crystal is connected to the Jedi through the force, so when the Jedi dies, so does the crystal. At least until it chooses a new jedi
Sounds like a safety feature if you ask me
In the comics, the lightsabers had a safety if you let go of the handle. Whether a heat sensor or pressure plate, it does not specify.
However, Darth Vader did not have a lightsaber that lacked this feature. When he, or many other Jedi/Sith, threw their lightsabers, they used the Force to trick the safety to keep the blade on.
It's also why when you see Vader throw his Saber in ROTJ, it is ON up to the point of when it hits but returns to him OFF. If his Saber didn't have the safety at all, then it would return to him still on. And when Luke cuts Vader's hand off and Vader drops his Saber, it turns off. Showing that Vader's lightsaber definitely had this safety installed.
"Hello master-" *Lightsaber drops with switch on perfectly vertical*
"... Perfectly f*cking vertical."
Also, the crystal is sort of connected to the user in most cases, meaning when they die, the crystal is no longer connected.
Thats such a gud answer . Like ppl really put that much thought into it is crazy
I'd simply assume it was a safety feature.
"Perfectly fucking vertical"
Honestly, having a generic "dead man's" switch or button would be a simpler answer than an overly complex "heat sensor" for a high tech weapon that's potentially highly dangerous.
I was of the impression that a lightsaber turns off after the hilt makes blunt contact with a surface
When Darth Vader throws his lightsaber, it actually does turn off. If you listen you can hear it deactivate off-screen and even hear him reactivate it when he picks it back up. But I just assumed he was keeping the igniter held down with the Force after he threw it.
Da force, da force is always the answer
Hangman knots are my favourites to use
I think it's because the lightsaber and the user are connected by the force. If the user were to for some be distracted or separated from the saber, that's why it turns off. A good way to support my claim is the episodes from the clone wars where the padawans get the right of passage to make their sabers. While you can find a saber crystal anywhere on Ilum, it too has to choose you.
Rick n Morty already explained why a lightsaber shouldn’t ok when it’s dropped 😂
Pretty sure it was pressure sensitive. Once dropped it would turn off because there is no hand wrapped around it. When it comes to throwing it, the force creates pressure around the hilt to keep it activated.
I always thought the saber required concentration to use, and so only force users could use one.
Nah, most of them any idiot that found one and knew how it worked can use it, just the use of them became uncommon outside of force users like the Sith and the Jedi. I think the connection with the crystal just made it easier and more efficient to use. Well being uncommon and most people don't really know how it works outside of those two groups, so they just don't really piss around with them too much if they somehow come in contact with one.
When I was a kid I used to think they just kept pushing the botton in throughout the fight
I always thought that the Jedi/sith had special connections to their lightsabers. Specifically the Kyber Crystals inside. It's a good idea to have the button on the inside, but I always liked the idea that the force turned the saber on and off through the connection.
They just use the force/magic
Really bringing new meaning to oh shit they have a switch. 😅
There were also force sabers. If I understand them correctly, they lack any and all technology in the hilt except a lab grown crystal. Unlike the lightsaber, which was made far later, the forcesaber was activated through the dark side.
Heat sensor. On weapon that generates insane amounts of heat. Genius.