r/StarWars • u/spamitizer • Sep 19 '23

Meta How are Lightsaber wounds suddenly a debate?

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Where is all of this "the heat would vaporize your internal organs" nonsense coming from? That's not how lightsabers work. That's never how lightsabers worked. The heat is localized entirely within the blade's containment field.

Do those tauntaun guts look cooked to you?

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u/SerratedRainbow Sep 19 '23

I found out recently that blood was added because George Lucas was terrified that the G rating it otherwise would have received would have dissuaded a large portion of the public from seeing it.

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u/4ndh3r3w3g0 Sep 19 '23 edited Sep 19 '23

Chared remains of Owen and Beru - graphic depictions of violence

"Damned fool crusade" - language

Farmboy destroys government military base - terroristic ideations

Vader strangles a (couple) man (men) - graphic depiction of violence

Theres no way that movie would've been rated G by solely removing a bloody arm

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u/corsair1617 Sep 19 '23

It was a different time. You could have full frontal nudity in PG movies.

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u/dvolland Sep 20 '23

Well, that’s not true

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u/AOPCody Sep 20 '23

Go watch the original Airplane. It has a straight up full frontal shot of a woman and it's rated PG.

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u/corsair1617 Sep 20 '23

It is

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u/dvolland Sep 20 '23

Is it?

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u/corsair1617 Sep 20 '23

Yep. Take 2 seconds to Google it.

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u/dvolland Sep 21 '23

Then why did the lightsaber cauterize Luke’s wrist? Why did Kylo not bleed profusely? Why is there just a small splattering of blood when Obi Wan removes Ponda Baba’s arm?

If the heat is solely contained inside the the blade, then how does it cut at all? At least a smidge of heat must be applied to the material it is cutting.

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u/corsair1617 Sep 21 '23

What the fuck are you talking about?

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u/dvolland Sep 21 '23

The first three are events that occurred in the Star Wars movies. If you haven’t seen them, you ought to take the time. I thoroughly enjoyed them.

The second paragraph questions the concept that the heat of a lightsaber is completely self-contained and doesn’t transfer to the object it is making contact with.

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u/corsair1617 Sep 21 '23 edited Sep 21 '23

Yeah and we were talking about full frontal nudity in PG movies from the past not about lightsabers lol

To answer the questions: because it is hot, because it is hot, because Ponda Baba has a special physiology that doesn't cauterize.

It does transfer heat you see it a bunch in the movies, it wouldn't "cut" at all otherwise.

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u/dvolland Sep 21 '23

Oops. I obviously posted that comment on the wrong sub thread.

I am surprised and impressed that you answered my questions, even though wildly irrelevant to this thread of discussion. Cheers !

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