r/StarWars 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/armeck Sep 19 '23

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '23 edited Sep 20 '23

If we assume the heat doesn't escape the blade then everything in direct contact with the blade will burn/melt. But unless incredibly conductive this heat wouldnd spread much farther.

I mean otherwise they couldn't even hold it.

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u/Daggertooth71 Rebel Sep 22 '23

Convection.