Lightsabers are science fiction versions of their namesake, the saber, the metal blade replaced by a solid, glowing bar of plasma that resembles a tubular fluorescent light bulb, so as to create a flashier version of traditional swordfighting in the Star Wars films. Though they often behave like regular swords, they have been depicted as able to penetrate and cut through most solid matter with little or no resistance, and to deflect shots from blasters, the guns used in the Star Wars franchise. There are several substances that can deflect a lightsaber including a metal called cortosis. The lightsaber first appeared in the film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977). At first, the effect was created by a handle with a motorized spinning reflector and pointing high-intensity light in their direction. The outcome was not satisfying, so in post-production the effect was augmented through rotoscoping. Animation director Nelson Shin, who would later gain fame as the director of The Transformers: The Movie and founder of the animation studio AKOM, is credited with designing the lightsaber blade (see Star Wars, the lightsaber "blade" is made by a very tight loop of highly focused energy.

To carry a lightsaber is an example of incredible skill and confidence, dexterity and attunement to the Force. Although use of the lightsaber is not strictly reserved to the Jedi, the only others widely known of being capable of handling the difficult weapon are the Sith: Darth Maul, Darth Tyranus (Count Dooku), Darth Sidious (Palpatine) etc... When deactivated, a lightsaber appears as a polished metallic handle, about 30 centimeters long with an ignition button. At the press of a button, the device forms a shaft of pure energy about a meter long. The saber hums with a distinct sound. Its shimmering blade is capable of cutting through almost anything, except for the blade of another lightsaber, cortosis ore, Sith swords, the electrical staffs (which are crafted from phrik metal) of MagnaGuards, Mandalorian iron, and nearly any form of concentrated energy (a force field, for example.) The blades are also capable of deflecting blaster bolts and some Force abilities, like Force lightning.

A lightsaber can be used to cut through solid objects or enemies, and using the Force, a Jedi can predict and deflect incoming blaster bolts, or reflect them back at the firer. After the extermination of the Jedi ranks, lightsabers became rare relics and knowledge of their construction was hidden away by a few people seeking to preserve the Jedi lore, usually Jedi-in-hiding, or close friends of Jedi. Luke Skywalker, the last of the Jedi, built his own lightsaber as the culmination of his training.

In the Star Wars galaxy

A lightsaber emits a blade of pure energy at a certain length. The "blade" is a reciprocated emitted stream of ions that bends back into the hilt, via an inverse-polarity charge system. This rather simple arrangement of highly conductive, yet thermally efficient metals, special crystals, and an intuitive and ingenious design, not only produces a fatal, seemingly weighted beam of energy, but provides its own continuous charge when it doesn't strike something. Technology that resembles our attempts at cold fusion in our galaxy, was fully attained long ago in the Star Wars galaxy. The Hilt, or handle, contains one or more small crystals that may be imbued with certain properties. Although the subject of replacement or rechargeable power cells often comes into question, because of the aforementioned technology, they only expend energy when actually cutting something (This makes a lightsaber similar in operation to that of a Gundam beam saber), and not when "idling" while ignited. Some Force Adepts are capable of charging ordinary meleé weapons with the Force, which enables the weapon to withstand a few lightsaber strikes even when made from simple wood or another substance normally vulnerable to a lightsaber's blade.

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