You Shall Not Pass!

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1. 

   Mo

   3 days

   Yall will love rebels!
2. 

   Subject 401

   5 days

   Simplest believable explanation of turning your lightsaber off when clashing is that your opponets lightsaber is still coming at you.
3. 

   Samuel

   6 days

   As far as I remember, turning off and on mid fight isn't a canon technique. The clip you saw was from star wars visions I'm pretty sure, which is like love, death and robots. If you don't know, it's an anthology which has widely differing concepts and ideas and illustrations loosely connected by themes. Star wars vision is simply a series of short-term episodes only connected by one thing; it's star wars related. They're all their own thing, but are all star wars flavored media, while not being canon to the universe.

   Now, if it is a canon technique or is explored in the expanded universe, I'm not enough of a star wars head to know it, but yes, the Jedi would have found it dishonorable and a cheap shot. The Sith on the other hand would have found it cowardly and a show of weaknesss. They're cool with killing people. They're cool with murdering people too. Some throughout the star wars universe have made weapons of mass destruction such as the death Star, and technically, they're all fine with things of that nature, although from one with to another, ideals may vary. The idea is tho, that, you are an Apex and if you are in 1 on 1 combat, Sith are meant to be dominant and strong. If they rely on cheap tricks all the time to win, it means that they aren't actually all that great of a combatant if any time they engage in fighting someone they need to rely on something unpredictable, cowardly and cheap to survive, they're probably not all that strong to begin with. So, instead, they don't teach or learn these cheap techniques that aren't feat of power, but simply pocket sand.
4. 

   kekkers

   8 days

   The Reason you don't turn off your lightsaber in combat is because it's so incredibly dumb that it's more likely to get you killed than your opponent. You have to catch them off guard
5. 

   Jesse

   9 days

   canon both eu and disney can be varry consistent. it just depends on how much you remember or take time enough to look into . If your just in it for vibes then it doesnt matter as much but if u look for it theres answer for mostly everything
6. 

   Stridency

   9 days

   Regular beings can use a lightsaber--its a tool. Its more that a jedi and their lightsaber have a connection.
7. 

   pugprotectslove

   9 days

   You all need to watch Tales of the Jedi before you watch the final season. They're little shorts that give you some extra context for the final season and they add to the story brilliantly

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   1. 

      LoreKing

      9 days

      you say that, but ep (5?) is a major spoiler for the finale of the clone wars

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      1. 

         radradishradiator

         9 days

         Yep, spoilers aplenty. It's kind of telling since Tales of the Jedi was released after season 7. Definitely agree in holding off.
8. 

   masterfulpaladin

   9 days

   This is my favorite arc. I cant explain it, but I love the starts of things, the 1st Harry Potter movie is my favorite for the same reason.
9. 

   Sean

   9 days

   To Eric's Question about lightsabers and non Jedi: The force resides in all living things in the star wars galaxy, just to varying degrees. What sets the Jedi apart is they are more in tune with it to the point they can use it to effect the world around them. So its possible that the amount of force in any person is enough to just RUN a lightsaber, but to properly Weild it and by channeling the force through it, that's unique to force users like jedi.

   It would explain why non force users like Finn seem to be such Ass when using it compared to a force sensitive like Rey , even though they both had zero Lightsaber training when fighting Kylo in force awakens.
10. 

    Stuff1235

    9 days

    For the saber crystal and Jedi being a focus for the force the explanation behind that is basically like what Boom was saying but with a bit more context. Anyone can pick up and turn on a lightsaber cause the blade is just energy being focused through the blade BUT because both a Jedi and the crystal are conduits for the force that means when a Jedi uses one, more specifically the one with the crystal that chooses them, the blade becomes like a literal extension of themselves. They will almost never hit themselves with it cause you almost never hit yourself with your own fist because your brain and muscles can feel exactly where it is at all times. That’s why Jedi and sith have an advantage with sabers and are considered the only real proficient practitioners of lightsaber combat

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    1. 

       Stuff1235

       9 days

       The blade is energy being focused through the crystal* don’t see a way to edit my comment so this’ll have to do. Also most people accidentally cut themselves with lightsabers cause the actual blade is weightless so it’s like swinging around a jump rope handle and trying to never aim the upper end at yourself. This is another reason Jedi, who can feel the blade as an extension, are generally the only ones using sabers

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       1. 

          Stridency

          9 days

          It's weightless, but still creates a rotational, almost gyroscopic effect. Hence the blade feels 'heavy' or otherwise unwieldy. It's because it's almost like a circuit, plasma is constantly being emitted upwards, then circled around in a loop back to the handle.

          That's why they're hard to wield. Or at least as I understand it.
11. 

    Springtime

    9 days

    Fun fact, this is the planet that got transformed into Starkiller Base by the First Order from Episode 7
12. 

    RexSaltus

    9 days

    No the Sith didn't think it was "dishonourable" the Sith straight up thought it was a bitch move, a sith lord viewed killing a jedi with that method as proof you weren't a true warrior, that you couldn't beat a jedi through pure power and Force alone.
13. 

    tavisa9

    9 days

    The first blades used by the Jedi were actual blades. The Jedi would use the Force while forging them to strengthen the blade, and a crystal would be placed into the hilt. Apparently the blade would glow with a ghostly light when a Jedi wielded it, but the blade itself was a traditional metal blade. The energy blade isn’t how it started.
14. 

    cadentclock39

    9 days

    Even the Sith don't do the lightsaber turn off thing yes. They just see it as a I have no balls so I'll do this type shit. Nobody wants to do it. It's dishonora le and cowardly in every Jedi and Siths eyes. Also it just lends a risk that when they do it the other person has a better chance to get at you. Lemme just say, people do such a bad job at explaining the lore sometimes.
15. 

    Brett

    9 days

    Andor
16. 

    NeurovascularEntrapta

    9 days

    I love watching Ahsoka’s growth from her first day as Anakin’s padawan. She has been my favorite Star Wars character since Clone Wars initially aired.
17. 

    Icy

    9 days

    In Legends it explains that Lightsabers used to need battery packs, so you could just cut the cord on it and turn off the saber
18. 

    PurpleTux

    9 days

    I read somewhere that wookies who are force sensitive are crazy rare. That one wookie youngling was legit a one in a million or one in a billion chance or something.

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    1. 

       Ren

       9 days

       Yeah. Some other crazy rare species to have force sensitivity are Hutts, Nikto, Tusken Raiders, and Kaminoans. Asharad Hett was one of my favorites
19. 

    imlewis

    9 days

    The clip Ruff was talking about requires context: the Sith had two lightsabers, one being the main saber and the other a smaller one. And in the clip one of his lightsabers was occupied with the Jedi's, but he used the other saber to stab them. You can see it in the full scene

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    1. 

       sombra_hacker09

       9 days

       The acolyte
20. 

    Coaxyy

    9 days

    the sith thought it less dishonorable and more weak
21. 

    Alexander

    9 days

    I've heard the sith view that lightsaber tactic as cowardly rather than dishonorable somewhere
22. 

    andrew.arreola

    9 days

    Yoda: "Cold it it, nuts frozen off they have"