Well… Your logic seems on point but keep in mind this is a civilisation that does hyperspace travel and stuff
The reason prosthetics are so good in Star Wars is because the Jedi use live lightsabers to train.
Submitted 6 months ago by yesman@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Vinny_93@lemmy.world 6 months ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We have walked on other celestial bodies, but we still burn toxic goop that destroys our atmosphere in order to buy chicken nuggets. Logic need not apply.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 6 months ago
“The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I accept your premise that parameters of technological advancement need not influence each other, but assuming that they correlate similarly as on Earth, prosthetics and interstellar travel might have moved forward by the same coefficient.
In that case, walking on the Moon is like using a rock for a prosthetic eye.
AsherahTheEnd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Actually if I remember correctly, younglings use weaker sabers that can’t cut through as much as normal sabers do. Most early training is done with specifically training sabers like those.
Melkath@kbin.social 6 months ago
Correct, younglings use training sabers that don't cut.
Padawans, knights, and masters spar with their whole ass sabers.
JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Star Wars is not good. The first three films were outstanding and were honestly something very special. Everything else is terrible
AsherahTheEnd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What made you think I give a single shit about your opinion?
halvar@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Faults may be found in the reasoning, but even with that, this may just be the truth.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Funny thing is that limb slicing is actually the primary goal of several lightsaber techniques, since the opponent will usually be trying to guard their vital organs and will leave the limbs relatively more exposed.
dwindling7373@feddit.it 6 months ago
There’s very little Jedi in the Star Wars Universe so it’s reasonable to consider the advancement of prosthetics in this universe indipendent from lightsabers.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
If they used dead lightsabers, they’d just be swinging around a handle.
IHawkMike@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And similarly, why can’t Star Trek officers just set it to wide beam and/or just hold down the button while they paint the room?
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
I think the simole answer to both of these questions could be “power limitations”.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
We have been shown that there is some weight to a lightsaber when lit though. Like in Rebels and the Mandalorian/Book of Boba.
And this weight is different to how a normal sword would work. The length adjustment is to finetune this power/weight distribution to fit the user and their style of fighting. Which is why we get shotos and claymores, as well as different sizes for different sized species.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The Jedi use live lightsabers to train because the prosthetics are so good.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Maybe it’s a chicken and egg thing. They could’ve started using live lightsabers because the prosthetics are so good.
Bubs12@lemm.ee 6 months ago
The reason the Jedi use live lightsabers to train is because prosthetics are so good.
shrugal@lemm.ee 6 months ago
The reason the Jedi use prosthetics to train is because live lightsabers are so good.