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How a lightsaber works and some home uses for one	by molsen	2006-11-19 12:55:59
Did I miss the explanation of	by hadji	2005-05-09 18:45:23
From what I have been told	by WolfenOne	2005-05-09 18:51:45
Maybe I'm still being dense, but	by hadji	2005-05-09 18:56:56
The wave is travelling from one side of the	by WolfenOne	2005-05-09 19:06:01
lightsaber to the other horizontally across the lightsaber, after which it is re-absorbed into the power cell. Its wavelength is exactly twice the width of the lightsaber, so the blade is 1/2 of the waveform. So the lightsaber is not actually a rod shape, but is actually a very thin arc. You can think of it as almost a "plasma chainsaw" if the illustration helps - the energy goes out and comes back in at the other side. I hope that this is making sense to you, lightsaber theory was explained to me by a man who playtested the Star Wars RPG before release, and was WAY more into the technical aspects of it than I was or am.
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Could be either 1/2 or 1/4 wavelength,	by shminux	2005-05-09 19:32:12
I don't see how 1/4 wavelength would work.	by WolfenOne	2005-05-09 19:37:34
the node could be at the top and the	by shminux	2005-05-09 20:46:47
Sure, but how would you agitate the center? (n/t)	by Llyr	2005-05-09 21:43:45
Okay, that makes sense. Thanks. :-) (n/t)	by hadji	2005-05-09 20:18:46

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