Why in Episode I can they cut through a massive metal blast door, yet in the original trilogy they can't cut through a simple metal hand rail, instead they just produce a shower of sparks.

10/21/2007 4:10:39 PM

wtf science?

[Edited on October 21, 2007 at 4:11 PM. Reason : maybe the battery was low?]

10/21/2007 4:11:07 PM

because george lucas is a dick

10/21/2007 4:11:10 PM

cause shit was different then

10/21/2007 4:11:19 PM

shhh you aren't supposed to notice the finer details.

10/21/2007 4:11:27 PM

These are questions that must be answered

10/21/2007 4:13:38 PM

angle of impact

lightsaber-resistant metal alloy

something

10/21/2007 4:14:41 PM

force not as strong or used as much

10/21/2007 4:16:37 PM

maybe his schwartz wasn't big enough

10/21/2007 4:19:16 PM

10/21/2007 4:20:32 PM

because jedi's use the force when using the lightsabers. i don't know which scene in the original you are talking about with the hand rails, but they probably weren't TRYING to cut through them.

10/21/2007 4:26:39 PM

yeah, he really used a lot of effort and left the lightsaber in that door for quite a while before it started to melt

10/21/2007 4:52:43 PM

you gotta use the force and concentrate real hard to get that lightsaber through the blast door. its not a quick operation either.

10/21/2007 5:46:21 PM

I'm sure it has something to do with magnetic fields.....i'm sure of it

watch event horizon...all your answers can be found out by the doctor

[Edited on October 21, 2007 at 5:49 PM. Reason : d]

10/21/2007 5:48:39 PM

CAUSE THAT'S WHAT GEORGE MOTHERFUCKIN' LUCAS WANTED,

AND WHAT GEORGE MOTHERFUCKIN' LUCAS WANTS, GEORGE MOTHERFUCKIN' LUCAS GETS!

10/21/2007 5:49:04 PM

luke was a lightsaber building n00b. So his wasn't as good.

10/21/2007 5:52:14 PM

they didn't 'bounce off' probably went partially into the rail - shower of sparks, reversed course and swung upwards... some of the hand rails might have been structural as well, not the best of ideas to cut out the support to what you're standing on....



short answer - they didn't try to cut through it, just nicked it

10/21/2007 6:36:41 PM