Having the switch inside is genius for force users

@philbofettiArchive

Ай бұрын

What about just not having a switch at all if you can use the force

@JustaJabberwocky

Ай бұрын

​@@philbofettiArchivehe said more skilled ones used the crystal doe

@ShadySliver17

Ай бұрын

@@philbofettiArchive that may work but if your using the Force to keep your saber active during a fight that might split your focus from your foes. Kinda like a debuff

@mathinek

Ай бұрын

Imagine your opponent turning your lightsaber off with the force

@Ienteredmynamecorrectly

Ай бұрын

They could do that with the external button as well​@@mathinek

For the exact reason that that season 6 episode of Rick and Morty explained.

@jamesd6785

Ай бұрын

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@helluvatime4562

Ай бұрын

That is the first thing I thought of when I saw this short.

@erikkennedy8725

Ай бұрын

Came here to say this. Though Episode 4 would have been a lot shorter if Obi Wan just dropped his saber straight down on the Death Star.

@helluvatime4562

Ай бұрын

@@erikkennedy8725 Absolutely!!!

@Celestias

Ай бұрын

To those of us who didn't watch, what's the reason?

I just always assumed that the lightsabers had something like a Deadman’s Switch on the hilt.

@Unnamed-Cowboy

Ай бұрын

Was waiting for them to say this

@TheOutlaw2.0

Ай бұрын

Tbf, the sensor is kind of a deadman's switch in a way, deactivating if the user lets go or dies

@josiahhall9162

Ай бұрын

​@@alduintheanti-dragonbornAre you ...... Slow. He literally just explained this part

@masterflitzer

Ай бұрын

​@@alduintheanti-dragonbornthere are different designs, watch the video...

@saltysalt2093

Ай бұрын

Same

"Perfectly fucking vertical."

@jethroianadarlo4931

Ай бұрын

Rick and mortyeaheizjthmbwjsbsj

@tenshimusouka5820

Ай бұрын

I watched this video just to make sure this comment was here.

@schopin

25 күн бұрын

is this a rick and morty reference

@juhomantyla6085

14 күн бұрын

I understood that reference

I always thought of it as a force connection as a kid

@centeringcube

Ай бұрын

It would be the best explanation considering the crystal calls to each person so it would make sense

@cosineguac

Ай бұрын

Yeah I really wish it was like that so only force users can use it. It’s wack that people like Finn can just pick it up and start swinging it

@aidaninsask2.0

Ай бұрын

The Kyber Crystal And The Force-Wielder Are Directly Connected Through The Force But Not The Lightsaber Hilt

@sportidiots6587

Ай бұрын

@@cosineguacFinn was basically confirmed to be force sensitive in the rise of skywalker

@asi146

Ай бұрын

initially thought this too but when I saw Han used Luke's lightsaber in Hoth, thats the time I thought, yeah, maybe anyone can use a lightsaber

Only Qui Gon dies from a light saber stab evidently

@fcoonjj4844

Ай бұрын

And sand men with slashing, doors to long term stabbing, Padawan to being grass for the mower and more. Look the sequel trilogy is just bad and affected everthing.

@sparkist95

Ай бұрын

​@@fcoonjj4844not just the sand men, but the women and the children too

@LuunieTuunie

Ай бұрын

I remember when count dooku got up and walked away after getting his head chopped off with a lightsaber

@darkshadowgamingii

29 күн бұрын

@@LuunieTuuniei remember when he even patted R2 and waved at Obi Wan

@n64cartridge69

26 күн бұрын

Han did, too, in that really bad fanfic movie from 2015. Force is Not Asleep? Or whatever it was called

I figured it was some kind of pressure sensor in the hilt acting like a deadman switch. Like there was a switch to hit but once activated you needed to keep the pressure on. That way it switched off when dropped, not risking hurting anyone by mistake. But through a small application of the Force a user could keep the pressure on when throwing it.

@IamtheLegoMando

Ай бұрын

That's literally what I thought

@Keithatninjago

Ай бұрын

That's exactly what I thought

@mucicafrajer9882

Ай бұрын

That's probably it and this guy's talking disney lore

@vlogsgamesandpranks9007

Ай бұрын

I always thought the person was using the force to activate the kyber crystal inside, that's why when they get knocked out or pushed around they can lose focus and the Saber deactivates or in Darth vaders case focus as you throw the Saber to keep it on

@maxgalloway2178

Ай бұрын

It was also explained like this in star wars legends

Clearly Morty had the safety switch off

@isaacwagner5862

Ай бұрын

Perfectly f**king vertical!

To be fair, it's definitely necessary. Having a plasma sword is a wild thing to drop on a spaceship if it doesn't turn off. "Oh shit... there's a hole in the ship"

@idkboi7363

23 сағат бұрын

Perfectly fucking vertical

When I was younger I always thought the reason why the lightsaber turns off was because there was a button they had to press down and keep holding to ignite the lightsaber and it would retract if you weren’t holding the button down.

@yoidontknow

18 күн бұрын

I feel like I remember reading someone a long time ago saying that you have to hold the button down for it to stay on, but that they use the force to hold the button down most of the time.

@TheOtakuNinja69

18 күн бұрын

@@yoidontknow I was thinking in my opinion was how it would be possible since you briefly see Han Solo use the lightsaber to cut open a Tauntaun to keep Luke warm on the planet of Hoth. So you don’t necessarily need to be able to use the force to turn the lightsaber on and off.

I immediately thought of the episode of Rick and Morty where the lightsabers were dropped vertically lol

@dracologicalgaming8322

27 күн бұрын

Perfectly fucking vertical*

That one kid who drops his lightsaber perfectly vertically

Imagine a scene where Anakin is switching off General Grievous lightsabers...keep it pressed the button with the force Anakin, and you can win The Clone Wars early hahaha 😂. Anakin: "What's the matter Grievous? Did i push your buttons?" Hahaha 😂

i always imagined it was to do with the crystal and the user being connected in some way, like if the user gets thrown off and drops the lightsabre then the crystal also gets thrown off and needs to be turned on again or if the user dies then so does the crystal or something like that. although that last one probably isn't true since they can used after the user has died

Internal switch just under the casing is actually a big brain safety. Why all didn't do this I'll never know.

Real reason…. Cause it’s more dramatic on film for the lightsaber of the person losing to turn off, either when dropped or dead, and it makes the scene flow better in general.

@yukisoba8888

Ай бұрын

no shit sherlock. everyone knows this but sometimes we want an in universe explanation

@ElasticGoblin

Ай бұрын

​@@yukisoba8888 Honestly, I wish the in-universe explanation was that they used the force

@HenriettaGothGurl

22 күн бұрын

@@ElasticGoblin”I’m dying. Must… turn off… lightsaber… with… force.” - Qui Gon (probably)

@GrapeCheckerBoard

16 күн бұрын

George Lucas was big on verisimilitude-things work and look the way they do for a reason. e.g. toydarians fly around all the time because they come from a swampy planet with predators that lurk on the ground. Toydarians have broad webbed feet for standing on the surface of the swamp, and their bellies are filled with gas that helps them float. There’s internal logic behind the design of the toydarians’ bodies.

I always imagined it something similar to one of those plasma ball things that detects when a hand is touching it to keep it on after its initial activation

Heat Sensor, or some explanations were holding the button with the force (or activating/deactivating) Why does this work or better How does it work for General Grievous?

@johannesseyfried7933

Ай бұрын

I assume he just holds the activation buttons. He's a cyborg. It's not like his fingers can get tired.

@gojira3317

Ай бұрын

Actually I heard another explanation on why they turn off It says the lightsabers can only be activated if some pressure is put into them (you have to grab the saber in order to activate it) When someone throws a lightsaber they use the force to put that same pressure so they stay activated It actually explains both why they turn off when dropped and how Grievous can use them

@michaelrunde4262

Ай бұрын

Has anyone else noticed that the lightsaber grievous was holding seemed to have the exact same hilt as obi wan, but with a green blade?

@WhiteRanger1298

Ай бұрын

​@@michaelrunde4262It was a common lightsaber design.

@gojira3317

Ай бұрын

@@michaelrunde4262 yeah, it was It was just so they didn't have to design four new lightsabers just for him, there's no lore reasons behind that

Perfectly f’ing vertical

I always thought they used force to hold the power button

Finally, an actually good explanation for this!!!

@rickwilliams967

Ай бұрын

Is it though? Han used the one Obi Wan got from Anakin to give Luke, so doesn't that throw a wrench in the works? It would have been an Old Republic style.

Good idea you aren't gonna get a "perfectly fucking vertical" moment

I assumed you just had to hold the button down for it to work and it turned off when the button wasn’t pressed down

@sub-zero_

Ай бұрын

my exact thoughts, these beings can throw rocks and shoot lightning with the power of their minds, I think they should be able to push a button on their saber when thrown with the force.

@rickwilliams967

Ай бұрын

Han used the one Obi Wan gave Luke, aka, Anakin's.

The theory with the force between the user and the crystal kyber in the light saber is the best 💪

So jedi can turn on anything without touchinng it?

@kamy779

Ай бұрын

Mostly yes

@GnaReffotsirk

Ай бұрын

Sounds hot

@kamy779

Ай бұрын

@@GnaReffotsirk Yea lightsabers are hot😏

@johannesseyfried7933

Ай бұрын

​@@kamy779Padme: "Anakin.... could you show me your Lightsaber?" Obi-Wan: "Anakin isn't showing *anybody* his lightsaber! Not until he is at least 29!"

@kamy779

Ай бұрын

@@johannesseyfried7933 Anakin : You underestimate my patience😤

I've always wondered about this, but I thought the Kyber crystal was directly connected to the user by the Force, which explained why it shuts down when dropped.

Finally a vid about this. Thank you so much.

I like to think it’s the Kyber Crystal’s bond with the user, they would mentally turn the saber on and off at will And if the blade was out of their hands and they aren’t focusing the blade would deactivate As well if the person was killed

Lightsabers take, "Dead man's" switch to a whole new level.

Some also came with a pressure switch in addition or replacing the lock switch. Which means some users, like vader whose saber had a pressure switch, weren't just using the force to guide the weapon but also to keep constant pressure applied to the hilt which took some considerable effort and skill.

In other words... plot convenience

Thats such a gud answer . Like ppl really put that much thought into it is crazy

Honestly the inverse dead man's switch is a really, really good idea. If you get taken out by some kind of explosion or blast in a fight, your lit lightsaber would be the most dangerous shrapnel ever. It also helps address the spaceship conundrum of "if this punctures the hull everyone loses," at least in situations where you can be killed or disarmed.

All these reasons are true because different lightsaber for the specific force user.

That last bit is wrong. You don't switch the kyber crystal on or off. You switch the electricity that goes through the crystal on or off

Love ur reaction to this series. Nice to see a true second opinion on those situations. Well technically first opinion and than see what he says later.

Always assumed that the light sabers read midi-chlorían cells being sped up

I had always just sort of assumed that the button that activated the lightsaber had to be held down in order to remain active - once it was released/let go the blade would just retract. Always made sense to me as a safety precaution for something so goddamn dangerous.

i always thought it was more like a concentration spell type thing

Right? Or else it will drop blade down and travel to the center of the earth just like in Rick and Morty!

@NoriKassidy

Ай бұрын

How to Hold an Entire Planet at Gunpoint!

I always though it was the result of being able to use the force. Focused force energy through the crystal. Thats why it doesnt run out of power

There's also the whole thing that yout crystal is attuned to you and might just turn off on its own when you drop it.

I thought it was because the kyber crystals are fuled by force energy, so when they are not weilded by a force user they turn off.

I just thought the lightsaber knew the difference between the griund and the air...

I'd simply assume it was a safety feature.

It'd be funny if lightsabers were like laser pointers where you got to hold down the button to use it

I assumed it was just them constantly holding the button down with the force and whenever they were rattled about they lost concentration but that was useful in the sense it didn't get them cut in half

My theory was always that because the kyber Krystal was kinda tuned with the force, it would sense when it’s out of the hand of the owner, or when the owner dies

Force accuated internal mechanism so you can turn it on and off, some more complex to stop others from flipping it on.

The kyber crystals (dont mind spelling) are connected to the owner by the force. Its why only force weilders can use lightsabers.

Definitely something I always wondered. Thank you for this.

I think they should've made it canon that it was based on force energy.

Hangman knots are my favourites to use

"Perfectly fucking vertical"

Thematically it flows better if the lightsaber turns off. More dramatic than watching a turned on lightsaber flailing all over the place with a severed appendage.

I used to think of them as "pulse activated" devices.

I once read (some) lightsabers have pressure sensors and Force users with good telekinetic abilities hold their activated lightsabers mid-air through the Force.

I always wondered about this, thank you for explaining it. I can finally sleep at night

I like the momentary switch Idea

My god, it's simply for the dramatic scene! The saber turning off is like the life leaving the body

The way I see it, the Kyber Crystal is like a living entity in its own right, and as the force wielder, they have an unbreakable connection with it, allowing them to activate and deactivate the lightsaber at will. So, when the wielder dies or is close to death, the Crystal loses its connection and deactivates completely. That's how I understood it.

I had the Fall Of Cybertron Grimlock as a kid and i loved that thing. Such a shame it was so dearly loved the lights stopped working and it eventually just died. Trying to track down another one for my collection now.

I always thought that all lightsabers had a switch to turn them on/off or that they just used the force to turn them on. It's nice to know that no lightsaber is built the same as another. Both inside and outside they are unique to each force user

The actual reason was explain somewhere in George’s archives, I think. Where the blade is directly connected to the user via the force so any unexpected or abrupt loss of the saber would result in the saber turning off, unless they had the intention of throwing it..

I always assumed it was something to do with the force being used to turn on the lightsaber, but then was baffled anytime i saw a non-force user hold a saber

I got another idea that the light saber connects to the force user, only activate when the force users connects their force to the light saber even when they throw it to the opponent, the light saber is still on because it conmects to force. When the users got interupted by the strikes from enemies, sometimes they got surpised attacks, so the light saber got interupted and disconnected by the users. Sometimes the user parries and get stroke away the saber but they still manage to connect the force to the saber. Therefore it doesn't turn off.

I figured it was some kind of sensors whole it was griped. Throwing it via the force requires the user to maintain pressure on the sensors to keep it activated

I always imagined the lightsaber activation button working on pressure, meaning it needs to be continuously pressed to stay activated. Jedi use the Force to keep it pressed, so when they die or drop the saber, it deactivates automatically. This is one reason why it's difficult for non-Force users to wield the weapon effectively.

Back in the 80s it was a safety issue ~ the same you had to hold the on button otherwise it switches itself off .

Shoutout to my boy Nejaa "Spicewood" Halcyon and his double click saber lock.

Sounds like a safety feature if you ask me

I like to think it is because lightsaber users have a “force bond” with their saber, so that the crystal knows when to ignite the sword… what do you think?

Da force, da force is always the answer

There's also an explanation that some actually have a broken circuit intentionally for them to close with the force

DAMNIT ANAKIN! YOUR SAFETY IS ON AGAIN!

I will continue to believe its some sort of pressure you put on the hilt

the one that I like the most is that the kyber crystal is connected to the Jedi through the force, so when the Jedi dies, so does the crystal. At least until it chooses a new jedi

Really bringing new meaning to oh shit they have a switch. 😅

Cal must've been a really skilled force user in Survivor

Oh yeah. I never thought about the fact that lightsabers seem to always be turned off when someone drops it. That makes sense how you explainee things

In the comics, the lightsabers had a safety if you let go of the handle. Whether a heat sensor or pressure plate, it does not specify. However, Darth Vader did not have a lightsaber that lacked this feature. When he, or many other Jedi/Sith, threw their lightsabers, they used the Force to trick the safety to keep the blade on. It's also why when you see Vader throw his Saber in ROTJ, it is ON up to the point of when it hits but returns to him OFF. If his Saber didn't have the safety at all, then it would return to him still on. And when Luke cuts Vader's hand off and Vader drops his Saber, it turns off. Showing that Vader's lightsaber definitely had this safety installed.

"We dont want a Rick and Morty to happen"

When I was a kid I used to think they just kept pushing the botton in throughout the fight

The force flows through everyone - there is no force-less users.

Bro this is my most thought star wars thing

I always thought they used the force to control it, like a little switch in there you could pull with the force

I always thought that the Jedi/sith had special connections to their lightsabers. Specifically the Kyber Crystals inside. It's a good idea to have the button on the inside, but I always liked the idea that the force turned the saber on and off through the connection.

@rudep3222

5 күн бұрын

They just use the force/magic

I always thought that it had to do with the force connection between the kyber Crystal and the users force energy. Like when they build it it’s linked. And when they die it’s unlinked so it also dies

Meanwhile that one star wars anime where the sabers are on always but are then sheathed

"Hello master-" *Lightsaber drops with switch on perfectly vertical* "... Perfectly f*cking vertical."

Maybe the user uses the force to keep the saber on and when they die or lose focus, it turns off. That explains why sometimes you can throw a lightsaber and it's still on while other times, you let go and it's off.

Also, the crystal is sort of connected to the user in most cases, meaning when they die, the crystal is no longer connected.

I Actually Did Not Know This Until Now

Hands like being held, yes? Maybe Lightsabers like being held too and when they're not, switching off is their way of saying "Noooo! Hold me!" 😂

Its all fun and games until it falls perfectly vertical

Rick n Morty already explained why a lightsaber shouldn’t ok when it’s dropped 😂

I always thought the saber required concentration to use, and so only force users could use one.

@roachymart2318

12 күн бұрын

Nah, most of them any idiot that found one and knew how it worked can use it, just the use of them became uncommon outside of force users like the Sith and the Jedi. I think the connection with the crystal just made it easier and more efficient to use. Well being uncommon and most people don't really know how it works outside of those two groups, so they just don't really piss around with them too much if they somehow come in contact with one.

There were also force sabers. If I understand them correctly, they lack any and all technology in the hilt except a lab grown crystal. Unlike the lightsaber, which was made far later, the forcesaber was activated through the dark side.

Honestly I thought it had something to do with "connection between wielder & crystal" type of reasoning

Pretty sure it was pressure sensitive. Once dropped it would turn off because there is no hand wrapped around it. When it comes to throwing it, the force creates pressure around the hilt to keep it activated.