Well, in one book lightsabers fizzle out when the blade comes into contact with water. Not sure if that's what your friend was ranting about...Snotnarok said:
Can a lightsaber cut through adamantium??
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Me too. The only difference is in a matter of opinion of what you should do when analyzing "canon" material. You go for the retconned version, while I go for the "back to basics/roots" version.Geo Da Sponge said:
If it was a scientific debate then the retconned stuff would certainly be the deciding voice (since science is basically all bout retconning yesterdays "facts" with new and more superior facts based on new discoveries). But since the discussion isn't very scientific, then it is more like a religious one. And religion is mostly about adhering to irrelevant "facts" and "rules" thousands of years old invented by grumpy old men who were just as whimsical as George Lucas, then I find the "back to basics" course to be the most reasonable one.
Living on the planet earth as a human being has that effect on you.duchaked said:
In all seriousness though, im not particularly bitter. Bitter people are grumpy and gloomy pretty much all the time. I spout contempt and disgust with a smile on my lips most of the time. Im quite jolly actually.
Thick silicon plating blocks lightsabers and cortosis shorts lightsabers out temporary.starwarsgeek said:
So apparently lightsabers aren't the be-all end all weapon. I dunno why so many say they cut through everything, they seem to take a while to cut through some things and that doesn't really fly with me as always effective..
There are a few substances that are resistant to lightsaber attacks in the Star Wars universe. Cortosis ore will short out a lightsaber blade and force it to be reignited. Weapons using a cortosis weave will stand up to lightsaber attacks (though I'm almost certain I remember a character in Knights of the Old Republic say that it's not a perfect defense and will eventually be cut through).Snotnarok said:
Phrik and Mandalorian iron (aka beskar) are also highly lightsaber resistant. I don't think either is entirely impervious, but they can take a lot of punishment. A container made entirely of phrik was able to survive an exploding planet, and a lightsaber attack on a Mandalorian iron wall just scratched it.
Ah, fun nerd facts...
Back OT: I don't know enough about the Marvel universe to say for sure. Just because the same temperature that helps create adamantium can't melt it again, does that mean it's completely immune from even significantly higher temperatures? If someone threw a bar of adamantium into the Sun, would it just chill and hang around until the Sun blew up and then float around in space for eons? It's an honest question. I just don't know.
Also, are we talking about regular lightsaber blades, or blades with synthetic focusing crystals, which are, from what I've read online, powerful enough to cleave a normal blade in two?
Having a more limited knowledge of the Marvel universe, I'd say that a lightsaber could cut through adamantium, given enough time. Regardless, I'd still say that it's lightsaber resistant and could hold its own for a prolonged time.
I don't think it could.
Strictly speaking, nothing can damage, misform, melt or ever put a dink in adamantium, so why would lightsabers be any different?
I would imagine that the lightsaber would hit it and become shorter as it moves past the adamantium, or if it was really shiny adamantium it might reflect it, since it is light after all.
Also note that once Adamantium has cooled, it cannot be reheated or melted, so I doubt that a laserlight would be any different.
Strictly speaking, nothing can damage, misform, melt or ever put a dink in adamantium, so why would lightsabers be any different?
I would imagine that the lightsaber would hit it and become shorter as it moves past the adamantium, or if it was really shiny adamantium it might reflect it, since it is light after all.
Also note that once Adamantium has cooled, it cannot be reheated or melted, so I doubt that a laserlight would be any different.
lol I was just teasing hahaHousebroken Lunatic said:Living on the planet earth as a human being has that effect on you.duchaked said:
In all seriousness though, im not particularly bitter. Bitter people are grumpy and gloomy pretty much all the time. I spout contempt and disgust with a smile on my lips most of the time. Im quite jolly actually.
good point tho. I used to joke that I would go to clubs "just to remind myself why I hate humanity" altho that ain't true exactly...
(altho one of my new year resolutions was not to punch anyone in the face this year)
Another Warhammer 40.000 fanboy thinks that you are being a bit rash in your disapprovement.Nouw said:
I mean come on, we both know that neither Star Wars or X-Men can do anything to top 40K, don't we?
First of all, the starships of 40K are both bigger and have more destructive weapons than anything that star wars have.
And X-Men? What are X-Men? Why they are mutants of course! What does the Imperium of Man do with mutants? >
So don't worry, 40K will pwn them both in the end.
I mean just look at this:
If a cortorsis weave can do it, then I'm sure adamantium could.
Mind you, I have no idea what a cortorsis weave actually is, in fact I'm not even sure if I got the name right. But still...
Mind you, I have no idea what a cortorsis weave actually is, in fact I'm not even sure if I got the name right. But still...
hmpf! A lightsaber clearly cuts through adamantium like a hot knife through butter... now MagicPutty that's another story!
Meh, who knows? Even as a rabid Star Wars fan, I'll readily admit that lightsabers aren't the ultimate weapon. Maybe adamantium could stop it, though I still think it hinges on it being truly indestructible. I have a hunch that extremely high temperatures could melt it, but as far as I know, there's no evidence of that. Meanwhile, there's plenty of evidence of lightsabers being blocked within the Star Wars universe. They aren't truly stopped, but their effectiveness has been minimized to the point of uselessness (the aforementioned Mandalorian iron wall).tologna said:
Still, fun to think about.
Nothing can harm MagicPutty. Nothing.matt_newgrove said:
Marvel Canon says that adamantium is indestructible, Star Wars canon says lightsabers cut anything, until specified otherwise. (Though the deadpool wannabe in that god awful wolverine movie has adamantium in him and get's destroyed, if I remember correctly).
Since we won't get around that point, let's just conclude that anyone proficient in the force (which you need to be, to wield a lightsaber effectively) would play wolverine-pong the same way magneto did.
Since we won't get around that point, let's just conclude that anyone proficient in the force (which you need to be, to wield a lightsaber effectively) would play wolverine-pong the same way magneto did.
Housebroken Lunatic said:I mean come on, we both know that neither Star Wars or X-Men can do anything to top 40K, don't we?
First of all, the starships of 40K are both bigger and have more destructive weapons than anything that star wars have.
According to the way that Lucas writes it (because I'm the kind of nerd that I know too much about this kind of thing) a light saber can cut through anything with the exception of two things. Cortosis (sp?) and another lightsaber blade. There WAS originally a seperate variety of light sabre called the "Dark Saber" that was a black light saber with a different shape to it, that could actually cut through a normal one. But Lucas quickly decided it made the light saber seem less ultimate and so he called it non-canon.Sam_Winchester said:
As well Adimantium would melt as according to Lucas' writtings the lightsaber "blade" is energy at SUCH a high temperature it would be capable of melting adimantium.
So, there is your answer . . . leave this discussion somewhat stranger . . . I know I will.
