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Rodimus Prime wrote:In the entire Star Wars universe, is the lightsaber the most powerful personal weapon?

william-james88 wrote:, it is 100% dependent on the skill of the user

shajaki wrote:We learned (though it probably wasn't *new* information) that the Death Star laser used the same crystals as lightsabers.

Sooo..... technically yes?

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:We learned (though it probably wasn't *new* information) that the Death Star laser used the same crystals as lightsabers.

Sooo..... technically yes?

Did we? I know people hypothesised this in Rogue 1 but when the movie came out, there was no indication of that and no mention of it.

In "Rogue One," Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen) uses the crystals as fuel to power the Death Star. In most of Star Wars, Kyber crystals are used as a focus in one way or another, but typically not consumed. Calling them "fuel" implies that the Death Star actually consumes the crystals when firing.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:We learned (though it probably wasn't *new* information) that the Death Star laser used the same crystals as lightsabers.

Sooo..... technically yes?

Did we? I know people hypothesised this in Rogue 1 but when the movie came out, there was no indication of that and no mention of it.

Wasn't it in the dialogue? They were mining Jeda (Jehda?) for the crystals, for use on the Death Star. Could be wrong, but I recall them saying that.

Cobotron wrote:

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:We learned (though it probably wasn't *new* information) that the Death Star laser used the same crystals as lightsabers.

Sooo..... technically yes?

Did we? I know people hypothesised this in Rogue 1 but when the movie came out, there was no indication of that and no mention of it.

Wasn't it in the dialogue? They were mining Jeda (Jehda?) for the crystals, for use on the Death Star. Could be wrong, but I recall them saying that.

Yep. That is what they were using the Kyber crystals for.

I see what your saying too, and it's a good point. If they are using the crystals to power "the most powerful weapon in the galaxy", the energy produced by the crystals most be pretty dang intense. Even in a saber.

Still think the Force is the most powerful personal weapon though.

Kyber crystals, also called the living crystal, the lightsaber crystal or simply the kyber, and known as kaiburr crystals in ancient times, were rare, Force-attuned crystals that grew in nature and were found on scattered planets across the galaxy.

Cobotron wrote:

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:We learned (though it probably wasn't *new* information) that the Death Star laser used the same crystals as lightsabers.

Sooo..... technically yes?

Did we? I know people hypothesised this in Rogue 1 but when the movie came out, there was no indication of that and no mention of it.

Wasn't it in the dialogue? They were mining Jeda (Jehda?) for the crystals, for use on the Death Star. Could be wrong, but I recall them saying that.

Yep. That is what they were using the Kyber crystals for.

I see what your saying too, and it's a good point. If they are using the crystals to power "the most powerful weapon in the galaxy", the energy produced by the crystals most be pretty dang intense. Even in a saber.

Still think the Force is the most powerful personal weapon though.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:[The Force should never be used as a weapon, only for knowledge and defense. These are the weapons of a Jedi.

shajaki wrote:

Kyber crystals, also called the living crystal, the lightsaber crystal or simply the kyber, and known as kaiburr crystals in ancient times, were rare, Force-attuned crystals that grew in nature and were found on scattered planets across the galaxy.

So they're kind of like, the physical embodiment of the Force.

ZeroWolf wrote:Maybe kyber crystals are just the dead remains of midichlorians

Here's a question. The wookies live in huts on a foresty type planet...yet they were able to develop, make and refine the bowcaster...where were their factories,

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Kyber crystals, also called the living crystal, the lightsaber crystal or simply the kyber, and known as kaiburr crystals in ancient times, were rare, Force-attuned crystals that grew in nature and were found on scattered planets across the galaxy.

So they're kind of like, the physical embodiment of the Force.

We all know the physical emodimnt of the force is midichlorians

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:We learned (though it probably wasn't *new* information) that the Death Star laser used the same crystals as lightsabers.

Sooo..... technically yes?

Did we? I know people hypothesised this in Rogue 1 but when the movie came out, there was no indication of that and no mention of it.

shajaki wrote:I had a thought about TLJ....

In the beginning of the movie, they establish that the First Order can and is tracking them through lightspeed, more specifically through their MAIN ship.

I think it was a Rose/Finn scene, and the discovery may not have been passed on to Holdo (or whatever her name was, purple hair lady leader).

So... couldn't they have just... made the information known to Holdo, evacuate the main ship - sacrificing it, jump the rest of the fleet away, thus saving 99% of the remaining rebels?