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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mountain Man: [QB] When Star Wars first came out, the Light Saber was explained in the same way that I discribed.The actual effect was produced by Using an electric motor in the handle to spin a rod covered with reflective tape, a light being shone on the spinning rod.the rod was removed and replaced by a stage hand while the actor froze in position while the camera was cut off.The Discription that you have given appears to be a way to explain away the manner in which the prop saber reacts as a physical object rather than a beam of light as originaly planned.The compressed Photon beam might well react in the manner discribed It is still unclear how Photons mannage to move at the speed of light(being light)and still possess mass without breaking Ensteins rule . The intense magnetic field required to contain and reflect an energetic Photon stream would in itself effect whatever it touched like a physical object.My explaination is just the original one.I had not heard of any further attempts to give a scientfic reason for why the blade acts and reacts as a solid blade would.The magnetic fields of this kind are similar to those used to contain plasma in fusion reactors.That technology was not widely known at the time Star Wars came out.The light from the saber does not raditate from the side away from the lamp, and therefore it cast a shadow and does not illuminate anything behind it.The reflector tape is the same type as used on mail boxes and bicyles.One thing I like about that movie is how they got around lack of cash after blowing most of the special effects budget on the space battles.It's full of low cost but very effective stuff like the light saber. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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