How does a Lightsaber work? (Star Wars)

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @JaredOwen
    @JaredOwen  7 лет назад +1832

    Hey Everyone - thank you for so many views and for all the feedback!
    Yes, I made a few mistakes in this animation:
    -The lightsaber color should blue not green (I noticed this 24 hours after I had uploaded it but it was too late!)
    -This is really Anakin's Lightsaber not Luke's
    -You can get a Lightsaber on the black market - this was mentioned in the Clone Wars
    -Lightsabers are mostly used by Jedi (and Sith) but there are a few exceptions

    • @dylantruong897
      @dylantruong897 7 лет назад +23

      Great video! Love the intro. Felt like watching a how it's made episode...

    • @davemarx7856
      @davemarx7856 7 лет назад +24

      Two months later and I'm back here without trying.
      "Today on How it's Made, we'll be taking a look at an elegant weapon from a more civilized age. Put on your high grade Dura-steel gauntlets and arc-welder mask as we discover what goes into creating ... A Lightsaber - the iconic weapon of a Jedi Knight... or Sith Lord.
      Ready? Let's *do it* !"

    • @Steph-jb8oc
      @Steph-jb8oc 7 лет назад +2

      Jared Owen i

    • @kolbecheese1164
      @kolbecheese1164 7 лет назад +5

      Jared Owen also when building a light saber it does not takes weeks but only minutes as the younglings use the force to construct it whence they have all the parts
      Also anyone can use a light saber but only jedi and sith can construct them
      The color of the light saber depends on which side of the force is being used and a kyber crystal that has been changed back from the dark then creates a more powerful white light saber

    • @kolbecheese1164
      @kolbecheese1164 7 лет назад +2

      Rune Leicht Lund he meant in star wars people like junkers may pick up a dead jedi s or sites light saber and sell it on there black market not real life black market

  • @shadowhenge7118
    @shadowhenge7118 4 года назад +1253

    I love how with a confident tone and professional layout you can make something completely fictional look absolutely possible. You should work in marketing.

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  4 года назад +162

      😂 Thanks - I'll stick with animations for now!

    • @RealSheepShoop
      @RealSheepShoop 3 года назад +7

      @@JaredOwen lol

    • @computerjantje
      @computerjantje 3 года назад +6

      Because it not fictional duhh. Jared saying it was fictional was a joke man. You just didn't get it. If you do not believe in it, I cannot help you. You have to believe to find The Force.

    • @certainpointofview3860
      @certainpointofview3860 2 года назад +5

      NASA has left the chat

    • @alejandrogorgojo6442
      @alejandrogorgojo6442 Год назад +4

      The story happens long long time ago in another galaxy, so technicaly it is historical weapon... :)

  • @kleropunt277
    @kleropunt277 6 лет назад +1996

    "One mistake and the whole thing will explode"
    Cuts it in half....

    • @sodaithink
      @sodaithink 5 лет назад +14

      Kleropunt YEET it should still work!

    • @WreedTrimmer
      @WreedTrimmer 4 года назад +17

      Now you have two lightsabers. combine them and then your Darth maul.

    • @joshygoldiem_j2799
      @joshygoldiem_j2799 4 года назад +4

      OH MY GOD THIS IS ANIMATION

    • @jakko2371
      @jakko2371 4 года назад +20

      @@joshygoldiem_j2799 r/wooosh

    • @kingstontv5045
      @kingstontv5045 4 года назад +1

      oof

  • @mkl_7893
    @mkl_7893 3 года назад +328

    Man he’s so good that he can explain something that doesn’t even exist with an extreme precision

    • @jackmaxfaxstudio8849
      @jackmaxfaxstudio8849 3 года назад +8

      no it is now existing there is a person who made a lightsaber it is the world record

    • @mkl_7893
      @mkl_7893 3 года назад +3

      @@jackmaxfaxstudio8849 Wow that’s so cool I didn’t even knew ! Thx 👍

    • @jackmaxfaxstudio8849
      @jackmaxfaxstudio8849 3 года назад +3

      @@mkl_7893 yeah

    • @jamesleduke873
      @jamesleduke873 Год назад +3

      There's a number of cross-sections books that had entries on lightsabers.

    • @Elemental_Entity
      @Elemental_Entity 7 месяцев назад

      It's easy to do when it is in a visual dictionary that came out well over 20 years ago and the uploader is not adding anything new, rather repeating what the visual book says.

  • @memmoman
    @memmoman 5 лет назад +1241

    Jared: This is Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber.
    Anakin Skywalker: Am i a joke to you?

    • @ItsJessieNotJesse
      @ItsJessieNotJesse 4 года назад +33

      That was only Luke’s. Anakins was blue, and actually this green one wasn’t shown till return of the Jedi. anakins blue light saber was the first saber shown

    • @memmoman
      @memmoman 4 года назад +13

      @@ItsJessieNotJesse Yes i know

    • @ItsJessieNotJesse
      @ItsJessieNotJesse 4 года назад +7

      AMT Productions 😂😂 sorry I was thinking you were talking about the green on in the video. My bad 😅😅

    • @memmoman
      @memmoman 4 года назад +1

      @@ItsJessieNotJesse Oh lol

    • @kingstontv5045
      @kingstontv5045 4 года назад

      hah

  • @zeloyello
    @zeloyello 4 года назад +1708

    Imagine a dude watching this in like 3043 and actually following the steps

    • @souriguess
      @souriguess 3 года назад +32

      u mean u want time travelers

    • @CityWhisperer
      @CityWhisperer 3 года назад +89

      Brave of you to even think we might get past 2100 at this rate.

    • @JC130676
      @JC130676 3 года назад +60

      3043? Ha! My lightsaber is already mostly finished, I'm just waiting on Amazon to finally deliver my kyber crystals. Package tracking shows it arrived on Alderaan but there have been no status updates after that, and all other places are back ordered until 2284.

    • @mynameisak8746
      @mynameisak8746 3 года назад +10

      @@JC130676 I think they ran out of crystals on ilum

    • @realsanchez1394
      @realsanchez1394 3 года назад +10

      @@CityWhisperer probably the only advancement that we would make by that time is 3D rule 34

  • @spacepope-1
    @spacepope-1 7 лет назад +2198

    "How does a lightsaber work"
    "It doesn't"

    • @headrush4894
      @headrush4894 7 лет назад +30

      Was looking for this haha!

    • @nesa1126
      @nesa1126 6 лет назад +9

      my though

    • @peng2816
      @peng2816 6 лет назад +3

      Lol

    • @peng2816
      @peng2816 6 лет назад +4

      Did u watch the video

    • @cinq6301
      @cinq6301 6 лет назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @srthebox4946
    @srthebox4946 5 лет назад +890

    The most advanced technology in Star Wars “the high ground”

    • @srthebox4946
      @srthebox4946 5 лет назад +2

      Lol
      But I am the high ground

    • @dr.boring7022
      @dr.boring7022 5 лет назад +4

      The high ground is nothing compared to The Senate.

    • @TexterEX
      @TexterEX 5 лет назад +1

      @@dr.boring7022 "I AM THE SENATE"

    • @WreedTrimmer
      @WreedTrimmer 4 года назад +1

      Hux:it will destroy the Senate Palpatine:I am the Senate you will not destroy me

    • @RaySizim
      @RaySizim 4 года назад

      TexterEX not yet

  • @thaddeus_dude5511
    @thaddeus_dude5511 4 года назад +310

    Him: We can’t build this but it’s fun to think about. Hack smith: are you sure about that

    • @Mr.MovieMouse
      @Mr.MovieMouse 4 года назад +12

      I specifically looked for this comment 😂

    • @DavidS-mi8nh
      @DavidS-mi8nh 4 года назад +2

      ye... but that function on kyber crystals

    • @champagneeee
      @champagneeee 3 года назад

      You beat me by 3 months..

    • @noircoll
      @noircoll 3 года назад +1

      Dang it i didnt know somebody else commented on this..

    • @mothzervania6720
      @mothzervania6720 3 года назад

      Son of gravel

  • @markarato8034
    @markarato8034 7 лет назад +900

    "of all the technology you see, perhaps the most fascinating is the lightsaber" Or more like the gigantic spaceships traveling faster than light, speeding up and slowing down in seconds. Or a giant space station capable of destroying planets. But yeah, the laser sticks are awesome too :)

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  7 лет назад +76

      Ha - true, it's all a matter of opinion! thanks mark

    • @carloscastanheiro2933
      @carloscastanheiro2933 7 лет назад +90

      The ability to destroy planets is nothing compared to the power of the Force.

    • @michaeljamieson3582
      @michaeljamieson3582 7 лет назад +13

      There’s always a critic

    • @carloscastanheiro2933
      @carloscastanheiro2933 7 лет назад +2

      Lol yeah,but it all depends on ones point of view.

    • @ianseymour4066
      @ianseymour4066 7 лет назад +6

      Márk Arató I would still rather have a lightsaber, can conceal a giant space ship on my belt.

  • @sjwzr
    @sjwzr 5 лет назад +770

    " *This is luke's lightsaber* "
    Obi wan in the
    movie literally said
    " *It's your father's lightsaber* "

    • @easthulk99
      @easthulk99 5 лет назад +54

      It was actually rather ...
      " An elegent weapon for a CIVILISED age. "

    • @red88alert
      @red88alert 5 лет назад +35

      That was the blue bladed lightsaber he received from Obi Wan. This green bladed lightsaber is the one he made himself.

    • @jamesmacleod9382
      @jamesmacleod9382 5 лет назад +8

      He lost his pop's LS when his dad kindly hacked off his hand didn't he? Is his dad ever strict!

    • @Nobody-se1nw
      @Nobody-se1nw 5 лет назад +13

      @@red88alert yeah but thats completely wrong lightsaber they mixed it up

    • @sant002
      @sant002 5 лет назад +2

      Apex Classic Exactly

  • @halloweenjack4482
    @halloweenjack4482 4 года назад +150

    The Star Wars Dictionary actually explains it as energy being channeled to a primary crystal and then through a series of focussing crystals. The reason that only Jedi and Sith can make them is that building a lightsaber is one of the most difficult (and mandatory) tasks for Jedi and Sith initiates to accomplish as the focussing crystals must be perfectly aligned (which tests true Force sensitivity). Even the slightest misalignment of the focussing crystals will cause the weapon to detonate upon activation. This is why Vadar was so impressed with Luke in ROTJ when he saw his lightsaber ("I see you have constructed a new lightsaber...your skills are now complete...indeed you are powerful as the Emperor has foreseen") - he knew that Luke was indeed ready and capable of defeating the Emperor. Despite what most new Star Wars fans think (thanks To Disney I believe) the color of the lightsaber blade was determined by the color of the crystals used. Traditionally the Jedi used blue and green and the Sith used red. The Dictionary is so old now but it covers the equipment in the original trilogy nicely and it was before Disney screwed everything up. Cool video though and nice animation.

    • @computerjantje
      @computerjantje 3 года назад +9

      Thank you very much for this peace from the only true bible. I have not read it but your comment gave me the inspiration to do now.

    • @MyJeffDunham
      @MyJeffDunham 2 года назад +9

      I was of understanding, that the red color comes from the artificially contracted crystals the Sith used?

    • @johnpeiredaquavoii2213
      @johnpeiredaquavoii2213 2 года назад +2

      How did disney screw it all up?

    • @Aztrani
      @Aztrani 2 года назад +10

      Well kyber Crystal are colour less until it bonds with a force user and the reason that with users have red crystals is because they make the crystal “bleed”. Usually when a Jedi and Crystal bond they act as one, however the sith make it red and instead forcing the Crystal to obey them against their will

    • @johnpeiredaquavoii2213
      @johnpeiredaquavoii2213 2 года назад

      @@Aztrani red*

  • @ddo1114
    @ddo1114 5 лет назад +188

    My grandfather gave me a kyber crystal before he died. I watched this video to learn how to make a lightsaber. It works just as well as the legends! I almost cut a service droid in half by accident but it was still a very exciting experience. This video is awesome, thank you!
    👌👌👍🔥

    • @floo1465
      @floo1465 5 лет назад +19

      I imagine this being in the Star Wars in-universe version of RUclips and I love it.

    • @Oshic1273
      @Oshic1273 4 года назад +2

      Huh

    • @crook7493
      @crook7493 4 года назад +1

      A. S. 🤫

    • @computerjantje
      @computerjantje 3 года назад +1

      I don't believe you
      ....
      That is why you fail

    • @CG-16
      @CG-16 2 года назад +1

      can we get a video of it working? (NO RICK ROLLS)

  • @HarpaxA
    @HarpaxA 5 лет назад +352

    And I thought this video is published on 1st of April ... 😂

  • @Awesomenessgaminglebrony
    @Awesomenessgaminglebrony 3 года назад +25

    Big Props to the cameraman for using the force to disassemble and reassemble the lightsaber. Very Impressive.

  • @rookie4906
    @rookie4906 5 лет назад +276

    Now you know it works ??
    good
    NOW MAKE ONE

    • @christianyves2547
      @christianyves2547 5 лет назад +16

      He one who make and you find the crystal

    • @Ownxer
      @Ownxer 5 лет назад +4

      @@christianyves2547 woah really?

    • @redbunny8081
      @redbunny8081 5 лет назад +4

      Well technically we need enough energy and enough technology knowledge so we can make an actual controlled lightsaber.

    • @notspec4618
      @notspec4618 5 лет назад +6

      How the hell We go to Ilum to get that Crystal?

    • @redtoad6559
      @redtoad6559 5 лет назад +2

      All I can make you is a protosaber

  • @akshaj_animates2006
    @akshaj_animates2006 4 года назад +33

    "Pay close attention so this doesnt happen to you"
    Jared owen predicting how we will be able make and fight with Light Sabers in the future

  • @CallMe_Boris
    @CallMe_Boris 3 года назад +98

    Jared: "It's impossible to build"
    Hacksmith: *hold my anvil*

    • @ajaxgamr4458
      @ajaxgamr4458 3 года назад +1

      What a suspiciously light anvil...

    • @momo.ru-kun
      @momo.ru-kun 2 года назад +3

      they built a light torch not a light "saber" without an energy field it's a torch 😏

    • @Shinyboy29
      @Shinyboy29 5 месяцев назад

      They called it a proto-saber because it does function like a lightsaber would but the wielder needs to carry a big backpack of fuel

  • @josephparker4022
    @josephparker4022 7 лет назад +80

    Only a jedi or other force using person can build a lightsaber. This is because the focusing crystal can't be aligned until the everything is in place so you need the force to manipulate it.

    • @Max_Le_Groom
      @Max_Le_Groom 4 года назад +6

      Reminds Me of one time in Physics class when I asked the teacher why the armature in a motor assembly doesn't just fall into thin air and then a guy told Me *"Use The Force."*

    • @kingstontv5045
      @kingstontv5045 4 года назад +2

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    • @TheKauff
      @TheKauff 3 года назад

      I've wondered about this, thanks!

  • @Optimaloptimus
    @Optimaloptimus 4 года назад +6

    I have a book all on the lightsabers and I was fascinated by how detailed it was. It even showcased the lightsabers of the characters and who they beloneged to. The first Lightsaber you show us is Obi Wan's very first Lightsaber from "The Phantom Menace".

  • @alberteinsteinthejew
    @alberteinsteinthejew 3 года назад +10

    I just made a lightsaber based on this detailed description and it works fine! Thanks, Jared!

  • @icecubeplays8786
    @icecubeplays8786 5 лет назад +21

    I love Star Wars and making them animated was amazing! It looked so real and you must be a large Star Wars fan. Fantastic video ;)

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you! My next video will be Star Wars too

  • @brady3614
    @brady3614 5 лет назад +11

    this guys animations are sick, i’m in love with them 🥰🥰

  • @RaisingJackal
    @RaisingJackal 2 года назад +7

    This is perfect. I read the breakdown art books as a kid. This video is just that but in motion. Love it.

  • @keramazotti
    @keramazotti 7 лет назад +569

    Anakin's original saber is not GREEN!!!! damnit!

    • @uzaylhayalet573
      @uzaylhayalet573 7 лет назад +2

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    • @borausta8598
      @borausta8598 7 лет назад +1

      türk olmak bir ayrıcalıktır jbsjsdjsdjsdnsd

    • @dragon_force4843
      @dragon_force4843 7 лет назад +21

      Its a fucking video cry baby. He knows that.

    • @keramazotti
      @keramazotti 7 лет назад +13

      Him knowing it just makes it worse. Dont go kissing your mom with that mouth dragon_fart.

    • @dragon_force4843
      @dragon_force4843 7 лет назад +3

      Ok my apologies. He did his best tho.

  • @thebrowncow441
    @thebrowncow441 5 лет назад +309

    my master showed my this in class as part of my jedi lessons.
    edit: *me

    • @izzamani2346
      @izzamani2346 5 лет назад +3

      me*

    • @Pretzel829
      @Pretzel829 5 лет назад +2

      Game Guy Mi master also showed me this in class.
      Edit: My*

    • @LShaver947
      @LShaver947 5 лет назад

      My master showed this to me during Jedi lessons or class

    • @kingstontv5045
      @kingstontv5045 4 года назад +1

      my master did too

  • @karlag403
    @karlag403 3 года назад +13

    Jared: This is Luke’s lightsaber
    Me: What? This is outrageous. It’s unfair.

  • @floo1465
    @floo1465 5 лет назад +7

    I love how the explanation for lightsabers isn’t ‘magic’, it’s using electrical components and tech to make the beam.

  • @raptor182cmn
    @raptor182cmn 7 лет назад +42

    love this! dont let nerds yelling about small errors get you down. great video!

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  7 лет назад +6

      Thanks! The Star Wars community can sometimes be rough on us RUclipsrs!

    • @Ownxer
      @Ownxer 5 лет назад

      @@JaredOwen it's blue and it's Anakins

    • @guspollitt6495
      @guspollitt6495 5 лет назад

      @@Ownxer can you shut your pie hole right now?

    • @Ownxer
      @Ownxer 5 лет назад

      @@guspollitt6495 yes **shuts pie hole right now**

    • @guspollitt6495
      @guspollitt6495 5 лет назад

      @@Ownxer thank you.

  • @CT-7731
    @CT-7731 4 года назад +13

    "they're fictional, right"
    The hacksmiths : YOU DARE OPPOSE US? *Builds the first lightsaber

  • @DJCRP-wl8mq
    @DJCRP-wl8mq 5 лет назад +65

    RUclips: I know you want to watch it
    Me: I don’t
    RUclips: come on!
    Me: ohh fine

  • @lohancindy5442
    @lohancindy5442 6 лет назад +68

    Ah, I finally see where I made my mistake. I will correct it and with a little luck I will have my saber up and running in no time.

    • @cocodojo
      @cocodojo 5 лет назад +1

      And Lohan Cindy was never heard of ever since...

    • @isoSw1fty
      @isoSw1fty 5 лет назад

      In my experience there is no such thing as luck.

    • @addust
      @addust 4 года назад

      Damn parallel universe leaks!

  • @Gigatless
    @Gigatless 4 года назад +9

    Who else built their own lightsaber after the video?

  • @funtohave5604
    @funtohave5604 5 лет назад +18

    Well they all started as a fictional and sometimes end up in reality, why not !
    (Great job)

  • @kevinowen3
    @kevinowen3 7 лет назад +32

    This is awesome! I may try to build one of these.

    • @lukewilliams8548
      @lukewilliams8548 7 лет назад +2

      I've been working on that for the past 6 years.

    • @real.isaias
      @real.isaias 7 лет назад +1

      Lightsaber Quester did it work

    • @lukewilliams8548
      @lukewilliams8548 7 лет назад +2

      dum ideot still working on it, I've managed to make small blades so far but my next prototype should have a much longer blade.

    • @bluepie6289
      @bluepie6289 5 лет назад

      @@lukewilliams8548 I want to see it

  • @goreion8470
    @goreion8470 Год назад +9

    3:40 can’t really build a light saber hack Smith industries is that a challenge

  • @soldirix2666
    @soldirix2666 7 лет назад +166

    I'm taking Physics4D to learn all about crystal and archwave energy at my local college. Wish me luck!

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  7 лет назад +10

      Sounds like a fun course to take!

    • @Heathyguydaboss
      @Heathyguydaboss 7 лет назад +4

      Press f to pay respects

    • @dotdotdot1113
      @dotdotdot1113 7 лет назад +3

      Does that stuff actually exist? Or only in star wars

    • @ericmadsen9655
      @ericmadsen9655 7 лет назад +4

      S0lidSpy24 Are you also taking Quantum physics or Quantum mechanics along with Physics4D in College? If you are then there's a good chance of not a possibly to make a real working lightsaber by using real life components that are similar to what you saw in this tutorial video.

    • @sanne_says_hi
      @sanne_says_hi 7 лет назад +1

      S0lidSpy24 GL & HF

  • @mysticaljedi8580
    @mysticaljedi8580 7 лет назад +6

    I am a huge Star Wars fan I thought you were going to get it wrong but you did it much much better than how I could explain!

    • @guspollitt6495
      @guspollitt6495 5 лет назад

      @kim a And you are incorrect on misspelling a lot and forgetting to put a semicolon or period after not really.

  • @noircoll
    @noircoll 3 года назад +6

    "Its fictional so you cant build it, but is fun to think about it.."
    Hacksmith 2 years later: Yeah, about that...

  • @asiananims4263
    @asiananims4263 5 лет назад +76

    “Spend several weeks building there lightsaber”
    Disney laughing in the corner

  • @night_aviation
    @night_aviation 5 лет назад +66

    Jared: Only the Jedi can use Lightsabers.
    Every Sith ever: wat

  •  4 года назад +4

    Jared at 0:59: This is Luke's lightsaber.
    Me: This is the first Jared Owen video I watched.

  • @Daily_Dose_of_Grass
    @Daily_Dose_of_Grass 5 лет назад +17

    Next video: *how a wizards wand works*
    Oh wait....

  • @ChocyMilkMan
    @ChocyMilkMan 7 лет назад +71

    You said “ only Jedi can use a lightsaber” But if you actually saw Star Wars, you would know that anyone can use it especially Sith

    • @romainj9520
      @romainj9520 7 лет назад +2

      Collin Staub I think he said that as a reference to Anakin's quote to Qui Gon in episode 1

    • @mech57
      @mech57 7 лет назад +2

      Collin Staub sith even invented the lightsaber

    • @prettyboytwink
      @prettyboytwink 7 лет назад

      Da Koynul so your saying that darth maul used to be a Jedi?

    • @AurigaStar
      @AurigaStar 7 лет назад +4

      Everyone can fire a lightsaber up. The difference is that a Jedi/Sith can actually use it without killing himself/herself in the process. A Force user can foresee the immediate future so he/she can predict where the blade is going/will land. A normal person would likely chop his/her arms off.

    • @Van-yo2xr
      @Van-yo2xr 7 лет назад +2

      Pedro Viana not if you know how to use a sword

  • @VermillionStallion
    @VermillionStallion 29 дней назад +2

    Theoretically, would it be possible to have a flat bladed lightsabers if the Blade Arc Tip is flat as well?

  • @jedidrummerjake
    @jedidrummerjake 7 лет назад +13

    Beautifully done! I gotta share this video!

  • @TheDeivit00
    @TheDeivit00 7 лет назад +4

    Amazing job!!! Long time I haven't found this unique channel

  • @PalpatineGaming
    @PalpatineGaming Год назад +2

    "Master skywalker, what are we going to do?"
    Mississippi queen plays

  • @__tadpole__8195
    @__tadpole__8195 4 года назад +7

    “Lightsabers can’t really exist but it’s fun to think about”
    The hacksmith crew: “allow us to introduce ourselves”

  • @tombarnes6923
    @tombarnes6923 7 лет назад +40

    Isn't the blade of a lightsaber more of a plasma arc than a rod? I thought I heard that somewhere but I can't remember.

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  7 лет назад +5

      Yeah I think that's correct Tom

    • @tombarnes6923
      @tombarnes6923 7 лет назад +2

      Omar Tabbara context?

    • @bzavala123
      @bzavala123 7 лет назад +1

      You know I always thought of it this way as well. I think of the lightsaber as a small version of the same technology they use in Star Wars for ray/battlefield shields. If you think about it, this makes perfect sense. We see when they use large battlefield shield generators in Star wars how the plasma shield raises in a thin line of plasma from a shield generator and then creates a dome over the protected area. If you took this same technology and used it on a lightsaber but had the energy turned up so the stream of plasma shot up higher it would raise the celling of the half dome shield (while keeping the same small diameter) it would stretch the shield into a tall rod with a point when the shield bends over the thin plasma line being shot up to produce it. This idea is confirmed by the fact that there is nob on light sabers to increase and decrease the total length of the blade. Also in Star Wars Clone wars they discuss the shield technology and talk about how it can be tuned so slow objects can pass through it or turned all the way up to produce a ray shield that not even slow objects can pass through, i.e. a lightsaber blade. I really thought of this after seeing an episode of Clone Wars where someone was going to be executed using a ray shield like guillotine that would chop off the person's head.

    • @williamlewis4318
      @williamlewis4318 7 лет назад +2

      Tom Barnes It’s meant to be accelerated electrons contained in an oppositely charged sort of invisible shell. A bit like how an atom works. Basically we need to modify the large hadron collider and try and fit it in a lightsaber handle. This may take some time....

    • @d1mple381
      @d1mple381 7 лет назад

      Tom Barnes did you hear that from "the Nerdist?"

  • @stevephlyer
    @stevephlyer Год назад +1

    As a life-long Star Wars fan, I must say that this explanation is fascinating and maybe one day, useful 😊. Well done!

  • @trankomen6790
    @trankomen6790 4 года назад +25

    1:35 damnit even fricken lightsabers need batteries

  • @anugget6110
    @anugget6110 4 года назад +6

    "Completely fictional"
    The hacksmith: Hold my beer.

  • @MT-md8rh
    @MT-md8rh 26 дней назад +1

    your videos are awesome and you made this video extra realistic because it's fictional.

  • @FlockofSmeagles
    @FlockofSmeagles 2 года назад +4

    As a designer, this is pretty cool and useful for me. Understanding the inner workings of the lightsaber is going to help me design better broken versions for the shelf, thank you.

  • @pratherat
    @pratherat 7 лет назад +6

    I'm just curious about the microcontroller board controlling the field energizers. Do they still sell those so far into the future? Fun video!

  • @Planktonai1
    @Planktonai1 7 месяцев назад +1

    Can we take a moment to realize this perfect intro

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  7 месяцев назад

      I'm happy the intro is appreciated, thank you!

  • @earthey7499
    @earthey7499 5 лет назад +18

    I hope I will not need to build a lightsaber in my life. XD

  • @92000
    @92000 7 лет назад +255

    You forgot about the lenses and COLOR CRYSTALS

  • @Stopmotionguy2049-cf2bp
    @Stopmotionguy2049-cf2bp 25 дней назад

    Thank you for making this! This was really helpful for my engineering final this semester!

  • @Draknfyre
    @Draknfyre 5 лет назад +6

    "Some are short, like Yoda's. Some are curved, like Darth Maul's..." *Supresses Chuckle*

    • @chong_jos_
      @chong_jos_ 5 лет назад +1

      Draknfyre he never said that.

    • @cirejc2235
      @cirejc2235 4 года назад

      @@chong_jos_ yeah... he did

    • @sjwzr
      @sjwzr 4 года назад

      @@cirejc2235 no he didn't

  • @newdragonslayer2
    @newdragonslayer2 5 лет назад +4

    As a child I thought it was 'life saver'

  • @CoolBluBoi
    @CoolBluBoi 3 года назад +1

    Its good to be back in this video after 2 years

  • @AniMageNeBy
    @AniMageNeBy 4 года назад +3

    "Luke, I am your lightsaber."
    "Nooooooeeeeesss!!"

  • @johnsedivec395
    @johnsedivec395 7 лет назад +8

    Where did you get the idea that lightsabers use two crystals? Every iteration of Star Wars I've seen where a Padawan goes into the crystal caves to find their crystal, they only have one. It's not likely they break them in two, so where do they get the second crystal from?

    • @timewarrior447
      @timewarrior447 7 лет назад +1

      John Sedivec some diagrams of the light saber show a second crystal as a common focusing crystal that helps in stabilizing the blade when ignited. However newer canon retconed the need for a focus crystal.

    • @dawg3277
      @dawg3277 7 лет назад

      John Sedivec in some of the games there are two crystals. Probably where that idea came in. However I think in Star Wars Galaxies...which was a pc game from Lucas arts the crystals were said to be that way in the saber you built in there as well.

    • @DarthVader-1701
      @DarthVader-1701 6 лет назад

      Some lightsabers have three crystals so that you can adjust a blade length.

  • @熊宏安
    @熊宏安 4 года назад +1

    did u make this up or did you really do all this amazement on your own!

  • @Milu2786
    @Milu2786 4 года назад +5

    Jared owens- lightsabers. they are just fictional right no one can build these
    Hacksmith- "Builds an actual lightsaber"

  • @jupamoers
    @jupamoers 5 лет назад +5

    Just a very rough theory:
    With a high voltage self-recharging battery, you could build a light saber - take a look at laser pointers. Same principle, even with different colors. Actually, you could compare a lightsaber to a welding torch or a bunsen burner...combine those two items (laser pointer and welding torch) and you could *in theory* have a lightsaber

    • @robertallen2223
      @robertallen2223 5 лет назад +1

      There is no theory... no theoretical idea how to explain nor how to build a laser sword. The idea of controlling heat, lasers and light in the way and magnitude light sabers do have no basis in physics.

    • @750tiprogamer
      @750tiprogamer 4 года назад

      ok but why do people still think lightsabers are lasers. they're plasma, and we can control where plasma goes with magnetic fields.

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 2 года назад

    As I watched this, in less than three minutes I found myself marvelling at the actual real science and technologies that go to make up genuine devices in our everyday lives.
    In fact, these videos set out some of the devices and show their workings.
    What a fascinating time we are living in...

  • @rexx9496
    @rexx9496 4 года назад +4

    I can only imagine the energy density of that power cell. It would be like having a nuclear bomb contained inside a flashlight.

    • @PrincessDeSynk
      @PrincessDeSynk 3 года назад +2

      Oddly enough Hacksmith had confirmed this

  • @Iknowhowbadthisnameis8828
    @Iknowhowbadthisnameis8828 5 лет назад +6

    2:15 no, they only have one, escept if it is dual, then it has two

    • @JonD00
      @JonD00 4 года назад +1

      That's what I was thinking too. Only dual-phase lightsabers have 2 Kyber Crystals

    • @emersaur2515
      @emersaur2515 4 года назад

      No because if you look at Darth maul’s Saber, they say that it has 4 crystals so that means 1 saber has 2 crystals

    • @emersaur2515
      @emersaur2515 4 года назад

      It also says single bladed lightsabers have 2 crystals

    • @JonD00
      @JonD00 4 года назад

      Emegamez Darth Maul has a unique lightsaber: both ends of the lightsaber can be used individually and even if the staff is broken in half. Darth Mauls lightsaber is also dual-phase because he uses one or both ends during combat and their are different lengths to the blade depending on how he’s using it

    • @JonD00
      @JonD00 4 года назад

      Emegamez most single bladed sabers have 1 crystal unless it’s dual-phase then it has 2. Double blades lightsabers can have 2 or 4 depending on if each saber head can be used individually or if it’s only double sided

  • @JamesWardGodsMagicGuy
    @JamesWardGodsMagicGuy 4 года назад

    This is the best video ever for the Jedi-nerd in us all

  • @ziontrask3459
    @ziontrask3459 5 лет назад +6

    If lightsabers did exist, we still use guns more often.

    • @paulaccuardi9071
      @paulaccuardi9071 5 лет назад

      @ tibana gas is lighter so you could have loads more shots.

    • @WildeFyre69
      @WildeFyre69 5 лет назад +1

      @Zion Trask Putting aside the debate(s) about the lightsaber itself for a moment, I agree wholeheartedly with your statement. The lightsaber is a melee weapon and not very good at all, except at very short range; hence the continued use of more conventional weapons.

    • @ziontrask3459
      @ziontrask3459 5 лет назад

      Robert Byrd and it would only be effective against lightsabers so I agree with your agreement lol

  • @diggydumbo9294
    @diggydumbo9294 5 лет назад +16

    "Lightsabers are fictional"
    😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @CaptainPantys
    @CaptainPantys Год назад

    We may not have real lightsabers, but we have lightsaber props that downright stunning. I'm honestly kind of satisfied.

  • @Boojump
    @Boojump 4 года назад +10

    Jaredowen: you can’t build this
    The hacksmith: hold my beer

  • @harshvithlani9399
    @harshvithlani9399 5 лет назад +5

    Instructions unclear. Accidentally made a laser bomb.

    • @WildeFyre69
      @WildeFyre69 5 лет назад

      That actually happened in Legends.

  • @alexandresun6266
    @alexandresun6266 4 года назад +1

    Jared: you can't make a lightsaber
    the Hacksmith:yea,no

  • @modifyboss
    @modifyboss 4 года назад +12

    disney:
    So someone just finds a lightsaber and... then they use it, yeah! and then theyre jedi. and with the lightsaber comes the force abilities

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  4 года назад +6

      🤣🤣🤣
      I'm not a fan of what disney has done to Star Wars😥

    • @maxace1078
      @maxace1078 4 года назад

      @@JaredOwen who is?

  • @D1M1T
    @D1M1T 5 лет назад +5

    Him: “The Star Wars universe is filled with amazing shi......”
    Me: “shit!!!”
    Him: “ships”
    Me: “oh ok”

  • @tirthvora5061
    @tirthvora5061 4 года назад +1

    The way he explained is like we have real light sabers in our real life

  • @ericburks2399
    @ericburks2399 7 лет назад +11

    Thought he was going to say "the star wars universe is filled with amazing shit"

    • @Max_Le_Groom
      @Max_Le_Groom 4 года назад

      "Amazing shit, weapons and machinery."

  • @cloudtirones
    @cloudtirones 5 лет назад +4

    I thought the first lightsaber we see is from obi wan kenobi and his master during negotiation

    • @davidbravo8073
      @davidbravo8073 5 лет назад

      The original movie "a new hope" Known as just star wars at the time, was made in 1977. the first move chronologicly
      titled "the phantom menace" wasn't released until much later, in 1999. k?

    • @GrosvnerMcaffrey
      @GrosvnerMcaffrey 5 лет назад

      @@cloudtirones you don't have to be born in the past to know history

  • @joaovb5824
    @joaovb5824 4 месяца назад +1

    "We can't make this IRL"
    Hacksmith: Try me

  • @overbank56
    @overbank56 7 лет назад +5

    Seems very realistic! To bad it's not real. Perhaps the tech some day may be applied to something everyone can use.

    • @warbeast3342
      @warbeast3342 7 лет назад

      Christofer Riche the general public does not need real working lightsabers!..

    • @overbank56
      @overbank56 7 лет назад

      War Beast : perhaps! Still a very cool idea though!

  • @ToxicSocks24
    @ToxicSocks24 5 лет назад +18

    George Lucas would like to know your location.

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  5 лет назад +4

      🤣

    • @harveykelley2571
      @harveykelley2571 4 года назад +1

      Jared: This is Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber.
      Anakin Skywalker: Am i a joke to you?

  • @NathanNussbaum-h5p
    @NathanNussbaum-h5p 3 месяца назад

    Thank you very much for making this awesome video.

  • @SuperZiggyCraft
    @SuperZiggyCraft 7 лет назад +31

    Shouldn't the Sith use Darksabers instead of Lightsaber?

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  7 лет назад +4

      That would definitely make sense :)

    • @sk8ernutdw
      @sk8ernutdw 7 лет назад +11

      Siths lightsabers turn red because the crystal bled red... Darksabers are completely different.. that's ANOTHER story..

    • @seb0rn739
      @seb0rn739 7 лет назад +9

      There is only one darksaber

    • @seb0rn739
      @seb0rn739 6 лет назад +1

      Kevin Lee
      In the new canon red crystals are not synthetic but natural crystals that were infused and corrupted by the the dark side (=bleeding) and changed their colour into crimson red. Ahsoka managed to reverse this process, freeing a red crystal from the dark side making it turn white.
      So this explains how red and white crystals are created and I really like this change.

    • @battledroid224
      @battledroid224 6 лет назад

      The darksaber's on Dathomir as shown in Rebels

  • @advocrackgamer
    @advocrackgamer 7 лет назад +22

    I got this on my recommended lmao

  • @meli-melo9759
    @meli-melo9759 2 года назад +1

    So interesting!
    I'm a huge fan of star wars and I love it!

  • @lurking_nate
    @lurking_nate 5 лет назад +4

    Can someone count the amount of times he says “energy”?

  • @WillKvn
    @WillKvn 4 года назад +5

    Jared: its not possible to build one of them
    The Hacksmith: hold my beer!.....

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  4 года назад +3

      😋 I just saw Hacksmith's video - very cool stuff

    • @WillKvn
      @WillKvn 4 года назад +1

      @@JaredOwen true, he is a really awsome dude

  • @BladeCrossEXE
    @BladeCrossEXE Месяц назад +1

    Lightsabers usually have 2 crystals? I thought that they usually only had 1, and 2 crystal installation was reserved for special cases like a double-blade, dual-phase, or changing color/power output (Force Unleashed novel, Galen combined a green crystal with fragments of a blue one).

  • @luisalfredo2397
    @luisalfredo2397 4 года назад +9

    He literally got the color wrong on a Akins saber, I’m done

  • @been6644
    @been6644 5 лет назад +11

    That’s not Luke’s that’s originally Anakins saber but with a green kyber Crystal

  • @babotond
    @babotond Год назад

    this is the most delicious course of wordsalad i've ever had, thank you!

  • @henryairconcepts2999
    @henryairconcepts2999 5 лет назад +4

    My wife's one takes 4xAA batteries, vibrates & makes her scream.

  • @jacobredfield1386
    @jacobredfield1386 7 лет назад +5

    Luke's first lightsaber is blue, not green.

    • @romainj9520
      @romainj9520 7 лет назад

      Jacob Redfield wasn't it green in training mode in the falcon though?

    • @playboykyo
      @playboykyo 7 лет назад

      Romain Joubert no

    • @scrixz926
      @scrixz926 7 лет назад

      It is green dumbass the blue one is not hes lightsaber it is anakin’s/dad of luke it was made by anakin and it Will always be hes lightsaber

    • @mitchyy3357
      @mitchyy3357 6 лет назад

      He built it dude plus the blue is anakin's lightsaber

  • @marlounaliman5955
    @marlounaliman5955 3 года назад

    wow BLENDER USER!!! your works are so great!! now I really learn a lot on your videos thank you so much for sharing this knowledge

  • @the_green_snake4187
    @the_green_snake4187 5 лет назад +6

    nobody:
    third world countries: *WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!*

    • @KylerBro12
      @KylerBro12 5 лет назад

      The_Green_ Snake was that a Charles the French reference?