Can a lightsaber cut through adamantium??

[G1eet]

le snip

But could a Star Destroyer beat the Enterprise? I'm just glad you didn't bring up laser tag or Munchee Cheese.

On topic: it depends on how the lightsaber physically cuts. Does it slice at the atomic level through some force unknown to us, or is it pretty much just a plasma torch that uses superintense heat to do it?

I don't know; I don't read EU. I assume it would.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

They don't exist in the same universe, it should be a moot point.

 

[Nieroshai]

Well, since a Lightsaber is more related to light (Duh), yeah, I don't think any physical substance could really block/hinder it even slightly, considering that it's just pure energy, rather than it having a physical form.

"Lightsaber" is a misnomer based on the fact that the blade glows. A better name would be "plasma sword" and it would cut because anything that passes through the magnetic bubble over the blade would be subject to intense heat. Of course, no idea how the magnetic field prevents heat from escaping the bubble as well, or how a magnet that strong would affect any vehicle the jedi might ride.

 

[Nieroshai]

le snip

But could a Star Destroyer beat the Enterprise? I'm just glad you didn't bring up laser tag or Munchee Cheese.

On topic: it depends on how the lightsaber physically cuts. Does it slice at the atomic level through some force unknown to us, or is it pretty much just a plasma torch that uses superintense heat to do it?

I don't know; I don't read EU. I assume it would.

Plasma torch in a feedback loop. Don't ask why the magnet doesn't fry every piece of electronics the jedi stands next to though, no idea.

 

[Nieroshai]

This question has bugged me ever since I heard it on the RoosterTeeth Drunk Tank Podcast (for those of you who don't know what that is, go download it for free from iTunes). In truth, I believe it absolutely could do it, it would just be a long time to do it, like the adamantium would be fighting with the lightsaber.

What do you think happens?

What are Vibroblades made from? If they are made out of Adamantium then no Light Sabers can't cut through it.

Either durasteel, or in the case of the Sith pre-republic, some metal with special properties that repels the magnetic bubble of the saber blade. They don't try too hard to explain.

 

[Wes1180]

First thing I thought of when I read this was, can lightsabers cut through bedrock

 

[drwow]

Sure

 

[LWS666]

what about bedrock from minecraft? that shit's tough.

 

[Deadcyde]

perhaps it uses gravity flux instead of magnetics to keep the plasma in check? would explain why the heat output doesn't cause the air around it to ignite

 

[Deadcyde]

this started out as me going don't you think it's lame that you're coming into a forum thread titled "can a lightsaber cut through adamantium" and calling it a nerdy discussion when you could have easily just not come into it, but i been watching zero punctuation so i decided to zazz it up a little.

I said this was funny in a friendly way, I was just being silly.
If I was a troll though, you would have made my day

i admit.. there was a little troll bait in that post...

 

[retrofish18]

Tough choice. It might be able to because it's a god damn light saber. But Wolverines adamantium skeleton managed to survive a multitude of NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS in wolverine #43. His skeleton was unscratched by the way. So I'm going with it being saber proof.

 

[Geekosaurus]

This question is utterly unanswerable. As soon as your brain works out the answer it has been put under so much stress that it implodes.

 

[Matthias Man]

Alright get things clear here, the only thing that could destroy adamantium aka Wolverines bones are the heated version like e.g. 20,0000000000 degrees hot or extremely hot lava from the core that could melt wolverines interior and from previous post saying how qui gon needs to take a while? well maybe wolverines bones? a century n by then wolverine could slice the jedi's up and regenerate regular bones continusly

 

[Matthias Man]

Alright get things clear here, the only thing that could destroy adamantium aka Wolverines bones are the heated version like e.g. 20,0000000000 degrees hot or extremely hot lava from the core that could melt wolverines interior and from previous post saying how qui gon needs to take a while? well maybe wolverines bones? a century n by then wolverine could slice the jedi's up and regenerate regular bones continusly

 

[Basement Cat]

A necro'd thread? It may be a necro'd thread but it's still more interesting than the other front page threads. Screw it.

I'd say no. We're accustomed to thinking of light sabers as being able to cut through things, sure, but in the movies the we see limitations to their cutting ability--the foremost being Luke only wounding Vader with a shoulder strike rather than cutting Vader in half. I think that the light sabers were imagined to be what they are--laser swords--rather than a MacGuffin tool. There are things lasers can't--like mirrors.

From that perspective because the limits of a light saber pretty much render them to 'laser cutters' the light sabers shouldn't be able to cut through adamantium because the mythical metal is defined as indestructible, i.e. lasers don't work on it.

My 2/cents.