Poll: Adamantium vs Lightsaber

[barbzilla]

It depends on if you are going by the original trilogy or the new movies. In the original trilogy it took them minutes to burn through a steel blast door. Going by this the adamatium would provide quite a bit of resistance. New movies though I'm sure it would just go right through.

 

[Ganthrinor]

Cohesive Light wins.

If all else fails, the Lightsaber wins because it doubles as a really sweet flashlight.

 

[vallorn]

The question is, does a lightsaber cut through EVERYTHING?!?!?!

The geek in me thought you'd like to know about Cortosis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_substances#Cortosis].

you forgot Mandalorian Iron [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mandalorian_iron]

 

[ZombieGenesis]

My question is, how did they MELT adamantium in the first place?

 

[Flauros]

The question is, does a lightsaber cut through EVERYTHING?!?!?!

The geek in me thought you'd like to know about Cortosis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_substances#Cortosis].

So, it would seem, that Adamantium WOULD stop a lightsaber. Its impossible to be mined, it has to be molded from liquid alloys, and then its permanent.




But pretty nothing can ever break adamantium (besides special events like super magneto) besides adamantium, and nothing ever stops a lightsaber but cortosis. Unstoppable force meets immovable object, anyone?

My only basis for context is that in movie, i thought i saw them take a few seconds to cut through a door? That happened, right? Adamantium would be much stronger. I think its confusing because in star wars canon it cuts through everything......but adamantium isnt part of star wars canon. So how can you compare?

But in short

Unstoppable force meets unmovable object, anyone?

 

[SckizoBoy]

you seem to be asking (at least) two separate questions here, so i'll answer both of them. first, a lightsaber would cauterize even a bisection, but the shock would still kill you. as mentioned above, the heat required for that would never work in the real world, but these are frakkin' lightsabers we're talking about. nothing about lightsabers would work in the real world.

second, lightsabers don't cut through everything. even in-universe, lightsabers are stopped by a material called cortosis. by extension, we could imagine that adamantium might have similar properties.

What he said...

Lightsabres (sorry, English *points at self*) can thrust through metal easily enough, but has a hard time cutting it (refer to Ep V Vader vs Luke fight, Vader hacks at a railing and nothing happens to it), but it all depends on what 'official' canon says about it. I've done my take on the weapon (nothing saying, though, WIP).

Regarding adamantium... must heavy (sorry, dense) as fuck... given that our dear friend Logan at 5ft 2ins weights 200lbs without the adamantium and 300lbs with, a granted it can't be that thick on his bones (2-3mm at most... and even that's stretching it), so it's a wonder he moves that well.

 

[GundamSentinel]

I actually heard somewhere that a lightsaber wouldn't actually cauterize you. I'm not sure why though.

In the movies it cauterizes, but I remember reading somewhere that in theory the heat needed to cauterize while slicing would be so hot that the person wielding the weapon would have his/her hand cooked just by holding the darn thing.

It doesn't seem to cauterize all the time though... The first time someone's arm gets lobbed off in Star Wars it's very clearly not cauterized.

Just check at 2:11

OT: Lightsaber wins. It's made to win.

 

[Junkle]

My question is, how did they MELT adamantium in the first place?

You can melt the ore once, then it becomes effectively unbreakable. If I recall correctly.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

I see people are forgetting cortosis, a metal that is resistant to even light sabers. I would say Adamantium would stop a light saber in the same way.

Also Wolverine from time to time has had trouble with advanced metals, so while Adamantium is strong it can only do SO much.

edit
Also Adamantium can not be melted by heat alone and a light saber pretty much works on intense heat.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

I actually heard somewhere that a lightsaber wouldn't actually cauterize you. I'm not sure why though.

In the movies it cauterizes, but I remember reading somewhere that in theory the heat needed to cauterize while slicing would be so hot that the person wielding the weapon would have his/her hand cooked just by holding the darn thing.

It doesn't seem to cauterize all the time though... The first time someone's arm gets lobbed off in Star Wars it's very clearly not cauterized.

Just check at 2:11

OT: Lightsaber wins. It's made to win.

Thats a slip up in the films directing.

 

[InevitableFate]

My question is, how did they MELT adamantium in the first place?

Could exist in a liquid alloy form naturally, they then seperate it and use heat to keep it the refined element from solidifying.

Lightsabers don't burn their wielders hands because they're contained in a deus ex force field (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber).

Adamantium would win. Lightsabers do not instantly cut through everything. It's noted that the density of the object alters the cutting speed. It can be assumed that Adamantium is an incredibly dense material, and if it's dense enough to be indestructible, it's likely dense enough to block a lightsaber blade.

Now if we were talking about molecular blades it would be a different question...

 

[SckizoBoy]

My question is, how did they MELT adamantium in the first place?

You can melt the ore once, then it becomes effectively unbreakable. If I recall correctly.

You could still melt it again, it's only in solid form that it's indestructible. As with all metals, it can be melted and cast repeatedly.

My only quibble is in the X-Men films (and perhaps worst of all Origins)... molten adamantium in those looks like my Boltgun Metal paint!

 

[ZombieGenesis]

Remember Episode One? Qui Gon sticking the lightsaber in that metal door... took some time and effort to cut through that thing. Adamantium would probably win, but I know which I'd prefer to have.

 

[funguy2121]

my friends and i are currently discussing if you are sliced in half wether you would be cauterized (sp?) right away or if you'd just bleed out. we came to the conclusion you'd be cauterized. i then posed the the question of a light saber vs Adamantium and no one had a real answer just who they think. can you help us Escapists?

Really?

Where are Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler when you need them? Both are FICTIONAL, and not really well explained, at that. If we assume that "light saber" is not just a colloquialism and that it really is focused light, then it would be a laser and it absolutely would not work this way. Since we're clearly throwing out all real science, the question is moot. I don't think George Lucas ever said what the sabers theoretically could and could not cut through.

 

[Coldster]

There is a material in the Star Wars universe that completely absorbs a lightsabers energy and renders it useless. Now, thats not what adamantium does but I do think it could resist a lightsaber (just like that metal on the doors in episode one when Qui gon and Obi wan try to open it with their lightsabers). Tough decision, but I think adamantium would win.

 

[ImprovizoR]

Lightsaber will eventually cut through anything, including adamantium.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I think the lightsaber beats adamantium, because adamantium is an earthly metal to fight earthly metals.

Then again, there are things that a lightsaber cant cut through in the star wars universe, so if adamnatium had the same chemical structure as them, then the saber is useless.


... Testing is needed.

EDIT:

There is a material in the Star Wars universe that completely absorbs a lightsabers energy and renders it useless. Now, thats not what adamantium does but I do think it could resist a lightsaber (just like that metal on the doors in episode one when Qui gon and Obi wan try to open it with their lightsabers). Tough decision, but I think adamantium would win.

But he did cut through. You're talking about the doors to the main chamber were the viceroy and his second were at, right before they got attacked by droidakas right? The door resisted, but it was being cut, and the only reason Qui Gon didnt just cause they were attacked, so they didnt have the time.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

There is a material in the Star Wars universe that completely absorbs a lightsabers energy and renders it useless. Now, thats not what adamantium does but I do think it could resist a lightsaber (just like that metal on the doors in episode one when Qui gon and Obi wan try to open it with their lightsabers). Tough decision, but I think adamantium would win.

See below

I see people are forgetting cortosis, a metal that is resistant to even light sabers. I would say Adamantium would stop a light saber in the same way.

Also Wolverine from time to time has had trouble with advanced metals, so while Adamantium is strong it can only do SO much.