Poll: Adamantium vs Lightsaber

[newwiseman]

Remember in the starwars universe there are metal swords used for dealing with lightsabers, I sight the first Star wars the old republic game as reference.

Also, as seen in the phantom menace, light sabers can't cut instantly through metal; it had to heat and melt through the door like a large plasma cutter.

Seeing as Adamantium once set is indestructible I would have to say it would be a tie, although the adamantium would end up getting very very VERY hot.

 

[newwiseman]

I've always wondered what happens when you drop a lightsaber.

The blade would probably go through the ground up to the hilt. If it cut a big enough hole as it went down for the handle to go down without touching the sides, one could assume it would just keep going till it reached the center of the planet..

In one of the books of the Jedi Academy trilogy Luke tells his students that some jedi prefer to include switches that they have to hold in the ON position by either their hand or force powers, but since every jedi make their own saber it's left to their own preference.

Luke's student that turns to the dark side makes a saber that had multiple focusing crystals that allowed him to adjust the length of the blade while it was being used, very sneaky.

 

[SteveZim1017]

I've always wondered what happens when you drop a lightsaber.

The blade would probably go through the ground up to the hilt. If it cut a big enough hole as it went down for the handle to go down without touching the sides, one could assume it would just keep going till it reached the center of the planet..

or until the heat and pressure crushed the handle anyways.

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

Lightsabers clash against lightsabers, right?

I call this one a tie: The adamantium and lightsaber would clash like normal swords.

 

[Valkyrie101]

I've always wondered what happens when you drop a lightsaber.

The blade would probably go through the ground up to the hilt. If it cut a big enough hole as it went down for the handle to go down without touching the sides, one could assume it would just keep going till it reached the center of the planet..

Now that's what I call a design flaw.

 

[Mister Benoit]

I can't believe I just read through all the pages >.<

Anyways I'm going with adamantium because I hope lucasarts going out of business for making awful games.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Well given that a Lightsaber should be about as hot as our sun going a video on some gaming website where they asked a boffin if a lightsaber could cut through Superman to which he reply no given the density of his sun. He explains it better than that and it has been awhile.

Yes in terms of the universe of X-Men Adamantium is indestructible and as far as I know Wolfverine or Admantium has never entered a Yellow sun. Although I might be wrong there. Wew ould need to knwo the melting point and the properties of admantium as someone already said there are metals and materials that make light sabers useless. So while it is indestruble in terms of X-Men universe we are cross worlds here so that indestructible argument can't really apply which is something along with Lightsaber resistant metals people are largely igonring.

 

[theheroofaction]

The lightsabres would eventually cut through an adamantium bulkhead, but an adamantium blade would be a more useful weapon.

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

According to one star wars novel you actually get a cold sensation when cut with a lightsaber

 

[Azmael Silverlance]

Its 2 completely diffeent universes....
But yeah i suppose the lightsaber would have to be the winner here.

p.p: On the topic of lightsaber can cut everything? No it cant....it clearly does not cut laser beams from guns It just deflects them....Energy shields aswell can prevent the lightsaber from passign tru. But metals of any sort to my knowledge are as good as butter.
Ofc the powers and abilities of the lightsabers have been slightly changed for the sake of comic books and games so who can tell...its still cool tho ^_^

 

[Itsmemario]

Lightsabers differ in construction and each is personalized by the Jedi or Sith that weilds it. There is a metal sword in the Star Wars universe that due when combined with vibrations can parry a light saber. Link : http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vibroblade

Personally I think a lightsaber would cut through adamantium but it would take time (like when they struggle to cut through large doors). More so there's proof that adamantium does have a melting point (see X-men 2, X-men Origin Wolverine and other sources).

 

[Paksenarrion]

How about an adamantium lightsaber?

 

[Zaverexus]

lightsaber. I imagine adamantium can't be broken, snapped, or cut; lightsaber... is something different. Lasers it or whatever.
This makes complete sense in my mind, I just can't convey it.

 

[Lonan]

I read that the only thing a lightsabre cannot cut through is another lightsabre.

 

[kaveradeo]

Not everything melts. Now everything is destructible tho

Pretty sure having four states of being is a property of matter. The transition from solid to liquid being melting.

You're missing something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_(phase_transition)

no I am not. He said "not everything melts" which is false. Since we are talking about a lightsaber and adamantine we are clearly not talking about "circumstances found on Earth".

NOT everything melts. SOME stuff SUBLIMATES.

 

[UnmotivatedSlacker]

This has been done before but to the answer to your question, I voted Adamanitum. I read that in one of the comic Thor Hammer can only dent Captain Shield (which is made of Adamantium) at best. So what chance does the Lightsaber got if the Hammer created by Odin (great big God) couldn't break it? I think the Lightsaber at best can only make a burn mark on it but not break it.

In order to make that sheild, adimantium had to be shaped, and mined, etc. Adimantium can be broken by enough heat. Lightsaber wins.

You can't mine adamantium, it's an alloy and once it solidifies it can't be melted again. Also Cap's shield is made of vibranium and some experimental alloy, not adamantium. Adamantium is a byproduct of trying to recreate that.

 

[Alade]

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.

I always kind of assumed that the side-effects of using such a powerful tool are controlled by the force-user, i.e. the jedi/sith uses the force to protect his hands and maybe controls the light in the saber a bit, this is purely a non-educated guess tho, I'm guessing no non-jedi/sith is seen wielding a saber.

 

[crudus]

no I am not. He said "not everything melts" which is false. Since we are talking about a lightsaber and adamantine we are clearly not talking about "circumstances found on Earth".

NOT everything melts. SOME stuff SUBLIMATES.[/quote]

Spoiler: All matter in the universe has this type of diagram. They are called phase diagrams.

The first one is for CO2

This one is for H2O

Perhaps but adamantium is slightly different than most metals it has a melting point higher than plasma(it was liquefied through a multi layered process and grafted on wolverines bones), it also has some energy altering properties tho they are not well documented.

Adamantium is still made of atoms. Put anything under enough pressure or heat and you will turn it into a gas. You may have to throw adamantuim into the center of a star that is 100 or so times the mass of the sun or a black hole but it will get it done.

 

[TOTL_UNIALAYSHUN]

Duuuuuuuuuuude, congrats on creating this beautiful thread... Incredible debate! Your friends all deserve a handshake.

I believe a Lightsaber would win, because even if Admantium can cut through a Lightsaber it's not like the Lightsaber will break into two pieces, it's a laser. The Admantium would get heated up and melt.

Then Qui-Gon Jinn cuts your face off!

 

[GrimHeaper]

Adamantium wins this with relative ease.
The lightsaber would run out of power far before it started doing any damage to it.
Assuming it's wolverines 616 adamantuim that take the power of 10,000 suns to even begin to melt.
There are other universes of adamantuim WH40K is an example strong, but not unbreakable.