星／主役にする Wars Day: Scientist 明らかにする／漏らすs how to build a REAL lightsaber - but 警告するs the 'superheated stick of fiery death' may be too dangerous for members of the public to get 持つ／拘留する of

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They were famously 述べるd as 'an elegant 武器 of a more civilized age' in the first ever 星／主役にする Wars film 支援する in 1977.?

Ever since then, fans have dreamed of owning a real life lightsaber ? the colourful 武器 that?can effortlessly 削減（する） through flesh or metal.?

にもかかわらず some impressive 試みる／企てるs by engineers, the 追求（する），探索（する） to create a 見解／翻訳／版 that's 同一の to the ones in the movies may seem outside the realm of reality.?

One scientist thinks it may 現実に be possible, and has 明らかにする／漏らすd his step-by-step guide to creating a lightsaber.?

However, Dr Alex パン職人, a 化学者／薬剤師 at the University of Warwick, 警告するd MailOnline that the 'superheated stick of fiery death' may be too dangerous for members of the public to get their 手渡すs on.?

Inside the handle, a battery near the bottom would pass electrical energy to a laser that would make light energy, which in turn would be focused by a crystal to ionise the gas to make the p lasma

Inside the 扱う, a 殴打／砲列 近づく the 底（に届く） would pass 電気の energy to a レーザー that would make light energy, which in turn would be 焦点（を合わせる）d by a 水晶 to ionise the gas to make the plasma

How would a real lightsaber work?

A real lightsaber would 生成する a blade of plasma from inside the 扱う, によれば Dr Alex パン職人, a 化学者／薬剤師 at the University of Warwick.?

When switched on, a 殴打／砲列 in the 扱う would pass 電気の energy to a レーザー that would make light energy.

This light energy would in turn be 焦点（を合わせる）d by a 水晶 to ionise the gas - turning it into plasma - which would shoot out to form the blade.?

To stop the plasma from?disappearing すぐに after it's been switched on, the plasma would need to be 含む／封じ込めるd in a 磁石の field - 同様に as a hefty 力／強力にする source that could fit inside the 扱う.

This 磁石の field would also let two lightsaber blades 衝突／不一致 against each other like in the films, rather than passing through each other.??

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The blade of a lightsaber is made of 'plasma', the fourth 明言する／公表する of 事柄 after solid, liquid and gas.?

によれば Dr パン職人, a real lightsaber would take gas from the surrounding 空気／公表する, which it could ionise to become plasma.

Plasma is an ionised gas, meaning its 原子s or 分子s are not 中立の, but instead carry an 電気の 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金.

It can also be 解雇する／砲火／射撃d out in straight beams?at very 最高気温s, 許すing it to 削減（する） through steel.

YouTubers have already tried to make their own plasma lightsabers, 含むing Russia's Alex Burkan who made the world's first retractable one in 2022.

However, his 創造 doesn't look at all like the films and the blade only 解雇する／砲火／射撃s for 30 seconds.?

一方／合間,?Canada's James Hobson created his own 見解／翻訳／版 with a?longer-継続している blade, but that's only because it got its 力／強力にする source from a connected backpack.?

'People have made 装置s that make a straight jet of plasma that 結局 冷静な／正味のs and deionises 支援する to gas,' Dr パン職人 told MailOnline.?

'The blade length i s 限られた／立憲的な by how far they can 噴出する out a jet of plasma ? i.e. how far can you 解雇する／砲火／射撃 an ionised gas before it 冷静な／正味のs and the 電子s recombine with their イオンs.'?

The problem is that plasma tends to dissipate if it isn't 含む／封じ込めるd in a 磁石の field, so the blade would disappear すぐに after the lightsaber is switched on.?

Russian YouTuber Alex Burkan made the world's first retractable lightsaber in 2022. The blade has the ability to cut through steel, but it works for only 30 seconds and doesn't look much like the perfectly straight jet of colour like in the movies

ロシアの YouTuber Alex Burkan made the world's first retractable lightsaber in 2022. The blade has the ability to 削減（する） through steel, but it 作品 for only 30 seconds and doesn't look much like the perfectly straight jet of colour like in the movies?

Plasma is a stream of high ironized particles - so Burkan's lightsaber could also attract lightning and other high voltage charges

Plasma is a stream of high ironized 粒子s - so Burkan's lightsaber could also attract 雷 and other high voltage 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s

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What's more, if they didn't have a 磁石の field, two blades would just pass through each other instead of 衝突／不一致ing against each other like in the movies.

Dr パン職人 says this all-important 磁石の field could 潜在的に be emitted by a long, thin metal 棒 with an electric 現在の running through it.?

If 形態／調整d 正確に, the 磁石の field could 持つ／拘留する in place a '宙返り飛行' of plasma, but the 棒 would have to run the length of the blade.?

This metal 棒 could be made retractable so it wouldn't just stick out of the 扱う when the 武器 is switched off.?

Dr パン職人 calls the metal 棒 'a 大規模な' copout' because it's not part of the lightsabers in the films ? but things stand it would be needed for a saber to work.?

'The problem is you can't just 事業／計画（する） a 磁石の field of the 形態／調整 we want without the 棒 workaround,' he said.

'That is why in 星／主役にする Wars the 軍隊 solves this problem.'?

一方／合間, because the plasma blade would probably be several thousand degrees Celsius, so the 扱う would also have to be made out of an 'excellent thermal insulator' and 抵抗力のある to 損失 ? perhaps ceramics coated in yttrium 酸化物.?

In the original Star Wars films, Luke Skywalker (pictured) had blue and green lightsabers, while his nemesis Darth Vader had a red lightsaber

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Heat 沈むs made out of diamond inside the 扱う may also help dissipate heat.?

ーに関して／ーの点でs of the 初期の 力／強力にする source, Dr パン職人 収容する／認めるs a lightsaber would 'definitely need something better than a AA 殴打／砲列'?to keep the plasma and the 磁石の field going.?

'We don't 現在／一般に have the 科学（工学）技術 to do this but as 殴打／砲列s 改善する, who knows maybe one day it will be possible,' he 追加するd.?

In the 初めの 星／主役にする Wars films, Luke Skywalker had blue and green lightsabers, while his nemesis Darth Vader had a red lightsaber.

In the prequel trilogy, Mace Windu, played by Samuel L Jackson, had a purple lightsaber, 恐らく at the actor's request.?

Because lightsabers need to take gas from the surrounding atmosphere to turn into plasma, the colour of the lightsaber would depend on the 惑星 you're on.

Seeing as Earth's atmosphere is predominantly made of 窒素, all lightsabers on Earth would be an Obi-病弱な Kenobi-style blue.?

'If you 手配中の，お尋ね者 a 明確な／細部 colour you could 解雇する／砲火／射撃 salts like ナトリウム chloride into it like a 炎上 実験（する） in school,' the 化学者／薬剤師 追加するd.?

によれば 星／主役にする Wars fan literature, a lightsaber 扱う 含む／封じ込めるs a 'kyber 水晶', 有能な of 焦点（を合わせる）ing and amplifying energy.?

In the Star Wars films, this magnetic field of a lightsaber supposedly enables them bounce of each other, as if made of a solid
In the Star Wars films, this magnetic field of a lightsaber supposedly enables them bounce of each other, as if made of a solid

In the 星／主役にする Wars films, this 磁石の field of a lightsaber 恐らく enables them bounce of each other, as if made of a solid

Although a fictional 反対する, some 肉親，親類d of 水晶 would probably be needed to 焦点（を合わせる） a レーザー beam to help 改善する the ionisation of the gas.?

So could lightsabers 存在する in this 星雲? Dr パン職人 says yes, although a lot of '冷静な／正味の science' would still need to be developed.?

'At the moment the biggest problems are how you would 持続する your plasma both having enough energy to produce it and the 磁石の field you would need to 含む／封じ込める it, 加える having 構成要素s for a hilt that could resist the plasma's heat,' he said.

'Does this mean that we won't 達成する it? No, scientists have a funny way of making science fiction science fact.'?

Realistically, a lightsaber 正確に／まさに like the ones in the films is around 30 years away, he 追加するd ? although 'a superheated stick of fiery death' is 'probably a bit too dangerous so we probably don’t need them'.?

Lightsabers would also be 'incredibly inefficient energy-wise versus a 解雇する／砲火／射撃-arm'.??

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