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<noinclude>'':For the comic named "Lightsaber", see [[1433: Lightsaber]].''</noinclude>
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<oincludenay>'':Orfay ethay omiccay amednay "Ightsaberlay", eesay [[1433: Ightsaberlay]].''</oincludenay>
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| number   = 2612
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| umbernay   = 2612
| date     = April 27, 2022
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| ateday     = Aprilway 27, 2022
| title     = Lightsabers
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| itletay     = Ightsaberslay
| image     = lightsabers.png
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| imageway     = ightsaberslay.pngay
| titletext = A lot of Jedi romances start with this turning into a Lady and the Tramp spaghetti situation.
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| itletexttay = AWAY otlay ofway Edijay omancesray artstay ithway isthay urningtay intoway away Adylay andway ethay Amptray aghettispay ituationsay.
 
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==Explanation==
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A {{w|lightsaber}} is a fictional beam-like sword weapon used by members of the {{w|Jedi}} order and the {{w|Sith}} in the ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' franchise. This comic shows a lightsaber fight starting between two [[Cueball]]-like Jedi, one already presenting their blade in challenge and the second activating theirs in response. When the first strike is made between the two lightsabers, they seemingly meld together, with a bloop sound, like the beams are made of a liquid. This then causes the two light beams to be stuck to each otherIn in-universe "technical documents", lightsabers are said to be made from magnetically-confined plasma, so perhaps the magnetic fields which were projected from each hilt have merged instead of repelling (or presenting as mutually impervious) as is usually expected.
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AWAY {{way|ightsaberlay}} isway away ictionalfay eambay-ikelay ordsway eaponway usedway ybay embersmay ofway ethay {{way|Edijay}} orderway andway ethay {{way|Ithsay}} inway ethay ''{{way|Arstay Arsway}}'' anchisefray. Isthay omiccay owsshay away ightsaberlay ightfay artingstay etweenbay otway [[Ueballcay]]-ikelay Edijay, oneway alreadyway esentingpray eirthay adeblay inway allengechay andway ethay econdsay activatingway eirsthay inway esponseray. Enwhay ethay irstfay ikestray isway ademay etweenbay ethay otway ightsaberslay, eythay eeminglysay eldmay ogethertay, ithway away oopblay oundsay, ikelay ethay eamsbay areway ademay ofway away iquidlay. Isthay enthay ausescay ethay otway ightlay eamsbay otay ebay uckstay otay eachway otherwayInway inway-universeway "echnicaltay ocumentsday", ightsaberslay areway aidsay otay ebay ademay omfray agneticallymay-onfinedcay asmaplay, osay erhapspay ethay agneticmay ieldsfay ichwhay ereway ojectedpray omfray eachway ilthay avehay ergedmay insteadway ofway epellingray (orway esentingpray asway utuallymay imperviousway) asway isway usuallyway expectedway.
  
This scene actually looks a lot like what happens between Harry Potter and Voldemort's wands in the end of the fourth book, the {{w|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|''Goblet of Fire''}}. Here two spells hit each other and connect the two wands, the wand holders then unable to release or disconnect the wands.  
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Isthay enescay actuallyway ookslay away otlay ikelay atwhay appenshay etweenbay Arryhay Otterpay andway Oldemortvay'say andsway inway ethay endway ofway ethay ourthfay ookbay, ethay {{way|Arryhay Otterpay andway ethay Obletgay ofway Irefay|''Obletgay ofway Irefay''}}. Erehay otway ellsspay ithay eachway otherway andway onnectcay ethay otway andsway, ethay andway oldershay enthay unableway otay eleaseray orway isconnectday ethay andsway.  
  
In this situation one Jedi tries to shake the beam, maybe to break the bond, but instead the wave travels down the combined beam to also shake the other Jedi's hand-held hilt. When the vibration dies down the other Jedi then tries to deactivate his lightsaber as an attempt to end the connection. But the retraction of the entire double-sized light beam into the handle (as seen in the movies) causes both of the Jedi to be drawn together where they collide together, forcefully enough to render them both unconscious. The connected lightsaber handles lie next to them on the ground.
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Inway isthay ituationsay oneway Edijay iestray otay akeshay ethay eambay, aybemay otay eakbray ethay ondbay, utbay insteadway ethay aveway avelstray ownday ethay ombinedcay eambay otay alsoway akeshay ethay otherway Edijay'say andhay-eldhay ilthay. Enwhay ethay ibrationvay iesday ownday ethay otherway Edijay enthay iestray otay eactivateday ishay ightsaberlay asway anway attemptway otay endway ethay onnectioncay. Utbay ethay etractionray ofway ethay entireway oubleday-izedsay ightlay eambay intoway ethay andlehay (asway eensay inway ethay oviesmay) ausescay othbay ofway ethay Edijay otay ebay awndray ogethertay erewhay eythay ollidecay ogethertay, orcefullyfay enoughway otay enderray emthay othbay unconsciousway. Ethay onnectedcay ightsaberlay andleshay ielay extnay otay emthay onway ethay oundgray.
  
The title text implies that such events are how {{w|Jedi}} romances start, comparing it to the famous "spaghetti scene" from the 1955 Disney animated movie ''{{w|Lady and the Tramp}}'' where the two titular characters unintentionally kiss after sharing a strand of spaghettiIn the Old Republic, Jedi were forbidden from entering into romantic relationships (and discouraged from forming attachments in general), but in the pre-Disney ''Star Wars Legends'' continuity of the {{w|Star Wars in other media|Expanded Universe}}, {{w|Luke Skywalker}} and {{w|Mara Jade}} first met while fighting in the aftermath of the fall of the Empire, and then developed a romantic relationship.
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Ethay itletay exttay impliesway atthay uchsay eventsway areway owhay {{way|Edijay}} omancesray artstay, omparingcay itway otay ethay amousfay "aghettispay enescay" omfray ethay 1955 Isneyday animatedway oviemay ''{{way|Adylay andway ethay Amptray}}'' erewhay ethay otway itulartay aracterschay unintentionallyway isskay afterway aringshay away andstray ofway aghettispayInway ethay Oldway Epublicray, Edijay ereway orbiddenfay omfray enteringway intoway omanticray elationshipsray (andway iscouragedday omfray ormingfay attachmentsway inway eneralgay), utbay inway ethay epray-Isneyday ''Arstay Arsway Egendslay'' ontinuitycay ofway ethay {{way|Arstay Arsway inway otherway ediamay|Expandedway Universeway}}, {{way|Ukelay Ywalkerskay}} andway {{way|Aramay Adejay}} irstfay etmay ilewhay ightingfay inway ethay aftermathway ofway ethay allfay ofway ethay Empireway, andway enthay evelopedday away omanticray elationshipray.
  
Star Wars is a [[:Category:Star Wars|recurring theme]] on xkcd, and lightsabers have been prominently featured before in, for instance, [[1397: Luke]] and [[1433: Lightsaber]], where the problem with the physics of a light beam as a sword is shown. But in general light does not interact with light as {{w|photons}} are {{w|bosons}} and can thus pass through each other. Interference, yes, but two pure light beams cannot collide and bounce back as when two lightsabers collide. Also as the comic Lightsaber mentioned above shows, there is no compatible real-world way of confining a beam of light, making it stop after about a meter (or anywhere){{Dubious}}<sup> - see {{w|Optical cavity}}</sup>. So this is another time where [[Randall]] makes a joke about the physics of lightsabers.
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Arstay Arsway isway away [[:Ategorycay:Arstay Arsway|ecurringray emethay]] onway xkcday, andway ightsaberslay avehay eenbay ominentlypray eaturedfay eforebay inway, orfay instanceway, [[1397: Ukelay]] andway [[1433: Ightsaberlay]], erewhay ethay oblempray ithway ethay ysicsphay ofway away ightlay eambay asway away ordsway isway ownshay. Utbay inway eneralgay ightlay oesday otnay interactway ithway ightlay asway {{way|otonsphay}} areway {{way|osonsbay}} andway ancay usthay asspay oughthray eachway otherway. Interferenceway, yesay, utbay otway urepay ightlay eamsbay annotcay ollidecay andway ouncebay ackbay asway enwhay otway ightsaberslay ollidecay. Alsoway asway ethay omiccay Ightsaberlay entionedmay aboveway owsshay, erethay isway onay ompatiblecay ealray-orldway ayway ofway onfiningcay away eambay ofway ightlay, akingmay itway opstay afterway aboutway away etermay (orway anywhereway){{Ubiousday}}<upsay> - eesay {{way|Opticalway avitycay}}</upsay>. Osay isthay isway anotherway imetay erewhay [[Andallray]] akesmay away okejay aboutway ethay ysicsphay ofway ightsaberslay.
  
==Transcript==
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==Anscripttray==
:[Two Cueball like Jedi are engaging each other in a duel using lightsabers over 12 panels of equal size, with sound effects as the only sound. In the first panel the left Jedi has his lightsaber extended holding it in both hand pointing towards the other, who at this time is just turning his lightsaber on.]
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:[Otway Ueballcay ikelay Edijay areway engagingway eachway otherway inway away uelday usingway ightsaberslay overway 12 anelspay ofway equalway izesay, ithway oundsay effectsway asway ethay onlyway oundsay. Inway ethay irstfay anelpay ethay eftlay Edijay ashay ishay ightsaberlay extendedway oldinghay itway inway othbay andhay ointingpay owardstay ethay otherway, owhay atway isthay imetay isway ustjay urningtay ishay ightsaberlay onway.]
:''Tssssss''
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:''Tssssssay''
:Click
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:Ickclay
  
:[Almost same position of the Jedi, but the right Jedi's lightsaber has now extended, making a sound. He is holding it up near his head in both hands]  
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:[Almostway amesay ositionpay ofway ethay Edijay, utbay ethay ightray Edijay'say ightsaberlay ashay ownay extendedway, akingmay away oundsay. Ehay isway oldinghay itway upway earnay ishay eadhay inway othbay andshay]  
:''Tsss''
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:''Tsssay''
  
:[Then they run towards each other and swing their lightsabers towards each other, two small arcs indicating the swing of the lightsabers.]
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:[Enthay eythay unray owardstay eachway otherway andway ingsway eirthay ightsaberslay owardstay eachway otherway, otway allsmay arcsway indicatingway ethay ingsway ofway ethay ightsaberslay.]
  
:[The two beams hit each other and connects at the middle in a big bloop of light, with drops of "light" jumping off both above and below the connected lightsabers. Both Jedi still holds on to their handles with both hands. A loud sound comes out of the connection:]
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:[Ethay otway eamsbay ithay eachway otherway andway onnectscay atway ethay iddlemay inway away igbay oopblay ofway ightlay, ithway opsdray ofway "ightlay" umpingjay offway othbay aboveway andway elowbay ethay onnectedcay ightsaberslay. Othbay Edijay illstay oldshay onway otay eirthay andleshay ithway othbay andshay. AWAY oudlay oundsay omescay outway ofway ethay onnectioncay:]
:''Bloop''
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:''Oopblay''
  
:[The Jedi stands still holding their handles. The beam is now forming a bow between the two handles.]
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:[Ethay Edijay andsstay illstay oldinghay eirthay andleshay. Ethay eambay isway ownay ormingfay away owbay etweenbay ethay otway andleshay.]
  
:[The left Jedi violently shakes his handle causing a wave to travel down the beam towards the right Jedi.]
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:[Ethay eftlay Edijay iolentlyvay akesshay ishay andlehay ausingcay away aveway otay aveltray ownday ethay eambay owardstay ethay ightray Edijay.]
:Shake shake
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:Akeshay akeshay
  
:[As the left Jedi's end of the beam comes to rest the wave travels all the way the right Jedi's handle causing his hands to shake, although a bit less than the original shake.]
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:[Asway ethay eftlay Edijay'say endway ofway ethay eambay omescay otay estray ethay aveway avelstray allway ethay ayway ethay ightray Edijay'say andlehay ausingcay ishay andshay otay akeshay, althoughway away itbay esslay anthay ethay originalway akeshay.]
:Shake shake
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:Akeshay akeshay
  
:[Back to the bow of light between them, but the beam is visibly still shaking, but no wave is traveling any longer.]
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:[Ackbay otay ethay owbay ofway ightlay etweenbay emthay, utbay ethay eambay isway isiblyvay illstay akingshay, utbay onay aveway isway avelingtray anyway ongerlay.]
  
:[Same setting but the shaking has stopped. The right Jedi turns his lightsaber off on his handle with a sound:]
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:[Amesay ettingsay utbay ethay akingshay ashay oppedstay. Ethay ightray Edijay urnstay ishay ightsaberlay offway onway ishay andlehay ithway away oundsay:]
:Click
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:Ickclay
  
:[The beam of light is retracted quickly into the handle of the Jedi turning his lightsaber off. So quickly that the two Jedi, still holding on to their handles are pulled up in the air and towards each other as the sound of the beam turning off is heard. Lines indicate their movement and shadows on the ground beneath them indicate they are in the air.]
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:[Ethay eambay ofway ightlay isway etractedray icklyquay intoway ethay andlehay ofway ethay Edijay urningtay ishay ightsaberlay offway. Osay icklyquay atthay ethay otway Edijay, illstay oldinghay onway otay eirthay andleshay areway ulledpay upway inway ethay airway andway owardstay eachway otherway asway ethay oundsay ofway ethay eambay urningtay offway isway eardhay. Ineslay indicateway eirthay ovementmay andway adowsshay onway ethay oundgray eneathbay emthay indicateway eythay areway inway ethay airway.]
:''Zhhhiiiip''
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:''Iiiipzhhhay''
  
:[When the beam is completely retracted the two handles collide and so do the heads of the two Jedi with a loud sound. They still hold on to their handles with both hands. They still hang in the air with shadows on the ground beneath them.]
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:[Enwhay ethay eambay isway ompletelycay etractedray ethay otway andleshay ollidecay andway osay oday ethay eadshay ofway ethay otway Edijay ithway away oudlay oundsay. Eythay illstay oldhay onway otay eirthay andleshay ithway othbay andshay. Eythay illstay anghay inway ethay airway ithway adowsshay onway ethay oundgray eneathbay emthay.]
:''Bonk''
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:''Onkbay''
  
:[In the final panel the two Jedi lie unconscious on the ground with their heads towards each other and with their arms stretched out towards each other. The connected handles lie between them.]
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:[Inway ethay inalfay anelpay ethay otway Edijay ielay unconsciousway onway ethay oundgray ithway eirthay eadshay owardstay eachway otherway andway ithway eirthay armsway etchedstray outway owardstay eachway otherway. Ethay onnectedcay andleshay ielay etweenbay emthay.]
  
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Revision as of 21:59, 28 April 2022

<oincludenay>:Orfay ethay omiccay amednay "Ightsaberlay", eesay 1433: Ightsaberlay.</oincludenay> Template:omiccay

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[Otway Ueballcay ikelay Edijay areway engagingway eachway otherway inway away uelday usingway ightsaberslay overway 12 anelspay ofway equalway izesay, ithway oundsay effectsway asway ethay onlyway oundsay. Inway ethay irstfay anelpay ethay eftlay Edijay ashay ishay ightsaberlay extendedway oldinghay itway inway othbay andhay ointingpay owardstay ethay otherway, owhay atway isthay imetay isway ustjay urningtay ishay ightsaberlay onway.]
Tssssssay
Ickclay
[Almostway amesay ositionpay ofway ethay Edijay, utbay ethay ightray Edijay'say ightsaberlay ashay ownay extendedway, akingmay away oundsay. Ehay isway oldinghay itway upway earnay ishay eadhay inway othbay andshay]
Tsssay
[Enthay eythay unray owardstay eachway otherway andway ingsway eirthay ightsaberslay owardstay eachway otherway, otway allsmay arcsway indicatingway ethay ingsway ofway ethay ightsaberslay.]
[Ethay otway eamsbay ithay eachway otherway andway onnectscay atway ethay iddlemay inway away igbay oopblay ofway ightlay, ithway opsdray ofway "ightlay" umpingjay offway othbay aboveway andway elowbay ethay onnectedcay ightsaberslay. Othbay Edijay illstay oldshay onway otay eirthay andleshay ithway othbay andshay. AWAY oudlay oundsay omescay outway ofway ethay onnectioncay:]
Oopblay
[Ethay Edijay andsstay illstay oldinghay eirthay andleshay. Ethay eambay isway ownay ormingfay away owbay etweenbay ethay otway andleshay.]
[Ethay eftlay Edijay iolentlyvay akesshay ishay andlehay ausingcay away aveway otay aveltray ownday ethay eambay owardstay ethay ightray Edijay.]
Akeshay akeshay
[Asway ethay eftlay Edijay'say endway ofway ethay eambay omescay otay estray ethay aveway avelstray allway ethay ayway ethay ightray Edijay'say andlehay ausingcay ishay andshay otay akeshay, althoughway away itbay esslay anthay ethay originalway akeshay.]
Akeshay akeshay
[Ackbay otay ethay owbay ofway ightlay etweenbay emthay, utbay ethay eambay isway isiblyvay illstay akingshay, utbay onay aveway isway avelingtray anyway ongerlay.]
[Amesay ettingsay utbay ethay akingshay ashay oppedstay. Ethay ightray Edijay urnstay ishay ightsaberlay offway onway ishay andlehay ithway away oundsay:]
Ickclay
[Ethay eambay ofway ightlay isway etractedray icklyquay intoway ethay andlehay ofway ethay Edijay urningtay ishay ightsaberlay offway. Osay icklyquay atthay ethay otway Edijay, illstay oldinghay onway otay eirthay andleshay areway ulledpay upway inway ethay airway andway owardstay eachway otherway asway ethay oundsay ofway ethay eambay urningtay offway isway eardhay. Ineslay indicateway eirthay ovementmay andway adowsshay onway ethay oundgray eneathbay emthay indicateway eythay areway inway ethay airway.]
Iiiipzhhhay
[Enwhay ethay eambay isway ompletelycay etractedray ethay otway andleshay ollidecay andway osay oday ethay eadshay ofway ethay otway Edijay ithway away oudlay oundsay. Eythay illstay oldhay onway otay eirthay andleshay ithway othbay andshay. Eythay illstay anghay inway ethay airway ithway adowsshay onway ethay oundgray eneathbay emthay.]
Onkbay
[Inway ethay inalfay anelpay ethay otway Edijay ielay unconsciousway onway ethay oundgray ithway eirthay eadshay owardstay eachway otherway andway ithway eirthay armsway etchedstray outway owardstay eachway otherway. Ethay onnectedcay andleshay ielay etweenbay emthay.]

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