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Typically they use lasers, but with that many tattoos, they have to use more serious measures (decapitation).

Not that the two are mutually exclusive, mind you.

Laser decapitation will solve all of the world's problems*.

*Global warming.

It was a long time ago, so I don't know if they can necessarily be faulted for this, but I'm pretty sure light sabers weren't carbon neutral.

Global warming doesn't exist.

Also, does one need to be able to use the force to use a lightsaber? I want the strongest suggestion, because I know the books expand on the canon. I meant cannon.

Uhh General Grievous used light sabers but didn't have the force.

Besides, the force flows through all of us anyway.

It's just tiny microorganisms in your bloodstream. It's more like a contagious disease than anything.

LordRetard wrote:Uhh General Grievous used light sabers but didn't have the force.

I thought that he did to some degree...
Maybe that was an assumption of mine. That you would have to have the force to contend with a Jedi or Sith in a lightsaber battle.

wiki wrote:It should be noted that the backstory for Grievous in the series is that he always wished to be a Jedi, but lacked Force sensitivity, so he vowed to destroy the Jedi someday.

I don't really know what to say about that.

I think with light sabers you can just push a button and they turn on and you can cut stuff. But unless you are super good with the force you'd be better off with a blaster.

Don't have a source to back that up, though.

Sanjay wrote:I think with light sabers you can just push a button and they turn on and you can cut stuff. But unless you are super good with the force you'd be better off with a blaster.

That might be right... But when Yoda fights Count Dooku, Dooku says, "It is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our knowledge of the Force... but by our skills with a lightsaber." I guess they're different or something. The movies never make it clear why they really need light sabers at all, seeing as they can just destroy things with their minds.

It was always a point of contention with me that Grievous was always super-powerful in the cartoons and able to kill multiple jedis with no significant force abilities, yet there was no one in the movie that couldn't beat the shit out of him. Very disappointing to watch.

That's because in the cartoon he was completely healthy until someone force crushed his body. That's why he's always wheezing and hacking in the movie, which I assume significantly weakened him.

That's stupid. Why do they keep around a warrior that can't fight?

He could still fight, but just not as well, I guess.