Talk:Lightwhip

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Contents 1 Kaiburr 2 Different Types of Lightwhip? 3 Sources 4 Sound Effect 5 blah 6 Lightwhip or Laserwhip? 7 Mistryl Shadow Guard 8 Jedi Training 9 Jedi Training

[edit] Kaiburr

Did this need a Kaiburr crystal to operate? I cannot find any canon sources that need it specifically, but then again there isn't much canon material on it. I know Lumiya used a Kaiburr shard in her lightwhip, but does that make it a compulsory component? Xhysa 22:18, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

• None that I've seen. Thanos6 08:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• I doubt Kit Fisto had access to Kaiburr crystals when he built his. -LtNOWIS 00:29, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Kit Fisto didn't build it, Obi-Wan did. But yeah I think it would just be a crystal, much like a lightsaber.

[edit] Different Types of Lightwhip?

• It seems that throughout the EU we've seen different kinds of Lightwhip: Githany's flexible-lightsaber (which is similar to the bounty hunters and Kit Fisto's); and Lumiya's Lightwhip, which seems to have an actual physical component to it (it's also the one in the NEGTWT). I dunno if it's that different or simply more strands, but Lumiya's strands float for example, they were not affected by gravity. --Sauron18 19:29, 14 June 2006

• If we suppose a purely energy based whip akin to a regular saber, then the whip would be massless just like a saber's blade. The question raises itself, would it be possible to give such a whip any momentum as you would a regular whip? And if not, then how would you fight with it?

• • Yes, there are different types, the more traditional, such as Xist's., Fisto/Kenobi's, Githanys's etc. which were just whips of light, which could be giving momentum as we've seen, Lumiya's is different, it had solid 'physical' components, which Luke could not defeat with just a lightsaber, hence why he built a lightdagger in the marvel comics. Jedi Dude 11:18, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

• • • So why is it that a lightwhip can't be countered with a regular lightsaber? What does a short saber do that a regular one doesn't? Also, how does a lightwhip compare to an amphistaff? The Jedi didn't seem to have any problems with fighting those in their flexible form, so what makes this solid-matter lightwhip so special? (Lalala la 03:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC))

--well thats simple, if hte lightwhip was created in the sith era when a mineral like cortosis,(a type of mineral that can block a light saber) was in such a high demand, is it possible that a lightwhip could be made out of cortosis? Thats the only explanation that i can think of. Oh and with a short saber like yodas it maintains the same power, but it's concentrated in a smaller blade. But as for the amphistaff, i don't even know what that is. But then again i got all this from the darth Bane book.

• i thought that was a rumor like beskarEwokmenace 15:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)ewokmenace

• • • I would have thought Luke used a shorter saber for the 'two weapons is better than one' approach. I should imagine whip against two lightsabers would be somewhat difficult to defend against. If it coils around one you're pretty much dead. 82.19.167.91 08:18, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

Surely there is mroe than one source for this article? It would seem such from the discussion...and there are certainly more available sources than jsut the Guide. PsychoInfiltrator 20:07, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• There are many appearances yes, but only one source so far. An appearance is just what it sounds, an appearance in-story. A source is just like anything from a Guide or Official Databank. --Sauron18 20:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sound Effect

Appropos of nothing, but... "zznapt"? Enochf 05:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] blah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumi

• Interesting. Include in the article? Lonnyd 09:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lightwhip or Laserwhip?

In Darth Bane Path of Destruction, Bane mentions that Githany wields a "laserwhip" rather than refering to it as a lightwhip. Being that Githany's weapon is significantly different than Lumiya's, shouldn't the laserwhip have it's own page?

• well in RotJ when C3P0 is talking to the Ewoks he says"the laser swords flashed and burned" reffering to the LIGHT saber so i think that laser light waht ever you say it's the same only in science here and now a laser doesn't produce any heat does it it's just collected light so it makes a "point" not like pointy but like a laser pointer points at somethingEwokmenace 15:39, 5 January 2008 (UTC)ewokmenace
  • But lasers do produce heat... Wehttambassist19:40 (CST), 25 November 2008

[edit] Mistryl Shadow Guard

It seems that these girls have lightwips, so it must not be a rare thing74.73.60.76 23:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

• No they are not lightwhips but shockwhips or Laserwhips! ~ Awar 03:45, 6 August 2008 (UTC).

[edit] Jedi Training

I think it's mentioned in either Cestus Deception or Coruscant Nights that the Jedi were trained in the use of lightwhips as well as normal sabers. I have neither book right now, so if anyone could find that quotation, it would be much appreciated.---RCK^Talk 19:18, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Jedi Training

I think it's mentioned in either Cestus Deception or Coruscant Nights that the Jedi were trained in the use of lightwhips as well as normal sabers. I have neither book right now, so if anyone could find that quotation, it would be much appreciated.---RCK^Talk 19:19, 14 August 2009 (UTC)