From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!VAF@CMU-CS-C
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: light saber
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.196
Posted: Sat Dec 18 22:44:00 1982
Received: Wed Dec 22 01:58:21 1982

From:  Vince Fuller <VAF at CMU-CS-C>

Date: 13 Dec 82 13:02:42-PST (Mon)
    From: decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!dsd!atd!avsdS.steve at, Ucb-C70
    To:   SF-LOVERS at MIT-MC
    Re:   light saber

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    Current military customs usually provide for the wearing of the dress
    sword only on special occasions. How practicle would a sword (or even
    a light saber) be in stopping an opponent at 50 yards?

I believe that a light saber actually could be useful at least for
defending one's self at 50 yards. Given that the majority of weapons
in use are of the enery/blaster type shown in SW, and given the
ability of a Jedi (or someone with at least Vader's mastery of the
force) to predict weapon shots (cf. Vader's ability to block Solo's
blaster shots in TESB), a light saber can probably be used to parry or
block shots.