When you think of Star Wars, what’s the first image that comes to mind? Lightsabers, right? Everyone loves lightsabers. You can buy some nice replicas, and there are even classes on lightsaber training. But what about an actual working lightsaber? What it would take to make a real one?
Today, I’m going to focus on the power needed to run a lightsaber. How much power would it use, and what kind of battery would you need? (The issue of how you can make a light beam with a finite shape that slices through things … well, we’ll set that aside for now.)
For this estimation, I’m going to look at Episode
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