Thanks for watching, Super Nerds! Please, no spoilers for the new movie in the comments, at least for a few days. Thanks! -- kH

* reads title * "Midichlorians are the powerhouse of the Sith?"

"It's over Anakin! I have the high voltage!" "You underestimate my power! My resistance is greater than yours, and by the equation P = (R)(I^2), my power is greater than yours!"

Kyle: "I'm not a supervillain." Also Kyle: Shouts "Bleh!" while shooting force lightning.

To do list: Join the dark side, Think “negative” thoughts, Shoot lightning.

Gooooood, let the science flow through you...

Earth Born Thor: Why do I keep making lightning? 🤦

Kyle: "And that's not even the longest force lightning in star wars!" Disney : *Hold my lightning, Imma bout to do some crazy shit with film montage*

Kyle: I'm not evil guys. Also Kyle: lets discuss the powers of the DARKSIDE Hehehehehe blèh

You can’t fry a baby yode -Kyle 2019

Kyle: Please consider the following * Bill Nye has entered the chat*

All this balance talk is starting to sound like Firebending lighting.

Kyle: "I'm going to give myself a little static shock to demonstrate." Me: *Do it*

"Be careful, he can create sparkles from his fingers" Thor Ragnarok thor vs hulk ahhahajaja

"If they could manipulate..." SW Nerd time: According to various [Legends] sources (I think the first one to dig into this was the Star Wars Roleplaying game), one of the tests a Jedi would need to complete included manipulating atoms/particles to filter gases or separate materials. The complexity of the material being filtered, and how precise the filtering had to be, was based on the training level of the Jedi and the rank they were testing for.

Headcanon: Kyle has officially fallen to the dark side because mastery of physics is not the same as mastery of the Force, and the Council called him on it.

Spoiler Dooku no longer has the largest strike of electricity

Man Bun: Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Mane-Tain The Fabulous? Mr. Hill: No. Man Bun: I thought not. It's not a story the Super Nerds would tell you. It's an Argan Oil legend. Darth Mane-Tain was a Dark Lord of the Science, so powerful, so wise and so Fabulous he could use the Science to influence the Super Nerds to create Frickin' "LASER" BEAM Sharks… He had such a knowledge of the Mane-Tain, he could even keep the ones he cared about from getting bald. Mr. Hill: He could actually save people from baldness? Man Bun: The dark side of the Science is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. Mr. Hill: What happened to him? Man Bun: He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his hair, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice shaved him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from baldness, but not himself. Mr. Hill: Is it possible to learn this power? Man Bun: Not from a Super Nerd.

Kyle: "I'm not a super villian" Also Kyle "Jedi and *Sith* are the *superheroes* of the Star Warsverse"

No spoilers - Kyle a new force lightning feat needs to be considered for your footnotes episode. It really NEEDS to be, because.. science

4:20 "I'm not a force ghost anymore." Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Kyle the Wise? The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities that some consider to be... Unnatural.

7:34 Ironic, a Negative charge is building up around the Dark Sith Lord.

the best part of this video are all the Palpatine impersonations

Surprised you didn't mention it, but... even if you could charge yourself up how are you going to direct that voltage? (w/o space magic) It's going to want to take the path of least resistance. Ol' Palpatine might just be tossing off random lightning bolts every which way to whatever conductor is closest. (Assuming it doesn't just bleed out his feet.) His target wouldn't need a faraday cage, just insulated shoes. (Found that out the hard way when trying to figure out why our electric fence wasn't 'working'.)

I think any force lightning user needs to be manipulating the charge not only on himself but also on his target, so that the lighting actually goes where he wants. This means removing electrons via the force from said target whilst gaining electrons and maintaining them on yourself, to the point where your target is literally the most positively charged target possible in the room , this is important because electricity / lightning takes the path of least resistance , and if a sith lord was only going to accumulate charge on himself, his current would get redirected to other objects that were closer to him, or things like metals which had a greater ability to take up electrons than his target in the vicinity. I think this was missed out in the video, sorry for making this comment long. This is still overly simplified in the sense that we have just written things off the force, and haven't considered how so much charge can be accumulated on the human body like a superbattery, or how so many electrons can be removed from a target without the objects in their surroundings / the ground they are standing on neutralising them

I love that you pulled a Bill Nye on us with the " Consider the following "

How to defeat Palpatine: Weaponize a powerline worker, who is also an actor.

5:12 It makes me feel good knowing the even the emperor can have problems with mosquitos.

"They can levitate things with their hands" Well to me it looks like you're levitating your own hands. (Because of the robe you were wearing)

IT'S OVER PALPATINE, I HAVE THE FARADAY CAGE SUIT!

Why is there a pole in the void? Someone pole dances to stay in shape!!

5 Things you should know. 1. I love your show. 2. At STP, 3mm of air insulates against 1000 Volts and 60 Hz. 3. Frequency plays a significant role in insulation break-down. For example some motor manufacturers will give a lifetime winding warranty on frequencies of 3600 Hz or less. One year up to 10000 Hz. No warranty over that because even with billions of ohms, the breakdown at 22 kHz is crazy fast. 4. At low frequencies you won't see the electricity in normal light, so the frequency must be in the kHz at least. 5. If you want to make a cool spark off a bonded metal surface, hold onto a table knife and bring it close to a switch cover screw in the dark. This does two things, first of all you won't feel the burn (because the shock doesn't hurt, it's the thousand degree Arc that burns you), and it focuses the Arc to one extremity. I've had arc's up to an inch across and the feeling of all the electrons moving through your body to your hand is spectacular.

I guess you can say they are strong with the dark side because they are so negative, negatively charged that is. Yessssssdddhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

Therapist: slow motion Science Thor isn't real, he can't hurt you Slow motion Science Thor: *shouts*

I guess The Emperor didn't suffer from a low charge on his smartphone

Hey, Kyle. Love the show. Now that you swalloved the bait, read on. Legends Palpatine could do something even cooler: Summon and control a massive storm. Now, how could he make it go trough space and use it as a wormhole to transport Luke accros space, i will leave that to you. Thank you once again

"rise of skywalker spoiler alert!" imagine how much voltage rey had to producefor her lightling to reach the ship mid flight. it must have been further away than the distance between yoda and dooku surely.

Kyle: for some reason I keep getting shocked. Could that reason, perhaps, be... because science?

My favorite Star Wars trivia is that it all happens in the past (A long, long time ago...)

Wait, if Kyle stored enough static charge would he have the power of void lightning. Would he be dark Thor

I'm reminded of one of my favourite biology facts. Electric eels (which arent actually eels) certainly have a similar power, though on much smaller scales (which they dont have. On their skin, I mean, no scales.) Their shocks tends to be around 860 volts. But the fun question is "how do they avoid shocking themselves?" And the answer. They dont. I realize that a magic space wizard that can control individual electrons in order to hand craft lightning might have mechanisms to protect themselves, but it is funny to think of the emperor blasting a jedi and then just seizing up and flopping to the ground like a fish. "UNLIMITED POW-" Kzk! Thump. Movie over.

3:13 he sacrificed himself for science

can we all just take a moment to realise how good Kyle's impression is?

Those Emperor impressions are the best! I need a supercut of all of them!

Did you ever hear the tradegy of Darth Plagueis of the Wise?

"Because a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away called Britain,---" -Kyle Hill, 2019

Love the show Kyle! I’ve experienced breakdown voltage while petting my cat - when I stroke her with my hand starting at her head and ending at her tail, and then go back to stroke her again, her nose usually gets shocked from my hand 😂 Speaking of cats, when are you gonna do a cat-themed episode?? About force lightning - if someone using it is similar to shuffling your feet on a carpet and then touching a doorknob, the shock should go both ways... so if Palpatine tried to kill Luke, he would kill himself also. What if instead of creating an arc between themselves and the person/object they are electrocuting, the lightning user force-manipulated the electrons in the air directly in front of them, creating the arc to the target but preventing the bolt from actually touching their own skin, thus preventing electric shock?

The science is cool, but I’m actually more impressed by the impressions

3:14 "Let me play you the song of my people."

i'd love to see Kyle talk about Dr Stone. Literally science anime FeelsGoodMan

When Kyle makes a video making multiple palpatine jokes but doesn’t say the iconic dewit even once :((

Hey Kyle, Great episode but I do have a few things to add that you did not mention. Even though the one on the receiving end of the force lightning would get badly burned from the heat produced, the one conjuring said lighting would be burned as well, though not as much due to the polarity. Polarity is actually a large consideration in welding because it determines the amount of penetration goes into the metal and where the majority of the heat produced by the arc is directed. For example; with the electrode being negative and the work positive, the electrode will burn slower and you will get more penetration into the weld but you also run a higher risk of burning straight through the metal. With the polarity reversed, there will be less penetration making a weaker bond, and the electrode will burn up much faster. So this would mean that by using force lightning you could take down your enemy but also take yourself out as well. You also skipped over amperage as well and that is the most lethal when it comes to electricity. 22 million volts does sound impressive but you can buy handheld tasers with higher ratings. Consider this though, the average home in the US runs on 15 - 20 amps, doesn't sound like a lot does it? Well it only takes 0.01 amps to create a painful shock, 0.1 amps for uncontrolled muscle spasms, 0.2 amps for severe burns and injury, and at .5 amps is almost instant death. From this you could conclude that force lightning must be at a max of 0.01 amps or even less because they are still able to move around and speak clearly. I would suggest that in order to make it safer for the one conjuring the lightning and less so for the other, lessen the volts and increase the amps. This would lessen the burn you would receive but also make it into a one zap kill.

Great episode Kyle, however I can’t help but think of one problem: When you shuffle around on carpet and build up electrons then touch something metal, the forces equalizes like you say and you feel a shock. So if you apply this to the context of force lightning, a Sith Lord is able to draw electrons to him at will, like shuffling along a carpet. Him discharging the lightning at the hapless Jedi then is the equivalent of touching metal, to discharge the forces (again like you say). This implies that in the process of the Sith Lord trying to electrocute someone, they would also electrocute themselves, thus rendering the power somewhat redundant. However, a possible work around might be the Sith Lord to wear a Faraday suit.

What would the protomolecule be like from the expanse

I was thinking about what theory you would go with for this video and how that would align with my theory (and the physics problems I see). Consider that the Sith can create an electron imbalance in themselves (possibly their fingertips). The big question is: Against what would they create an imbalance, and where would their electron buildup be located? If we assume that they can store and control electrons in themselves to create a large imbalance against, say the ground (or the metal floor of the spaceship). The problem is that once their imbalance (the voltage potential) overcomes the breakdown voltage, the electricity will arc towards the closest place to the Siths fingertips, which would most likely be themselves or possibly the ground. If the arc was to obey the laws of physics, it would not be able to travel further away from the Sith than the Sith is tall, because the voltage potential will reach breakdown between the Sith and the ground way before it reaches the breakdown voltage between the Sith and the Jedi. This might explain why Cound Doku can use effective lightning at a longer distance than Emperor Palpatine; He's simply taller. Kyle hinted on the way to solve this problem by saying "Siths can control individual electrons". This might actually not be the answer. It's well-known that Darth Vader cannot generate force lightning, because he has robotic hands. If they could control individual electrons, Darth Vader would be able to use some kind of force lightning, by just creating local pockets of extremely high electron content, then just throw these at the target. From what we see in the movies, this means that the electron imbalance should be within the Sith, conducted out of their finger tips. Vader cannot do that, as he would likely fry the electronics of his robotic hands or suit (which actually does happen when he saves his son!). The reason why I think that force lightning works is that Siths can create a large electron imbalance in themselves, then they stretch out their hands to shorten the distance to the target. In addition to this, I think they are also able to mentally create a path of lower resistance through the air for the electrons to travel through (since they don't want it to go into themselves). In a universe where space wizards can move stuff with their minds, this is probably not too farfetched.

4:02 now that's a proper SUPRISE LIGHT SABER

I feel like this video could have just 10 seconds and just be Kyle saying "space magic" and then signing off

This isn't even the most powerful force feat, in Legends, Sith Lords like Darth Nhilus and Vitiate could drain the force from entire planets and Luke Skywalker could manipulate artificial black holes in the Yuuzhan Vong War... meanwhile Canon Luke at a similar point couldn't even maintain a short use of force projection, how the mighty Jedi Master has fallen.

Hey Kyle! Dad fan here (my son Elijah loves the show too). I was just doing laundry when I had a couple experiences with static electricity that I thought were kinda cool. 1. I got shocked when my lounge pants touched my dryer, and the pants are loose so they were kinda floating off my legs. 2. Decided to keep my leg against the dryer door while I was finishing my laundry and I got shocked further down my leg where my pants weren't making contact with my leg! I was pulling out some particularly static-friendly clothes when it happened. I thought both were intriguing and figured you know some cool way to explain what happened. (Pants are 100% polyester according to tag)

That moment when the Force lightning isn't electricity, but the power of pure evil...

does anyone feel like he’s wearing a green jacket in front of a green screen at the start

"Please, consider the following." Thought I was watching bill nye for a second 😂

Hey Kyle, thanks for making the show so enjoyable to watch. Query: In some literature, lasers are used as an ionization channel, a method by which electrical charges could be conveyed. Assuming the Jedi/Sith involved is able to create a similar channeling effect, would this make it easier to cast, or increase the range of the Force Lightning? Keep up the great work!

Love the stuff and the reason why I subscribe to this channel. This is going from the top of my head: If force lightning is anything like how electricity behaves they want to find the fastest way to ground/earth. If Palpatine were to fire lightning from his fingers it would just arc down to his feet or to the nearest conductor. Let's say that force lightning is shooting towards you, there is an alternative to the Faraday suit if one forgets to put it on. If you could somehow put a makeshift lighting rod in between you and Palpatine then the lightning rod could just take the hit for you.

Okay, Kyle using Force lightning.... a skill only usable by the users of the dark side of the force. Jotting that down and saving this video as possible evidence for the eventual conviction of super villainy that is coming his way.

I thought You were saying “THORS lightning”

That little 'the cloak was too hot' joke was small enough that i'm sure almost no one would mention it, but i found it funny. especially the delivery.

Happy Holidays Kyle!!!

Hi Kyle, love the show! So force lightnings are similar to regular lightnings in terms of released power. The typical power of an Earth lightning is around 10 gigawatts but they usually only last for a very short amount of time, a few microseconds or so. On the contrary, in Star Wars, the force lightnings last much longer. In Return of the Jedi, Palpatine shocks Luke for more than 10 seconds conservatively, hence a total energy of more than a 100 gigajoules (E=PT). For comparison, and despite Luke’s amazement in that scene, Yoda lifting the X-wing could not have required more than 1 megajoule (potential energy difference E=mgh assuming 10 tons for the X-wing mass, a height of circa 10 metres and a gravitational field on Dagobah similar to Earth). Kyle, is the dark side stronger?

kyle, 1 love the show 2 if they make lighting in this manner the user of force lighting hurt them self when they use it? 3 if a light saber has a magnetic field around it and its hit with force lighting wouldn't that mess up said field and cause the lightsaber to break?

3:13 chewie is that you?

That part where Kyle made the suggestion to the Jedi Council at 9:49 either was him trying to screw up his supervillain competition or it was his actual supervillain origin story. Also I love that the Coucil's members are just different colored Baby Yodas

Hey Kyle! This theory only further proves that your theory of how a lightsaber is a magnetically contained plasma is correct. When Mace Windu faces the Emperor he negates the dark lord lightning by simply using his lightsaber like a lightning rod. The strong magnetic field of the blade would attract the bolts towards it instead of going through the jedi master. Perhaps the lightning is then reflected back at the emperor because of the charge he's built on himself now far out balances the combination of plasma and a moving magnetic field which would then create a charge of it's own?

Note to self: create a band and call it "Puppet Swamp."

This is what you call Star Wars references with comedy combined with science. This was hilarious as well as educational, very much.

10:00 Honored members hmm? Seems like the Child is the only one who is honored here.

"The robe was too hot" If that's the case, whats the temperature in the void? You would think It shouldn't even have temperature, but all things have a level of kinetic energy therefore, everything would have a temperature.

Two seconds in and the supervillain vibe is already high. Lets see if electric eels are mentioned.

Hi Kyle, really love the show! Now that I have you're attention, wouldn't the lightnight hit the ground first if it his the least resistant path to ground? Plus, wouldn't the ionised air be much more conductive, only requiering 22 000 000 V to initially ionise the air, than the sith would be able to lower the voltage. Just a thought.

Hey Kyle, love the show! You consistently pictured earlier in the video, the electricity flowing from positive to negative which is, in fact, not fact. The negatively charged electrons flow from high concentration to low, like most things. Although you may have meant a positive amount of electrons by drawing a plus sign the charge of an electron is negative so the lightning should have been drawn the ther way around or the signs for negative and positive should have been switched depending on the scene

Can you look at the scene where Nick Fury reflects Palps' lightning to fry him. Wondering if the magnetic field that controls the plasma would be able to redirect lightning or if it would disrupt the blade and kill them both

Hey Kyle, great show! One question was on my mind during the whole video was if a plasmatana as described in your previous videos could affect the Lightnings in a similar way as shown in the movies? You said they are most likely made out of plasma kept by a magnetic field so maybe Jedi could use the Lorentz force to not get fried. Would that be possible and how exactly would they have to do it?

man dude, you answer literally some of the best questions.

Cool episode!

Evil Kyle confirmed he literally builds up negative energy in the void. 😋

Kyle Hill's finger: Martyr to Science.

So i work in a plastics factory and this is easily one of the biggest annoyances epically during the winter when the air is cold and dry. We regularly have to handle large containers full of plastic or large rolls and then at some point pick up our metal tools or touch the metal machines. And some of the arcs created are insane. Were talking half inch to inch long arcs with very aduiable pops. To compensate we attached some "static bars" which are like exposed teala coils, and xmas tinsel to minimize the static cling by quite a bit. If not for these we wold leave covered in plastic scrap.

Props to to lighting guy+ cameraman, for that dark shoot!

I want to see him talk about volts of electricity after the latest movie lol

10:24 so this is how your supervillain thing started...

Hey Kyle, love your show. As in your demonstration of how you can get shocked by rubbing your feet over the carpet and getting close to a doorknob, use the force lightning wouldn't get you shocked as well, just like a recoil attack. XO from Brazil 🇧🇷

Mr Kyle sir, relatively new viewer here (1 year) but I have binge watched all (and I mean ALL) your content and love it. Question - you have made multiple references to the fact that heroes like Captain America and the Hulk are scientifically unrealistic because of their increase in mass from seemingly no where... but I was pondering Einsteins theory of relativity (E=MC2) and it occurs to me... what if they converted ENERGY... INTO MATTER?! Surely if there was a large enough chemical reaction that generated "incredible" amounts of energy, the superhero universe could condense that energy INTO muscle mass?

Yes! Yes, Young Kyle. Let the negative charge flow through you!!

When I get _Because Science_ video alerts I feel that mix of excitement and giddiness usually reserved for "Amazon packaged delivered" alerts. I Love this video, your channel, ❤ 💕 and your hair😚

3:15 thats a pretty good scream for a giant underwater creature

Much respect Kyle. Putting your body on the line for science

hey kyle, i really enjoyed the episode and genuinely feel like i learned a good bit. i do have 2 questions though. if a sith or jedi could use the force on a molecular or atomic level could they not just pluck electrons from the atoms in the air or ground around them and fling them at the target? of course i'm no expert but it would seem like this approach would act more like a taser or stun gun as you would be flowing electrons directly into the body. my second question is with your approach, if the idea is to make a charge imbalance wouldn't the resulting arc just go into the ground they are standing on before the body of a target because it is closer and possibly more conductive?

Hello Kyle love the show Kyle: aaaaahhhhhh Based in the little of my knowledge in electricity a lot of voltage doesn't mean that it would kill you it would be more like a super taser, what about the amperage?

being stuck in the void while being continually shocked for no apparent reason would be enough to turn anyone into a supervillain!

6:33 nein! protect the baby yoda with your last breath!