darth vader wears eye protection because he's a responsible father

Kylo Ren's mask suddenly makes more sense now.

"Neither light nor saber." This is nothing short of heresy.

"Why hasn't this man been sued yet by The Game Theorists?" Aged fairly well.

the science behind dying lights volatiles

"Writers stopped giving a shit and snorted all the coke in the room"-Austin 2k16

Maybe... he brought down the star destroyer by using the force to move the controls on the bridge and fire up the main engines. (Just a theory, I've never actually seen the series so pls bear with me if I'm being stupid.)

"While I could move boulders easily, seeds were next to impossible" I forgot where in the Star Wars books that quote was from (and I probably messed it up), but it basically translates to "Big things are easier to ise the force on than little things". So hurling a ship at a planet? Easy. Targeting one of the MUCH smaller engine rooms specifically? You'd have better luck shooting a Photon Torpedo into an exhaust port.

I wish my ringtone was Austin saying, " Hi! It's me, Austin!"

The Jedi Killer 9000 might kill a Jedi But it's not gonna do shit to Genji

There's also the point of _convection_. If the lightsabers were _just_ plasma being coiled by a magnetic field, they would give off huge amounts of IR radiation, cooking their users alive while also blinding them with UV. But, do not forget that SW tech have one thing that RL tech doesn't: forcefields. It uses it to shield stuff from vacuum of space, blaster bolts, ETC... So if lightsaber is a plasma, coiled by magnetic field, surrounded by forcefield, then it solves all four problems: forcefield can dim outcoming light far enough to let the color show. Forcefield can cut down light to restrict all the wavelengths, reducing heat radiation from plasma as well as UV radiation, so lightsabers now not cook users alive and not blind them. And final solved problem: forcefield can give blade solidity, allowing it to collide with other lightsabers, deflect blaster bolts and be capable of feeling resistance of the thing that you're cutting.

The commercial I got for this vid was about toy light sabers

I always enjoy these SCIENCE! Videos.

Lightsabers can melt steel beams... ...Darth Vader did 911...

I like how Hacksmith finally made a plasma lightsaber and managed to colour it with random chemicals. Not only that, it's not Insta death on the eyes either.

"No one wearing eye protection " Darth Vader: *cries but yo can't tell*

The thing he doesn't understand is that there's no way to tell that the physics in star wars are the same as real world

Ahem... Point the first, StarKiller didn't actually pull down that star destroyer, adjusted its flight path to the point it wouldn't be able to crush his friends or crush or shoot him, which it was trying to do Second, this effort resulted in him in passing out, and was incredibly taxing on his body, the game shows it poorly, but the books, are kind of better anyway Third, if people can call God of War a great game, then I think we can say that The Force Unleashed is a good game, at least the protagonist is like able, and has an interesting take on the lore

Mandalorians noticed that Jedi saw deflecting blaster fire as fun practice so they used slug throwers(basically guns) instead which caused the projectiles to explode into shrapnel upon contact with the lightsaber, and often sent that shrapnel flying into the Jedi’s face.

Didn't the KOTOR games already establish mega-powerful Jedi/Sith? I think Starkiller is still among the most powerful, but he didn't shit on the lore. Plus, yoda is always calm, in control. Starkiller is like a bottle of coke that has been vibrated for 10 minutes with a mento. Sure he can direct it, and even put a lid on it, but it's still unstable, especially after years of Sith anger-enhancement training. (This is just personal speculation)

I can't be the only one who actually read the intro can I?

Liked all the Jedi Academy footage. Suddenly want to play that game again.

Any love for Battlefront 1 and 2? (The old, good ones, not the new shit.)

anyone else noticed a red lightsaber has been added after each trilogy?...vader with his standard one red lightsaber....maul with his dual wield (2)....and star wars movie 7 with the 3 cross looking....whatever it is

Last time I was this early The Force Unleashed was still canon

firstly if it is indeed a plasma stream contained in a magnetic field. then a blaster bolt would be reflected by the magnetic field regardless of the polarity of the plasma. secondly I know that the whole extended universe is dead now but I've read that it isn't a plasma stream. it is instead resembles an electron chainsaw. the lore I read says that energy isn't expended unless it makes contact. this would throw out the plasma blade out because it would constantly draining power. as an electron beam it would indeed be mass-less. as an electron beam it would also generate a magnetic field allowing it to deflect plasma. this is all useless because the extended universe has been hacked to pieces more than a victim of obiwans saber skill.

How many people actually paused at the beginning to read the Yellow Scrolling Text? I did...

I thought the Force Unleashed was pretty epic...

When you make the comment about Yoda having a hard time lifting the large cylinder, that isn't necessarily true. There are (more or less) two aspects to training yourself in the Force. You can train your physical abilities and Force abilities (being able to block absurd amounts of blaster fire, jumping, Force lightning, Force push, and other relatively physical Force uses) and training the mental aspects (such as foresight, being in tune with the Force, and things like that.) However, training one of these aspects tends to leave you less accessible to accessing the other half. Think of it as the difference between a sledgehammer and a surgical knife. A sledgehammer can do a shit ton of damage but the more often you use a sledgehammer the more likely you are to not being able to understand the finesse of a surgical knife. Now back to my original point, Yoda trained himself immensely in the mental aspect of the Force.

Do one on plasma granades damn you

This series actually has amazing amount of effort and production value

Austin: “I’m glad to live in a world where lightsabers don’t exist” Everyone: *Its. Treason. Then.*

Austin really likes talking about lasers and plasma, doesn't he?

Yeah, my father was a welder many years ago. It was his first trade as a young man. He worked in a mill, welding seams on giant tanks. One day he was under a tank welding, and a very tiny bead of molten metal fell into his ear. It rolled down the ear canal and burned a tiny hole through his ear drum. He says it was the most painful thing he ever experienced in his life. He quit welding that day and became a carpenter instead. He still welds on occasion, like on vehicles that he restores, but he's always very obsessed with safety.

I loved the video !!!It was fun to watch you break it down that way!!!It'll keep an eye out for more to watch.

Oh my god… The intro is beyond perfect! 😂 I thought the Dear whoever open was perfection, but today, even greater perfection has graced me with its presence! 😂

But hey, it's just a Science Fantasy.

Plasma can't melt steel beams

Hi Austin. Awesome video as always - I have a bit of a theory regarding the way a lightsaber works - let's for a minute entertain the notion that the plasma contained in the blade is not held there by a magnetic field, but by a rigid one-way containment field, witch allows matter and energy inside, but keeps plasma and some of the energy inside the blade. This containment field would be modulated by this sci-fi bullshit magic crystal they use, and it also serves to give the blade its color. As you very well pointed out, plasma at that temperature would burn so bright it would make it impossible for the wielder to effectively fight, and the blade would be bright white instead of green/blue/whatever. BUT! If the containment field keeps all plasma and most of the energy in, and is the color of the crystal, the blade would look exactly like it does in the movies. As for burning trough shit, the field allows matter in, witch comes in contact with the plasma inside, turning said matter into smoldering much witch comes out the other side of the field. There's another problem with the magnetic containment field - if such tech was used, the plasma would act like a liquid in a jar - it would swirl around, bend and swish like a Light-Whip or some shiny white dildo - but the blades we see are completely rigid - forcing us to conclude that the plasma containment field is perfectly rigid and firmly connected to the hilt like it was a physical piece of the weapon. Said containment field also reflects plasma (blaster fire and other lightsabers). Now to the other fun part - lightsaber battles. As I stated above, the field keeps plasma and some light in, but allows matter to freely go in and out. To make lightsaber sword fights possible, the containment fields of the two weapons would have to stop each other, or to stop the plasma inside the other sword's containment field. The lore supports this somewhat, as we know lightsabers are completely ineffective against droid shields - they simply will not go trough. If the lighstaber's containment field is similar to this sci-fi force field used by droids and other crap, this would be conceivable.

This guy has referenced Game Theory so much and I'm so happy he's part of it now!

You have not played KOTOR enough ...... Yes. Yes, you are a terrible person. No more videos until you have played through it at least three times!

do warhammer 40k stuff pleas.

I like how you inserted Scorpions into that part about the energy released by a hurricane XD

Love your rants about science in games! Funny and educational!

"We need an extra 293 joules of energy" *sees 272 joules on screen* YOUR JEDI MIND TRICKS WILL NOT WORK ON ME YOUNG PADAWAN!

Sigh, why does everyone shit on the prequels? Am i the only one who likes them, hell i prefer them to the original trilogy, the setting is just more interesting. I love the CIS and the Clone Wars, its so interesting to watch the republic die from the inside due to corruption and greed.. Please, is there anyone else who shares my opinion?

I love that he uses classical music for some reason it makes me happy

“Why hasn’t he been sued be GT?” Little did he know XD

This guy has ruined everything I care about but I still love his Chanel

Austin what's the science behind Scorpion's Chain dart thingy? Like i know there is the rope dart of previous times but Scorpion's is made out of chains! How strong would someone actually use his weapon?

Hey, thanks for this! That was very educational and informative! You're very entertaining! I look forward to seeing more of your videos! You just earned a new subscriber! :)

dude please do more star wars science this was great 10/10

To be fair the star destroyer was all ready falling and he merely redirected it and then tipped it down. Yoda has had similar feats, such as in the 2003 Clone Wars moving multiple CIS Cruisers and annihilating armies.

Let me fix this. That blinding light is also controlled by special magnetic field. The different colors too. Maybe that's why there is a different color light sabers to block blinding light.

I want to hug you right now because I have never heard anyone else say what I am saying, that Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy, was both an awesome game and actually felt like you were fighting with lightsabers. I rented once when I was very young, then was never able to find it again, and didn't think buy online, I was a kid, about a year ago I decided to finish what I started and found and purchased it from ebay. Ironically once I got it I started over played through it really quickly(a week or three, maybe a month) and then stopped right before what I assume is the final boss because dinner was ready, that was like two or more months ago, I definitely am going to finish it now and replay it with the dark version of the story. Look forward to watching more episodes, love the channel and the series. Also does anyone else think it is a bit odd that youtube comment section still says that Lightsaber is not a word, go ahead type it in, the little red squiggly line will show up underneath it.

Force field explains the 'spitting' noise when blades collide too, the one emitter striving to overcome the other.

obviously the focus crystals are the key to lightsabers

The point of Kylo Ren's lightsaber is to emulate the guard of a longsword. You know that dumb shit that stops your opponent's sword from cutting your hands when striking at you? You know like Anakin did to Dooku and Darth Vader did to Luke in this very video? If either of them had a crossguard saber like Kylo Ren , they'd still have their arm(s).

I got a Rogue One ad before watching this xD

when he was doing the whole math part, i was like "what? "

Yeah Yoda struggles with a pillar in the prequels but lifts a completely submerged x-wing out of a swamp with ease in Empire...thats movies for ya.

Star Wars is a fantasy film. Arguing about the validity of its science would be like arguing the validity of Gandalf's magic in Lord of the Rings... oh no... what have I done. Austin's now going to ruin Lord of the Rings.

Yeah...I caught that Bill Murray Ghostbusters reference. Cats and Dogs living together...MAS HYSTERIA.

Quick note, Dr. Michio Kaku did an episode on lightsabers (sci-fi science) where he proposed a possible solution to the blinding problem. Basically, you use a heat resistant ceramic as a heat and ultraviolet shield against yourself while still leaving it capable of cutting and clashing. A wire coil is run along the inside to keep guiding the plasma away from the weilder while they are fighting, deflecting (not), and cutting.

Great vid, thoroughly entertaining, but I need to point out one thing about the little bonus section. While everything math based you said about the Starkiller Star Destroyer Destruction (say it three times fast! c'mon! you know you wanna! :P) is likely true, (I’m no math guy, so I’ll just take your word for it) your Yoda quip is actually wrong. In the Jedi Jack style Clone Wars cartoons (I call them that, because the art style is *so* Samurai Jack) Yoda pulled down a Trade Federation droid transport into the ground of (Coruscant? Someone please confirm.) in the exact same manner as Starkiller did, onto Raxus Prime. Unless I'm mistaken, those are of roughly similar size to a Star Destroyer, so the precedent is there for force pulling spaceships down, and Yoda by no means struggled with that pipe; instead his struggle was likely threefold against: 1. His own exhaustion, 2. Dooku himself (the one who threw the pipe) 3. Standard physics, up to and including gravity. Covering exhaustion, Yoda’s a fairly small guy; this fact A. lessens his available physical endurance, and B. requires he use a lot more of it at a time, and constantly enhance it with Force use, to compete on the same level as his perpetually larger foes. This can easily seen in his ditching his normal cane to *jump everywhere* when using his lightsaber, even in the exact battle with Dooku in which said pipe was shown. Also, Dooku and Yoda were actually force tug of warring in their fight, long before they ever resorted to lightsabers, so this might have further tuckered him out mentally. Furthermore, the pipe was actually quite large; it was at least twice the size of an average house, iirc, and about as heavy as you would expect a chunk of metal that size to be. To ice that kaka-cake, when Yoda was starting in trying to catch it, it was already at a fair speed downwards, about to crush Obi-Wanakin. Yoda was not only fighting the pipe; he was fighting Dookus own Force pushing it downwards, his own exhaustion, standard physics deceleration G’s of that large a weight, *and* simple gravity working with Dooku the whole time to pull it down onto our hapless protagonists. And after the whole, y'know, BATTLE OF GEONOSIS, and THEN a full on showdown with Count Dooku, he was probably already pretty beat, to begin with. Even without these explanations of that specific scene, it’s also easily attributable to George Lucas’s incompetence, and the precedent Jedi Jack set for force based spaceship wranglin still stands. And finally, for any purists who want a fully prequel-era free example... in the original trilogy, Yoda retrieves Luke's X-wing from deep in a Dagobah swamp, using the Force. To make a point. *drops the keyboard*

Good video, but you're also neglecting the fact that the Star Wars universe is massively ahead of our own in terms of technology, and also the existence of the Force, which could probably explain some of the flaws in the science, like the blinding light. Maybe Jedi and Sith use the Force to dampen the light emitted. IDK, just adding my 2 cents. Thanks for the video though.

"Yoda struggles to keep a pillar up" Have we forgotten clone wars where he makes two drop ships crash into each other

here at shoddycast we have it all from theories to fetishes

hey did you know in episode 5 Yoda said that size didn't matter picking up a rock with the force is the same a an lifting up a star destroyer

This is honestly, a great example of people who have very little knowledge on the Star Wars verse. I mean, using Wookiepedia (A non canon source to both Legends, and Disney Canon.) takes away any credibility you may have had in the first place. Maybe have actual Canon material (Or Legends I suppose.) before doing something like this. PS: StarKiller pulled down a Star Destroyer that was already coming down, he just changed where it was coming down from, and seeing as Palpatine can manipulate Time and Space (Low tier reality warping.) to open wormholes, things like this aren't a stretch. End of day: Don't talk about something you know nothing about.

Just subbed today, how have I not found this channel sooner

I got a star wars light saber toy commercial before this video xD

Why do you have to ruin everything I love.

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"AND JUST SNORTED ALL THE COKE IN THE ROOM"....ALL MY CO WORKERS ARE LOOKING AT ME STRANGELY BECAUSE I JUST DIED LAUGHING

As a welder, we have a problem called arc burn. It's literally sunburn, but caused by the arc. Pretty painful for the eyelids when you tac parts together with no hood on. And it doesn't take much exposure to cause this. And no, the spatter doesn't feel good, especially when it goes down your back inside your shirt.

Wasn't the star destroyer already falling towards the planet and Starkiller just directed it?

I actually liked the forced unleashed series....(also about that star destroyer thing, size matters not)

Keep in mind that Yoda was nearing his end,past his prime,and Starkiller was around around 18 and near his prime and the star destroyer was already going down and SK had a great amount of strain

I love the YTP of star wars where young Anakin asks Quigon what mitochlorians were and he replies with "heroin"

The 90s? You're a baby. I played Rescue on Fractalus when it was still newish in 1985.

they can't cut everything there are materials that can deflect them, hell even using force magic you could turn almost any steel sword into something that can deflect them. the lore of the Sith wars that happend when the jedi and Sith first met

That forum "thread how bad would a plasma burn be" was a very interesting read.. though it went to some dark places when guy started experimenteing with a plasma torch and a dead calf's tail... dark stuff...

Ok but from a design standpoint, while it may not fit in as well with the star wars/jedi aesthetic, but in another story realm it would be super cool to include protective eyewear to go with a lightsaber and could really make for some awesome designs (and also merch) and would be incredibly fun to play around with in character designs!

where is the actual shoddycast guys, did they sell their channel or something?

On thing that should probably be accounted for is also the fact that it's in a completely different galaxy and there are things like Kyber crystals that have properties that could make stuff like this possible. Good video though! Also, PLAY MORE KOTOR!!!! IT'S THE BEST STAR WARS GAME EVER!!!!!

Clap and a half for the obscure Ghost Busters quote! 👏🙌

that was the best video so far keep up the good work

So basically, the Jedi are no better than the Greek Gods? I knew their was a reason to hate them...

So... your saying there's a chance...?!?! Lol

Thank you for putting Jedi Academy footage in this.

Ill vouch for the sparks during welding comment. Ive done open arc welding on steel and aluminum, both regular and reverse polarity and when sparks land spots where your not properly covered you can be marked for life. But recently I learned how to weld aluminum with Aluminarc. and that stuff gets everywhere. And embeds little aluminum pellets into your skin. Yeah sounds as fun as you'd expect.

the force surrounds everything and absorbs the force around it if it is used to move something, and with it and a powerful mind the force can be used to litterally rip apart a planet or consume all lives. even though it's bullshit it is quite amazing to contemplate.

Imagine a Star Wars Open world game made by Bethesda

this is acully useful and I learn a ton and it's funny 😅 so good job Austin

"I, I dib jababab bib" LOL

So which video was the one involving bullet deflection?

What game is that the newer looking one

Good lord I love my lessons dashed with colourful adjectives

This is part of why I love Science Fiction, how it can be partly accurate and yet absurdly unreapistic at the same time.