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[-] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 10 months ago

His lightsaber is dangerously close to burning his face

[-] erev@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

and honestly, as someone who has done stick and weapon fighting, you 1000% accidentally bop yourself in the head from time to time. With blades you tend to be a lot more careful and the way you hold it can make it difficult for those bops to be dangerous, but a lightsaber is basically a sword that's all blade.

[-] CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz 17 points 10 months ago

Isn't this one of the reasons the force is practically required to use a lightsaber? Just so you have perfect control at all times and do not cut yourself in two.

I suppose grievous is an exception, though an argument can be made that him being mostly mechanical allows him to not kill himself.

[-] ChewTiger@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

A lightsaber's blade is also lighter than a real blade, which would help mitigate the risk. Though I could see boppin oneself in the face remaining a problem in this stance.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Do we know if Grievous had force sensitivity at all? Transplanted Jedi blood or horrendous insanity-inducing technology? Or is the robot body just a good enough mix of precise and expendable?

[-] CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Back when he was Qymaen jai Sheelal, i'm certain I heard of him "carving out his connection" or something of the sort somewhere. So I think maybe a bit of mechanical precision and expendability is what kept him going after severing his connection with the force, which he previously used to train with a saber?

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

An argument can be made that Grievous is a farce.

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