Well, I don’t know about most dangerous weapon. Staying in universe, on a linear scale from „a stick“ to „the Death Star“, I’d argue it is pretty close to the stick.
The thing with the OT is that if you mentally replace James Earl Jones’ Vader voice with Hayden Christensen’s it all works perfectly. Vader’s imposing nature came entirely from the suit and the voice; deep down he was still just a kid whining about sand.
Pretty sure the Sith and Jedi killed more people throughout history using lightsabers than either of the two death stars ever did, even with one of them blowing up an entire planet.
How likely do you think you’d be blown up by a nuke vs stabbed or cut with a knife, hmm? You are in more danger from cutting yourself making dinner tonight than you are of being nuked.
Being in danger from something does not mean it’s the more dangerous weapon. But this is going to turn in to a pointless discussion about what it means for a weapon to be dangerous. So you’re right for some definitions of dangerous.
Is that a still from the actual movie, or just from production?
I just re-watched the scene and didn’t see this. But it’s true, after trying the lightsabre out for a bit, he turns it off, sits down, and promptly points it directly at OB1.
It’s in the original and I don’t think the scene was changed in any of the re-releases. But it’s in the background while Obi Wan is talking for like a second.
handed one of the most dangerous weapons in the galaxy; immediately points it at his own face
My dude about to get that Eastern European Lasik surgery.
What are you on about? Eastern European Lasik is top notch.
Well, I don’t know about most dangerous weapon. Staying in universe, on a linear scale from „a stick“ to „the Death Star“, I’d argue it is pretty close to the stick.
The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Never demonstrates this
The thing with the OT is that if you mentally replace James Earl Jones’ Vader voice with Hayden Christensen’s it all works perfectly. Vader’s imposing nature came entirely from the suit and the voice; deep down he was still just a kid whining about sand.
Anakin never reached the “show don’t tell” portion of his training before his corruption and fall
Pretty sure the Sith and Jedi killed more people throughout history using lightsabers than either of the two death stars ever did, even with one of them blowing up an entire planet.
With that kind of reasoning knives are more dangerous than nukes in the real world.
How likely do you think you’d be blown up by a nuke vs stabbed or cut with a knife, hmm? You are in more danger from cutting yourself making dinner tonight than you are of being nuked.
Being in danger from something does not mean it’s the more dangerous weapon. But this is going to turn in to a pointless discussion about what it means for a weapon to be dangerous. So you’re right for some definitions of dangerous.
Is that a still from the actual movie, or just from production?
I just re-watched the scene and didn’t see this. But it’s true, after trying the lightsabre out for a bit, he turns it off, sits down, and promptly points it directly at OB1.
It’s just a set photo. It never happened on film.
It’s in the original and I don’t think the scene was changed in any of the re-releases. But it’s in the background while Obi Wan is talking for like a second.
It’s one of the few scenes I wish was changed on the re-releases, since the jump-cut when the lightsaber is activated was so obvious.