Editing Lightsaber (section)

== Issues with Lightsabers ==
{{Topquote|Arc trooper: Are you Jedi as good with blasters as you are with lightsabers?"<br>"Obi-Wan: Better. We only use lightsabers to make fights more equitable.|The Cestus Deception, a [[Star Wars]] novel}}
Specifically, weightless blades. Because light weighs pretty much as low a mass as you can get not counting your dick (oh snap!), the center of balance of the blade is likely somewhere near the end of the handle (going by that's where the battery is, and that they likely weigh more than the blade projector). The problem with this is that you are essentially wielding a lever which will, upon being hit, flop all over the place because your hands function as a hinge. This might be less the case when used in two hands but when used in one your sword will go all over the place when it is struck. There ''is'' some in-story stuff to justify this, mostly based around how the arc-waves that form the blade do have a kind of mass that balances it correctly, but this is mostly hand-waving the issues.

Another point is the double lightsaber. Based on a variety of unbladed [[pole-arm]]s like the Gun or the Bo, it has a double-sized handle with the laser parts coming out from both ends. The problem with this style is that it gives the wielder only a limited surface to work with without burning or chopping their hands off. Maybe this can be discredited as training in the Force and all that jazz (plus Ray Park, the actor and stunt performer for Darth Maul, is REALLY good at what he does, in fact it was his input that resulted in the double lightsaber's handle being the length it is, since the original concept had a much shorter one), but this would still involve swinging a large dangerous rave stick very close to your body, and a good number of these styles involve holding the weapon near the end to gain great striking power at the tip of the weapon like with a [[pole-arm]]. With a lightsaber this is not possible, though not needed since it can just cut through anything by touching a target and letting the plasma do all the work.
*It should be mentioned that lacking mass and easily used in single form, a double lightsaber would be more practical than many other fictional double sword designs. Nothing forces you to use both sides. Maul used it exclusively in single form when he ambushed Qui-Gonn on Tatooine. Used in single form, Maul's double lightsaber would be a regular lightsaber with a longer grip and hilt. Maul first used both blades in a 2vs1 on Naboo where he had to counter multiple lightsabers coming at him at the same time. Edge alignment is also a non-factor with a lightsaber so you only need to worry about the blade hitting, not how. This means moves that would smack a blunt back or flat in other double bladed swords would work here. Still constant risk of hitting yourself though. 
*Another [[awesome]] use [[Derp|rarely seen]] with lightsabers in general is strategically turning blades on and off during a fight but especially prevalent in double lightsabers. Exar Kun was said to have done this in a guide but [[derp|you'll have a hard time finding actual scenes where he does]]. Kao Cen Darach from Old Republic's Return Trailer has demonstrated the effectiveness of this tactic however. It's doable given enough skill.
	
And the lightwhip and all other kinds of outlandish lightsabers can go right fuck themselves. And don't use the Force argument; if someone focuses on holding a plasma whip properly they will get shot because, super powerful or not, you still have to think. The "lightcrossguard" on the lightsaber of Kylo Ren certainly looked silly, but for one, they gave him an edge in close combat letting him use them to burn his opponent in a bind, and secondly, expanded material say they are vents required because his lightsaber is unstable. You'd think that his boss might fix that problem for him, but that would be using logic.

One of the biggest issues with lightsabers is shown in the side material of Star Wars itself. They block most energy blots well enough. Assassins who specialize in killing Jedi use slug throwers to bypass their ability to block blaster bolts. So when the users tries to deflect bullets, a Jedi instead has to deal with very hot goo coming at them at hypersonic speeds. So Railguns and Gauss weapons would easily defeat them.
*[[Skub|Depending on who's the writer]], some can even block slug throwers and the lightsaber vaporizes the bullet. Begs the question why bother blocking if they have the reflexes to measure a bullet's path and smack it when you're a telekinetic space wizard who could theoretically poll a [[/tv/|Neo]]. Kylo Ren froze a blaster shot, not to mention Darth Vader blocked multiple blaster shots with his hand in Empire Strikes Back. Surely that's doable with smaller munitions.

Star Wars writers also ignored most energy weapons would have larger bore sizes or a higher rate of fire than a blaster. As blocking them would just cause thousands of micro-explosions that sets it's victim alight with plasma while knocking them flat on their asses or into the nearest solid object. IRL a plasma bolt travels at nearly 3000 times the speed of sound. Way faster than those fired from Blasters. A proper laser firearm (or those firing exotic particles that move at speeds faster than light) would make short work of most Sith and Jedi. In theory this is mostly why only force users get away with light sabers as there able to preemptively move to deflect a bolt but even so this has limits and fire enough fast enough projectiles will ensure they get by something. Which is the only reason lasers are only used on vehicles and other energy weapons barley show up at all.