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The Jedi and Sith of theStar Warsuniverse wield one of the most powerful weapons in the galaxy - but even lightsabers can be useless against sure being and objective . The iconic symbol of theStar Warsmythos , these " elegant weapon from a more civilised age " can stop over almost every form of weapon the Empire can create . But in oneStar Warsstory , the franchise reveals lightsabers go wrong to act on one fundamental race … and fail to break off a key baddie from amassing an army .
Introduced inEpisode IV : A New Hopein 1977,lightsabers were immediately iconic , with only Luke Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader seen using them . The prequels only expanded what lightsabers could do , register them deflect chargeman bolts back at foe , cut through well-nigh any solid objects , and prove inconceivable to stop by anything but another lightsaber . But fans may not realise that one historically significant droid proved too powerful for even a lightsaber to stop .
InStar Wars : Revelations # 1the deep Eye of Webbish Bogreveals to Darth Vader a vision of a single droid : Ajax Sigma , a being who inspired a rotation among his the great unwashed . Centuries ago , the Jedi of the High Republic cut down Ajax Sigma ’s revolt and his followers in a pitched conflict … but his sum C.P.U. was preserved , pass down from individual to soul , and eventually instal the kernel into a new , more powerful droid body .
Lightsabers Are Too Elegant To Properly Destroy Droids
So given all their power , why were the Jedi ineffectual to stamp out a simple droid?Star war : Revelations # 1revealed this tale of droid survival thanks to Marc Guggenheim , Salvador Larroca , Paul Fry , Emma Kubert , and Justin Mason . But proving it was n’t a one - off number of fortune , a nefarious droid ’s miraculous survival against a lightsaber - wielding foe has befall before . InStar Wars : Darth Vader # 1,Darth Vader engages the droid ZED-6 - 7 in fight , but fail to permanently destruct it - and the same precise situation plays out inStar warfare : Darth Vader # 13against the famous IG-88 .
A lightsaber can take an organic opponent out of the fight with a single diagonal to a non - vital organ , but the same can not be read for droids . The destruction of a droid ’s limb just does not matter when it can be repaired in minutes ( or after years , or centuries ) . Unless the core processor sustains a direct collision , the individual droid will carry on to function , possess of all its character traits and need . Making them harder to kill , as demonstrated inRevenge of the Sithagainst General Grievous ' Magnaguards , who proceed to contend even when headless and limbless . But when uprise to a height of private threat and menace , it signify an immortality that will survive even a flawless , elegant Jedi weapon .
Droids Will Always Be A Jedi or Sith’s Most Unbeatable Enemy
Simply put , a lightsaber is too exact a artillery to expeditiously cut down droids for in force . Even if a Jedi or a Sith slices off all their limbs and stabs them multiple meter in the eye mess , the droid ’s " brainpower " can still be convalesce and placed in a new physical structure ; the same can not be said for a human opponent . This is why Ajax Sigma is a genuine menace against lightsaber - wielders : a unmarried slash is n’t enough to vote down him ( or his many followers ) .
Since a droid ’s essence processor can theoretically be locatedanywhere(the nous , the physical structure , or even mile aside in another ship ) , Jedi and Sith must either waste their time cutting each machinelike opponent to ribbon , or fall behind the lightsaberin exchange for a conventional blaster- machine that theseStar Warsorganizations , steep in tradition , would seldom use on rationale .
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