How hot does a lightsaber burn?

Captain America's shield won't stand a chance against the heat of a lightsaber. Reaching temperatures up to 25,000°C, a lightsaber can melt the materials that Captain America's is made of. The shield may be able to take a few swings, but it'll ultimately collapse.
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How hot does a lightsaber?

A constricted plasma arc can reach temperatures up to 25000 degrees Celsius (45032°F). Given this evidence, it can be concluded that a Lightsaber can reach temperatures of up to 25000 degrees Celsius (45032°F).
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Do lightsaber hilts get hot?

On the one hand, they cut through steel, but that could be some sort of chemical reaction rather than heat. On the other hand, characters regularly have them near their skin and clothes with no indication that it's burning them.
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Is lightsaber cold or hot?

Pretty much anything that a lightsaber touches is immediately converted to a molten liquid or a charred crisp, and when one lightsaber clashes with another, a flash ensues that is so bright that it momentarily saturates one's entire field of vision. So yes, in addendum, lightsabers are really, really hot!
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Can a lightsaber cut Captain America's shield?

There doesn't seem to be a simple answer; after all, Cap's shield is basically indestructible, while the lightsaber can cut through basically anything. Given that Hollywood is unlikely to film a shield vs.
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Can a lightsaber cut Superman?

Because the Sun itself runs as hot as 15 million degrees Celsius at its core, this effectively proves that causing damage to Superman with a normal lightsaber would be ineffective and just straight up wouldn't work.
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Is a lightsaber hotter than the sun?

The temperature of a lightsaber is close to the temperature on the surface of the sun.
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Can you cook with a lightsaber?

Lightsabers can make surprisingly good cooking tools. Elegant weapons for a more civilized age they may be, that's not to say that lightsabers can't have noncombat uses. A lightsaber could easily have dozens of practical uses outside of combat, but the one I'll be focusing on today is cooking.
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Do lightsaber blades have weight?

George Lucas says lightsabers are heavy

“That we couldn't take a hand off [the hilt]. We always had to have two. It was like Excalibur, 40 to 50 pounds of weight.” Lucas doubled down too, saying “They're very powerful and have a lot of energy in them... so you worked with them as if they were heavy.”
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What can a lightsaber not cut through?

Lightsaber Resistant Materials
  • Amphistaff. These are genetically engineered serpentine creatures native to the Yuuzhan Vong planet. ...
  • Cortosis Ore. ...
  • Felucian Skullblade. ...
  • Mandalorian Iron. ...
  • Neuranium. ...
  • Orbalisk. ...
  • Phrik. ...
  • Songsteel.
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Do lightsabers cauterize wounds?

As presented in the films, a lightsaber's energy blade can cut, burn, and melt through most substances with little resistance. It leaves cauterized wounds in flesh, but can be deflected by another lightsaber blade, by energy shields, or by the metal beskar. The blade has even been used as a tool to weld metal.
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How much power is in a lightsaber?

That is equivalent to 469,482 watt-hours, slightly more energy than one lightning bolt. One lightsaber has the equivalent energy of 120,380 AA batteries (that's 6,000 pounds of batteries or 250 gallons, enough to fill-up a kiddie pool).
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How hot is plasma?

Source The core of plasma ranges in temperature from 11,000° – 14,500° Fahrenheit, thus limiting its applicable uses. As an ionized gas, plasma's electron density is balanced by positive ions and contains a sufficient amount of electrically charged particles to affect its electrical properties and behavior.
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Why are lightsabers so hot?

The Wookieepedia article even mentions that lightsaber wounds are instantly cauterized, which is demonstrated any time someone has a limb cut off in both the original films and the prequels. Lightsabers are supposed to be plasma weapons, which means they would be really hot.
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Is a lightsaber a laser or plasma?

Affiliation. The lightsaber, also referred to as a laser sword by those who were unfamiliar with it, was a weapon usually used by the Jedi, the Sith, and other Force-sensitives. Lightsabers consisted of a plasma blade, powered by a kyber crystal, that was emitted from a usually metal hilt and could be shut off at will.
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Can lightsabers ignite underwater?

A bifurcating cyclical-ignition pulse (also called Waterproof Casing) was a pulse that enabled a lightsaber to activate underwater with the help of two crystals. Without special modifications, a lightsaber submerged underwater would short out and would require minor repairs before working again.
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Does a lightsaber emit radiation?

All hot objects emit electromagnetic radiation with specific wavelengths. Their perceived colour depends solely on their temperature, going from red for lower temperatures and blue for higher temperatures. This is likely the source of a lightsaber's glow – if you want a really dangerous lightsaber, you need a blue one.
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How hot is the core of the sun?

The temperature in the Sun's core is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius) – hot enough to sustain nuclear fusion.
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How strong is Beskar?

Description. Beskar was one of the toughest and most legendary metals in the galaxy. The alloy could withstand direct blaster fire and was capable of repelling the strikes of a lightsaber.
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Can a lightsaber cut through Wolverine's claws?

Lightsabers are shown to cut through pretty much anything like a hot knife through blast door, and Wolverine's claws do the same, with the added benefit of indestructibility. However, these properties make it impossible cut into what might really happen.
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Is a lightsaber blade solid?

When cutting through dense material, the immense electromagnetic field generated by the arc caused resistance rather than letting solid matter enter and interrupt the arc. This gave the blade a feeling of being solid when immersed in dense material.
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Why didn't Goku take the lightsaber?

Yoda was the same species as Grogu, which meant that his lightsaber was the perfect size for the Star Wars universe's new favorite character. It seems unlikely he that will ever get to wield it since he chose to leave Luke's Jedi academy and return to Tatooine.
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Can Adamantium stop a lightsaber?

It has an unknown melting point, but as we mentioned, it's thought to be indestructible except through molecular manipulation or Antarctic Vibranium. That's why a lightsaber wouldn't be able to cut through the Adamantium shield.
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