Re: Happy Star Wars Day!
Speaking of Star Wars, I was recently thinking that it is rather weird that light sabers were used mostly like Japanese swords (although movie kung fu influence is strong these days), being that Japanese swords only have one (curved) edge.
Light sabers basically have not one, not two, but all edges, as well as hardly no weight at all, so there would be no need to hold them with two hands; in addition, besides cutting forward (first edge), you could also use them to cut reverse (rear edge), much like a Chinese double-edged sword, but also in the light saber's case, cut sideways, diagonal, etc....
Of course, it would also make things easier for the fearless Jedi knights if the light sabers were longer (just wave the 30-foot-long light saber around the battlefield to maim/slay nearly everyone around you...)
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