wait, CAN a Lightsaber deflect magic missiles?

[Fifthfiend]

A non-jedi, however, would not only fail to deflect the missile, but go about cutting himself to ribbons.

Yeah come down to it, if you're asking whether a non-jedi could block a projectile with a lightsaber, you're skipping over a whole raft of questions starting with how is a non-jedi walking around with all his limbs still attached after trying to wield a lightsaber?

Bao-Dur death-imploded a planet covered in Jedi with his highfalutin' techno-hoohah.

Yeah, but Raistlin would kick his gizmo-covered ass.

[Kroze Gamegod]

Originally Posted by krylo

A non-jedi, however, would not only fail to deflect the missile, but go about cutting himself to ribbons.

Yet we have seen non-Jedi use lightsabers in the past in the books and in the movies and they come out unharmed.
Your logic is flawed good sir!

[Fifthfiend]

in the movies

??

I'm not remembering this.

Unless you mean like, Grievous, but he was a robot so that doesn't count.

[Kroze Gamegod]

Originally Posted by fifthfiend

??

I'm not remembering this.

Unless you mean like, Grievous, but he was a robot so that doesn't count.

Not robot... ANDROID...
A cyberman if you will.
Still not a jedi...
And need I remind you that Luke used a lightsaber before he was even fully trained along with many others.
Han used the lightsaber in Empire Strikes back to cut the Tauntaun open if I remember correctly...

[42PETUNIAS]

Still, there was no fighting or blocking in that.

[Phlegyas]

If we go by D&D rules, the Jedi is holding a lightsaber, thus it is an extension of himself. Id est, a viable target for magic missile if the jedi is the target.

This statement and the other less concise statements like this one are the reasons I can see the lightsaber deflecting a magic missile.

See, here's the issue. Me and my D&D group had previously debated a subject not relative to this but it gives an answer. As many people may know, the "animation" that proceeds when one casts a magic missile spell is really for look. One can change the color, shape, consistency etc. So, knowing this, we surmised that a magic missile does not essentially "travel" from the caster's hands to the target. The animation one sees that creates this illusion is much like a laser sight, which is why someone with total cover cannot be hit. Rather what happens is this animation marks the spot and the "missile" manifests at the marker and then explodes.

Now, this marker is not necessarily "light" either so simply moving the lightsaber in the way would not block the missile. The only possible option is using the theory that force flows through the lightsaber and translating this force to pure, arcane energy which would undoubtedly cover whatever the magic missile's marker consists of. So, as one said, the Jedi can wave the lightsaber in front of the marker and designate itself as the new target, but one must also realize that lightsabers can break and the magic missile's damage would go to the lightsaber and risk sundering it, skipping damage reduction of any kind, naturally. So, ultimately, I believe that, yes, a Jedi can block a magic missile with his light saber but he risks sundering his saber in the process.

[Mashirosen]

Yeah, but Raistlin would kick his gizmo-covered ass

Am I hearing this? Am I really hearing someone say that some '70s van mural refugee is going to lay so much as one white mage-diddling finger on my boy? Bao-Dur would have a smart bomb targeted for every Raistlinoid particle in up to eight dimensions conceptualized, prototyped, field-tested and fully operational before that Nightwish-listening cakesniffer could yank his brother's +1 Pork Sword out of his mouth. Oh no she di-in't.

[Krylo]

On the subject of Bao-Dur... is his forearm made out of plasma? Because it looks like his forearm is made out of plasma.

[Mirai Gen]

His arm is made out of some sort of electro-static energy, but it has properties that really can be whatever the hell he wants.

His hand is metallic, I believe.

In his own words, "I got bored of my arm, so I cut it off and got a new one."

On the whole "Lightsaber extent of the Force" thing, yeah, he could use it to deflect a Magic Missile, but it's not really neccesary.

Of course flashy fighters like Obi-Wan or Anakin or Atton Rand would probably use the lightsaber anyway.

[Krylo]

Electro-static energy is ALMOST as awesome as plasma, plus I guess it can do all the stuff that plasma can, plus some?

Yeah. Mr. Dur wins. No one beats someone with a forearm made out of energy.