Geek question

[Broomjockey]

Guess kinetic energy doesn't count for that one.

That's because "energy absorption" is a misnomer. It's actually "radiant energy" absorption. Basically, energy without a mass component. This is shown in one of the Expanded Universe books when Corran Horn uses energy absorption to suck energy from a hot spring that's suddenly gone to boiling, and uses the energy to break through his genetic line's block on using telekenesis type powers and levitates everyone else in the group out of the pool before they're killed from the heat.

[Pagan]

Even if the Dalek's death beam couldn't be deflected by a lightsabre, many jedi could do something refered to as "Energy absorbsion." You see Darth Vader do it briefly in The Empire Strikes Back when Han takes a shot at him on Cloud City. Vader blocks the shot with his hand, and does not reflect it. I believe Yoda also uses it in one of the prequals, but I can't remember the scene ATM.

Yoda uses force absorb in his duel with Dooku in AOTC and I think he uses it in his duel with Palpatine in the Senate chambers in ROTS.

Too bad Luke hadn't learned it for his last encounter with Palpatine in ROTJ.

[Broomjockey]

Too bad Luke hadn't learned it for his last encounter with Palpatine in ROTJ.

*giggle* Can you imagine the training for that? "I'm going to shoot you. Put your hand out. Now. Okay, now try and absorb the blast with your hand. Yeah, we can only try twice."

[lordlundar]

Yoda uses force absorb in his duel with Dooku in AOTC and I think he uses it in his duel with Palpatine in the Senate chambers in ROTS.

Nope, Palpatine only threw lightning at the start of the fight and it caught yoda off guard. The only force powers either of them used in in the senate chambers was to throw around the seat platforms.

[SG15Z]

Nope, Palpatine only threw lightning at the start of the fight and it caught yoda off guard. The only force powers either of them used in in the senate chambers was to throw around the seat platforms.

Yes but Palpatine used lighting again at the end of the fight and Yoda used the force absorb then. Then it got too much for him and he fell to the bottom of the chamber.

[fireheart]

Lol, I actually asked this question to a few of my coworkers today.

Half of them asked me what a Dalek was.
The remainder said that a Jedi would win.

[KabeRinnaul]

There's actually an example of a continuous beam being used against a lightsaber in the book The Truce at Bakura. Ssi-Ruuvi paddle beamers fired a continuous ion stream that would bend around a lightsaber and strike the target. Though Luke did eventually figure out how to adjust it to deflect them, but then normal blaster shots passed through.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ssi-ruu