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After mis-reading this question: Are there any other weapons designed using lightsaber technology? I found myself wondering if there are other non-weapon items such as tools that utilize lightsaber technology.

Example: the lightsaber bread knife

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    The "Lightsaber bread knife!" : This toast bread while you're slicing it. – DavRob60 Feb 05 '13 at 17:25
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    Ah yes, the best thing since sliced bread. As featured in the 2005 film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. – Mr Lister Feb 05 '13 at 18:53
  • By 'technology', if you mean 'uses the same crystals', there are a number of lightsaber-used crystals that get used in other gear and for other uses. – Solemnity Feb 07 '13 at 02:17
  • I guess since crystals are a large part of the tech behind lightsabers, yeah, that would be included but that's not exclusively what I mean. @Neil - thanks for the link. I didn't realize crystals were altered with the force by the creator of the blade. – emachine Feb 07 '13 at 16:55
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    @emachine I didn't mean to come across as as smart-alec. My point was simply that nobody other than jedis and siths could make them, and so logically, you couldn't expect that they would have applied that technology to other things since that hardly seems important to them. It'd be like asking if the Amish ever used their quilt-making ability to make a rockin' car seat cover. – Neil Feb 08 '13 at 08:26
  • @Neil Not Smart-alec-y at all, relevant and valid point. If I could upvote your comment I would. – emachine Feb 12 '13 at 01:12
  • @Neil: http://amishcountrytreasures.tictail.com/product/quilted-toilet-seat-cover-and-tank-topper-unique not for a car, but a seat cover – ThePopMachine Aug 21 '14 at 19:57
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    @ThePopMachine I'm sure you could also use a lightsaber to chop wood, but I'm pretty sure it would end up in immediate body dismemberment. See chart for details. – Neil Aug 23 '14 at 21:34
  • I really want a bread knife like that now, really really want one – Danny Mc G Nov 09 '21 at 14:03

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Interesting question. The first lightsabers (then known as forcesabers) could only be made with an intense meditation ritual in which several "Je'daiis" created a strong permanent field around the beam of plasma used as the blade. Without this field, the plasma blade would be infinitely long or would expand out in all directions. It seems in the Star Wars universe that the only way to tame a beam of plasma is with the Force. I'm going to say no. Only the Jedi/Sith have this type of technology because no force master is going to sit around making plasma knives and plasma toasters.

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    This seems to sum up a couple of the comments. I'll mark it as the right answer. – emachine Feb 12 '13 at 01:09
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    Infinite lightsaber - http://xkcd.com/1433/ – pleinolijf Oct 13 '14 at 07:58
  • In the Expanded Universe, it seems there are other plasma-based cutting devices. I'm rereading Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire; the mole miners which feature prominently in the Imperial raid on Sluis Van are described as having plasma jets, which turn out to be pretty effective at cutting through... things. The mole miners seem to be ordinary (if obscure) industrial machines, and there's no mention of Jedi being involved in their production. – Nate Eldredge Nov 07 '14 at 04:38
  • This seems to no longer be true with the new Star Wars movie as a non-force user is able to wield a lightsaber without catastrophe ensuing – David says Reinstate Monica Dec 29 '15 at 14:57
  • What about the lightsaber crystals? – user3932000 Jan 10 '16 at 21:52
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    @DavidGrinberg No need to invoke Episode VII. Even Episode IV and V contain instances of untrained people wielding lightsabers. (Plus, in the EU there were mass-produced lightsabers at some point. Young Jedi Knights series, iirc.) – Raphael Jan 11 '16 at 18:43
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Well, there are laser scalpels in the Star Wars universe:

A laser scalpel

Don’t be fooled by the name. It’s probably not an actual laser being shot out of the hilt, but rather similar plasma technology to that of a lightsaber (“laser swords”). Laser scalpels were used for medical purposes and weren’t used as weapons.

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first of all this is merely speculative, in Episode 1, during the battle between Darth Maul and Qui-Gon, there are a series of red barriers, they switch on and off in a similar way and make a similar noise when a light saber hits them. they could use a similar technology

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