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[Star Wars] Could the Death Star beam be deflected by a lightsaber, if it was big and long enough?
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Probably not. A lightsaber can deflect a blaster bolt because both use magnetic containment, but the Death Star is essentially a huge laser, and nothing about the magnetic shell of a lightsaber indicates it can reflect those. If it were big enough, the plasma inside might disperse the beam for the same reason the second Death Star couldn't just blast through Endor, but we'd be talking a lightsaber the size of a planet.