If this is canon, would it be diatium or diatrium, as I see both in the article? -- Riffsyphon1024 18:00, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe one of 'em's a typo. --AdmThrawn 18:03, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- It's diatium. The Visual Dictionary says the power cell of a lightsaber is made of it. It does not, however, say all that other physical-law-violating fanon spewage. Did that actually make sense to the person who posted it? If so, I pity them. —Darth Culator (talk) 21:04, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Storing massive amounts of energy...
"Diatium power cells are capable of storing massive amounts of energy as lightsabers are rarely seen being recharged." Ok... a couple of things. First of all, the stated reason for diatium power cells storing massive amounts of energy is erroneous. In multiple instances (I recall from memory, don't recall specific sources, but it's there if you look), it is said that the reason lightsabers rarely need recharging is that they only drain energy when they're actually cutting through something (or presumably crossed with other lightsabers or deflecting blaster bolts)... in other words, just being on doesn't drain power, only direct use of the blade.
So. If diatium power cells really do store massive amounts of energy (as directly stated in a source), fine, source it and it's all good. However, the reason given in that sentence is not correct and should be removed. If the idea that they store massive amounts of energy (in relation to other power cells, above and beyond other types, as that sentence implies) is solely derived from the lightsaber recharging thing, the whole claim needs to be deleted.
On a side note, even if the quoted assertion was essentially true--as stated (which it's not)--the property of a lightsaber's power cell storing great amounts of energy beyond the norm would more likely be a result of the Jedi's melding of the parts together with the Force (source that comes to mind is I, Jedi), increasing its efficiency in that manner, and not a marvelous property of diatium itself.
On a further side note, it does bring up the question though of why diatium power cells are generally written as the go-to power cell of choice for lightsabers (assuming its not just an instance of original source repetition in successive mentions). Xavic Kae 00:14, May 16, 2011 (UTC)