If anyone had a really hard time in the star saga, it was Darth Vader. After a battle with his former Jedi teacher Obi-Wan Kenobi, he lost not only his hands, but also his legs, and was generally terribly crippled. Therefore, his new patron Darth Sidious created special armor that replaced Darth Vader's lost body parts and served as a life support system.

We can talk endlessly about the biocompatible materials from which this suit is made, but the legendary helmet deserves special mention. It had a complex filter system built into it, which prevented pathogenic microbes from entering the body and thus prevented blood poisoning. Most likely, the filters were made of fine-porous membranes with a diameter of no more than ten nanometers. This made it possible to purify the air that Vader inhaled from bacteria, viruses and even the smallest molecules of gases. However, this will not surprise us earthlings: we have long learned to create such membranes - polymer, ceramic, glass, graphene and others.

Solar sail

Along with spaceships on hyperdrive, which allows them to overcome the speed of light, Count Dooku's flying machine, which is driven by a huge 100-meter solar sail, deserves special attention. The source of thrust in this vessel is the radiation pressure of the stars: the closer the vehicle is to the star, the more the sail is inflated. On such a ship it is easy to hide from pursuit, because it does not leave a plume of fuel behind it.

In fact, solar sails have been around in reality since the 1990s. They are made primarily from metallized Mylar, a film based on the thermoplastic polyethylene terephthalate. This material, with a thickness of several microns, can withstand numerous folding and unfolding and also does not transmit light at all. Engineers are working on creating lightweight sails using the strongest and thinnest graphene, then they can be made larger, and spacecraft equipped with them will fly much faster. Who knows, maybe Count Dooku’s sail was just graphene?

Force fields

Spherical force fields protect spaceships better than any armor. They easily repel blaster cartridges, consisting of a beam of charged particles. How does this work? From the school physics course we know that charged particles are deflected under the influence of a magnetic field. This means that we can assume that the source of the force fields in the saga were powerful magnets.

The strongest magnets known today are superconducting ones, made from complex cuprates (for example, yttrium-barium) and metal alloys (niobium and tin). But such magnets can only work when strongly cooled with either liquid nitrogen (up to -196°C) or liquid helium (-269°C). Earth scientists are still trying to find new superconductors that will operate at much higher temperatures. So let "Star Wars" inspire them to heroism!

Anti-walking cables

The fifth episode, among other things, was remembered for one of the largest and most spectacular battles of the film epic - the battle on the ice planet Hoth. The Empire used its giant walkers against the Republican rebels - leisurely, completely covered in armor, terribly destructive, but, as it turned out, completely unstable. The rebels easily overturned these vehicles, entangling their legs with cables.

But what were these bonds made of? If the weight of one walker obviously exceeds 500 tons, the cable that could be used to topple such a structure must withstand a force of at least one tenth of its mass.

Comparing the dimensions of the cable with the parts of the walker, it can be assumed that the diameter of the cable is from two to four centimeters. A steel rope of such thickness could really drop a 500-ton colossus, but its weight with a length of at least 250 meters would be from 500 kilograms to 2.5 tons - making a lasso from such a rope is unrealistically difficult. So, most likely, the rebel cables were made of carbon fibers and nanotubes: they are both lighter and 50 times stronger than steel.

While the world's cinemas are being stormed by a multi-million army of fans of the Star Wars saga, we invite you, dear girls, to keep up with the strar trend and try to replicate the hairstyle of the beauty of the entire Galaxy, Princess Leia.

Last week, what became the most high-profile film event of the winter of 2015 took place: eminent guests of the event surprised with their fantastic and futuristic images, and the main characters of the film happily posed for photographers, radiating their unearthly power of positivity and warmth. Well, we also appreciated the new part of the cult tape and couldn’t resist conducting some beauty experiments... Which ones? Well, for example, repeat the famous “cinnamon buns”, bagels Princess Leia! Just try it! Thanks to a simple and “live” master class from a stylist Ilker Akiol and top models Andrea Diaconu.

"Princess Leia's hairstyle It will only take 10 minutes. For this you will need: tails and a couple of hairpins,” promises Ilker. Well, let's go!

How to replicate Princess Leia's hairstyle in 10 minutes:

Part your hair in the middle and gather it into two ponytails, which should be grabbed just above your ears. “The longer the ponytails, the better,” says the stylist.

Now let's make a twist! That is, we take it and twist, twist, twist the tails around its axis. Once your curls are curled, simply take them and place them into neat hemispheres.

When the “donut” is styled, secure the hairstyle with hairpins.

Test your hairstyle for strength so that it can withstand an intercalactic teleport:

Congratulations! Ready! Princess, you... there are no words, how beautiful!

We suggest making a hairstyle for long hair in the Star Wars style. The cosmic look is achieved through intricate-looking braiding—but DIYing this hairstyle is easier than it seems. Here is a description and step-by-step photos of hairstyles for the New Year.

1. Divide your hair with a vertical parting into two equal parts.

1. Braid each part into a French braid with one addition: shifting the left strand to the middle one (for the right part, respectively, the right one to the middle one), leaving half of it.

1. Weave a simple braid in the same way: place only half of the left strand on top of the middle strand (for the right braid, respectively, half of the right). Secure the end of the braid with a clip or elastic band.

1. Proceed to weaving the remaining strands. Transfer them alternately: the right one to the left hand, and the left one to the right.

1. Tie the end of the braid with an elastic band. Spray the weave with varnish to keep it smooth longer.

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