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This is something Val realized the last time he watched a Star Wars film. One of the features of the lightsaber is that it instantly cauterizes wounds that it causes, thus preventing any major blood loss as a result of dismemberment (Aqualish bar thugs notwithstanding).

So, if one were to lop off someone else's head with a lightsaber...





...then the instant cauterization should trap enough oxygenated blood in the brain to keep the decapitated head alive and conscious for a good 15 seconds.

So you get an extra 15 seconds of life, huh? No wonder getting your head chopped off was once considered the most chivalric way to be executed.

Yeah, you get to put on a good smile for those witnessing your execution.

Windu looks pretty bored in that first picture.

Man. If ever there were an instance where you'd rather be Greedo than Jango Fett, it's the death. Greedo never saw it coming. Plus, there's a degree of dignity to getting gunned down by Han Solo; whereas having your dumb head lopped off by that plonker Mace Windu would be downright humiliating.

I remember trying to pause Episode III when I was younger, and catch Dooku's severed head falling off. Never did manage to do it.