Why are lightsabers and vibroswords essentially the same weapon? This should not be the case, if they were why would the jedi and sith ever have stopped using training blades(vibro-swords)? I submit that the lightsabers should count as elemental damage and not be affected by armor. Shields should help with damage mitigation but not armor. Now i do know that this is not the movie, but that being said i have never seen any armor capable of stopping the lightsaber. Armor should be effective v.s. vibro-weapons hence why the jedi moved to a weapon that could not be stopped by armor and actually why the jedi themselves dont wear armor against each other.