Mandalorian Crushgaunt is so resistant to lightsabers, that they can hold/stop lightsaber blades (source: comments on Why did Vader choose to take potshots from Han).
Does that mean with lightsaber resistance armor, that a lightsaber blade can be bent? Perhaps its length would be truncated if thrust into Mandalorian Crushgaunt?
Answer
UPDATE: To answer the subject line of the question (as opposed to the substance of the body of it, which the original answer did): Yes and No.
No, a regular lightsaber's blade can't typically bend (at least around known solid materials that don't generate super-intensive magnetic fields) - see the original answer below.
Yes, a lightsaber can theoretically bend if constructed for the purpose - more specifically, a version of lightsaber called "Lightwhip" had a flexible blade by design.
ORIGINAL ANSWER:
No, Mandalorian Crushgaunts did NOT "bend" the lightsaber blades, but instead absorbed the energy of the blade and/or the blaster bolt.
Mandalorian Crushgaunts are made using Mandalorian Iron (aka Beskar).
Once processed, Beskar becomes a very hard metal, capable of absorbing many hits from blasters and even lightsabers.
Please note that this is different from Cortosis ore (and Cortosis gauntlets made from it), which actually shorted out the lightsaber's power supply, as opposed to merely blocking the blade.
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