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Post by jaiven on Jan 11, 2005 19:00:11 GMT -5
I don't particularly care for the lightsaber look from SW I and II. They have those stupid bid red buttons on them and seem to uniform. A Jedi's Saber is suppose to be unique and individualized. But the ones in the first two movies as I have said all seem to much alike.
What is everyones thoughts on this.
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Post by Mon-Jas Charan on Jan 11, 2005 22:07:23 GMT -5
I always liked the “refined” look of the PT (Prequel Trilogy) lightsabres. I thought that over the millennium the Jedi would have come to a basic look. Most likely they were built in a “machine shop” at the Jedi Temple, so it makes sense that the buttons and such would be alike. The OT (Original Trilogy) seemed much scrounged a lot of left over, mismatched parts that were thrown together.
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Jan 11, 2005 22:44:12 GMT -5
I think the prequel lightsabers look fine. I like the scene in the DVD TPM documentary where Ewan McGreggor is testing out his lightsaber for the movie from the selection from the prop department. Hey that sounds nice.....being presented with an array of lightsabers to pick from. There is a similarity of style for the prequel sabers, but they are all distinct. The best place I've found to look at the differences is the Luukesabers web site. In AOTC, everybody seemed to be losing their lightsabers. In the next movie Annakin is really going to lose his lightsaber becasue Obi-wan is going to end up with it.
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Jan 11, 2005 22:53:53 GMT -5
I think the OT sabers look less refined more cobbled together, they seem to be missing the "decorative" housing of the prequal trilogy sabers. And if you really look at it Luke's and Ben's sabers are almost identical in appearance. I think the prequel sabers are each unique to their Jedi, but like in every culture, the style and appearence will be influanced by the current trends. That is why they all seem alike in the prequels.
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Post by Don Solo on Jan 12, 2005 0:36:14 GMT -5
I'm not too fond of the PT stlye sabers, they seem to general for being unique to each Jedi. But it makes sense because it was an organized temple where those were built... so I can live with them.
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Post by Aston Jor-Cello on Jan 12, 2005 14:10:41 GMT -5
I agree with Mon-Jas Charan, because if you take like Qui-gons, and Obi-wans, and Mace's and Anakins lightsaber, besides the one red button to activate it, they all are differently made. However in the OT, we are only introduced to two Jedi, Luke and older Obi-wan. Well when Luke lost his in cloud city, when he made his other one, well what I think is since he didn't have any other design to choose from, he modeled his after the only other living Jedi he knew, which was Obi-wan.
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Post by jaiven on Jan 12, 2005 18:13:06 GMT -5
All very good points. Don't get me wrong though. There are couple of the designs from the prequels that are nice. I guess I just don't like the big red buttons. Thats all.
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Jan 13, 2005 11:04:59 GMT -5
I think the big red button was used as a fisual so the actors and the audience could see how the sabers are activated. In the OT I had a hard time seeing how look, Ben, and Vader turned them on. I think it was just easier to see that way.
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Jan 16, 2005 14:31:36 GMT -5
Yeah I think so too. I'm in the process fo trying to figure out how to redo my parks Sabre's inginition switch. I want to take the boxy 'force switch' off and place a silver button instead for the ignition switch. Be easier to deal with plus I won't be slicing my knuckles.
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Jan 17, 2005 0:52:22 GMT -5
I filed down the corners of the "boxy force switch" on my saber that I hang from my belt just for that reason.... not to slice the palm of my hand when I hold it and pose with it, and also so that it doesn't snag the fabric of my tunic. It worked well. I just took a metal file and smoothed the sharp corners a bit.
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Post by Seda Navilli on May 26, 2005 6:16:57 GMT -5
Personally, I love the Graflex clamp. It adds something to the saber... I just cant put it into words. Ive found that it has to be a real clamp though... the parks clamps look too square for my taste, but the real Graflex ones... bah I'm rambling on.
I was never a big fan of the TPM sabers... they just seemed like toys to me... it didnt look like they held any weight in the hilt. The great thing about the OT props was that they were all made from real life objects (except for Luke's ROTJ saber, which was based on Obi's, which was made from real world parts...), and I believe that gives you a subconscious feeling that they could have really existed a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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Post by Solinbeb Newau on May 26, 2005 7:33:12 GMT -5
Well, if you think about it, really, the PT era was involved with having a jedi academy...in which most things would be similar as several generations could have used them. Making a lightsaber is often considered part of a jedi's tests for knighthood, the understanding of how they work and how to make one.
If they all had access to the same parts, a lot of them would look alike.
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Post by Bel-Den Shaw on May 26, 2005 7:48:20 GMT -5
padawans usually mold their sabers after their masters in some manner.obi-wan and qui gon jinn with the knobs and colors were similar, anakin was very independant so he did not, luke took his saber design from the journals from obi-wan and there you have it
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Post by Primrodo on May 26, 2005 9:37:43 GMT -5
Well thats a farce, in all honesty. The fact taht Ewan and Liam chose their saber at random..What if Obi-Wan chose the Adi saber?
Anakin;s look the way it does to look like Darth Vaders...just with a silver shroud.
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Post by tanzanlinnear on May 26, 2005 10:10:37 GMT -5
I think the farce was Lucas letting them choose their own designs. In one of the visual dictionaries, it says something along the lines of sabers relating to personal histories, and that Vader's saber is much like the one he used as a Jedi but darker, and that Luke based his design on Obi-Wan's. That was all fine untill Lucas came along and decided to re-write the rules. I think the reason Obi-Wan's Ep III saber is different to the earlier one (other than the need for continuity) is that it's supposed to be one he made when he was appointed to the Jedi Council. I think Ewan and Liam's sabers were probably designed with similarities for that reason, (Master/Apprentice) and the other sabers that were included in the selection were nowhere near as intricately detailed, so they would subconsciously choose the ones they did.
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