I have the out of production ROTJ Luke saber, I've duelled with it with friends sabers and theirs all cracked at the hilt but mine's still OK I took it apart to check it wasn't damaged so while it was apart I added some strong clear tape where the breaks happens. Last time I saw me friend's ROTJ Luke saber it was 2 inches shorter because he broke it too many times he also bought two Vader sabers and attached them together a-la Maul style, worked well for a while till he cracked those too...