Red itself being “bad” is just a terrible idea though.
Exactly.
Ideally, lightsaber colours would be
A. chosen to represent the character’s persona
B. chosen to mesh with the character’s overall aesthetic
But nope. Red = bad & everything else = good for stupid EU reasons.
Lightsabers are deadly weapons used for maiming and killing people (and sometimes slicing up Tauntauns). The idea that Jedi are concerned with how their color matches their personality makes me giggle.
Jedi: “Hi, as you can see from my purple lightsaber, I am a Sagittarius from the volcanic world of Kadavo.”
Evildoer: (being sliced in half) “Cool.”
BTW welcome back to the forums. 😃