I don’t know if it’s just me, but the new effects for the crackle saber are almost too subtle compared to what kewlfish was doing originally.
These are kewlfish settings with the opacity pushed up. It could be the particle layer that softens the edges?
I’m not sure what Hal is doing but I’m using a pitch and tone shift of Kylos Saber with Luke’s sound underneither. The panning of the sound it gonna be more had work than the crackling effect, IMO.