Something that bugs the hell out of me, and I’d love to see removed in a fanedit, is the ring of little spikes that pop up on Rey’s yellow lightsaber at the very end of the movie. I was watching this scene earlier and it occurred to me how incredibly easy it would be to remove them, by taking a small rectangle of footage directly above them and duplicating it over them (I made a mockup from a still frame, but I’m not sure how to upload it in here).
Is it only me that hates those little spikes? To me, they turn a perfectly fine lightsaber design into something from 2012 DeviantArt. Hell, if it doesn’t bother anyone else nearly as much as it bothers me, and if someone can send me the bit of footage and tell me what to do with my export settings (Premiere Pro CS6 for Mac), I’ll even do it myself.
Are you talking about the triangular vent/flap things on top? They don’t bother me from a visuals/design standpoint, I’m more confused by how they seem to be entering the beam of the saber without being destroyed.
I’m with you on this. So, the Saber beam pushes them open and closes them again? Seems a little far-fetched.
I assumed it was some sort of safety, perhaps from back before saber tech was more refined and reliable (since Rey had been reading old books on the Jedi). Some sort of beam-resistant metal, the pieces cover up the opening when it’s off, then open up mechanically when she turns the twisting switch that turns the beam on. That way if the beam turns on by itself due to some internal glitch, it doesn’t destroy whatever it happened to be pointing at.
Visually I like it. The more mechanical nature of her lightsaber feels personal based on her experience as a parts scavenger.