I’m currently working on a bunch of scenes with other editors so the crackling saber effect has taken a back seat. I’m am working on a few faulty Saber effects to include during the battle and in my version Ben fixes the crystal after it’s teleported. I’m happy to experiment with other ideas too.
One thing I have noticed (perfectionist) is that the new particle layer takes away the crackling effect in the training scene so I wanna get that sharp before moving on.
Palpatines red lightning scenes are looking epic, btw.
Hmm, there’s also the in-universe logic to consider. Why would teleporting the lightsaber suddenly repair the crystal? Other items, like Vader’s helmet, weren’t fixed when they were teleported.
As for the red lightning, I’m torn on this one. I have no doubt that it looks amazing; and one of the things I love about Leia’s purple lightsaber is that it helps to break up the visual monotony of Exegol’s cyan color palette. But Palps has always had bluish lightning, even back to ROTJ. Maybe it helps to distinguish this one as a new body? What do other people think?