Octorox said:Sojourn said:Yes, that TPM scene sounds right (it's been a while since I watched the deleted scenes, but that rings a bell), and the special-ness of Fisto's lightsaber is backed up here. Though the point about Obi-Wan on Kamino is an interesting one -- perhaps his new saber was also modified, as per the article, to remain functional in the heavy rain?
The idea of steam coming from water-on-saber is an interesting one dramatically, used well in the 2D Clone Wars series when Anakin is fighting Ventress. The thing about using that series as canon, however, is that while there are some ties to the films (how the third season was used to directly tie in to ROTS, for example), there are many examples of scenes that don't seem reasonable to insert into canon -- for example, Mace Windu taking out an entire Separatist ship by himself (awesome, awesome sequence, by the way -- just not necessarily canon), Obi-Wan blocking flame-thrower fire with his hand/the Force, or Obi-Wan riding a speeder/jumping up a 50-story building. These were really cool scenes, and worked well from an entertainment standpoint, but I don't know if they're meant to be considered the official word on Jedi capabilities. :-)
Take care,
Sojourn
P.S. Aha! From later in the article: "A lightsaber blade was a massless form that neither radiated heat nor expended energy until it came into contact with something solid." This would explain the molten blast door, but also fit in with the Shadows of the Empire explanation.
TFU had far more imporabable feats than that and I think GL calls that canon
That's an interesting point. When there are more stylized interpretations and presentations of SW stories, where is the line drawn when it comes to canon -- is just the story canon, is the presentation canon, or both? TFU is actually a great example -- since there are different ways it can go (based not only on your individual movements (do you kill that stormtrooper first, or last?), or possible storylines (from what I know, there are multiple endings to the game), which is considered canon? If there are different ways the game can end, by definition, not all can be canon.
I see the presentation of these story ideas as interpretive, and therefore secondary to the storylines they're trying to convey when it comes to canon-icity. Lucas may not have ever put Obi-Wan zooming up a fifty-story building in the films, but in the medium of a stylized animation, that can work, and what really matters is that he's getting to talk with his chief soldier to step up a military operation, not the particulars of how high he can jump (at that point, the coolness of the stylized jump is more entertaining, so it is done that way).
. . . but I'm rambling. :-) While I know this isn't directly relevant to any specific edits we're discussing adywan making, it's an interesting discussion that is relevant to the overall attitude toward changes that are being made. So I apologize if all this feels off-topic, but I think it's still important to talk about.
Best,
Sojourn