Monroville said:
professa said:
the problem i see with doing this is that even if a lightsaber can cut through anything there should probably be a drag factor when cutting through armor like that - think qui-gon melting the blast doors in tpm but not so severe. that may make it undo-able. plus ady didn't seem too keen on this idea iirc. still he's changed his mind before :)

Well, it's also the arc of the lightsabre.. does it go "through" the outer armor plate above Luke when he swings it? Even if the extra FX work is simply on the door itself (to make it a hole he's cut as opposed to a door that just opens for him) that would work, but one has to look at the path of the sabre as Luke swings it to see if the FX goes through solid objects without any interaction, regardless of what that interaction would be.

No, no need to re-design the hatch to look like a hole made by the saber.

Luke used his handy magnet-end rope and winch to get up there. He probably figured he'd cut a hole in one of the two leg engines. When he got there, he found this convenient hatch and went for that instead.

Sometimes it adds some dimension to leave your mind to fill in the blanks.