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Originally posted by: Bossk
We've had that argument before on this site and I'm still not completely happy with the answer. It was in reference to Maul using a lightsaber when he is not a Jedi (former Jedi, etc.). I think the decision was that, because he was a Sith apprentice, he could still wield one. However, Grievous is a robot (android, whatever), so how do you justify that one. He's not a living being or anything like that. I dunno. I so 'fused.
well IMHo anyone who can weild a sword can weild a saber. Its a piece of technology, and follows the same logic as a sword.
Afterall Han used a saber in ESB
The jedi can use them better then an average person because of their knowledge of the force they have great instincts and can anticipate their opponents moves.
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Wielding a lightsaber is similar to wielding a sword. (The difference is in the balance of the weapon. The Lightsaber's blade has no weight to it).
Interestingly enough, Mark Hamill said in a recent webchat that he and Bob Anderson always wanted to do crazy saber twirls and one handed style fighting in the OT (similar to what we see in the PT duels) but that the word from Lucas was always "its heavy, its like excalibur, you can't swing it around like that it takes a lot of effort because of the weight". But this logic seems to have been abandon in the PT.