doubleofive wrote: There are actually people out there who would argue that Vader's lightsaber was always pink, when half of a google search of images from EVERY VERSION FROM 1977-2004 HAS RED SABERS?!
It's no great source for color, but the VideoCollector ESB boot shows some of both: The problem seems to be one side is saying certain shots should be x,y,z and the other side isn't debating that point, they're expanding the issue into this uniformity thing.
- Red -
- Pink -
- Red -
- Pinkishier -
- Pink -
So back then they used either one setting which interacted with the backgrounds or they thought how the lightsaber's blade would look different in various lighting schemes and now they've decided to make the colors uniform. One seems more realistic the other less so.
Still waiting for the black Force Beam:
via: http://pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com/2010/03/ive-got-bad-feeling-about-what-this.html
But maybe Force Beams are orange: