SFX limitations at the time may have played a part in OT Yoda being lightsaberless, but there's no similar reason for Palpatine to have been without one; if McDiarmid could have held a lightsaber prop in 2000-whatever, then he sure as hell could have held one back in the '80s.
Post #572551
- Author
 - DuracellEnergizer
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 - OT: No Lightsabres for Yoda or The Emperor
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 - Date created
 - 30-Mar-2012, 3:52 PM