BlueCardinal said:
I've also read on this and the Radical Redux thread about the varying suggestions on lightsaber colors. Here's my humble opinion:
I'm not a big fan of the "Lite Brite" approach of having every color of the rainbow. George kind of set a precedent with the notion of blue=good, red=bad, and this works. I really like the suggestion from the Radical Redux thread of making the Jedi lightsabers varying shades of blue. Since it's a crystal inside the hilt that determines the blade color, different cuts or imperfections from one crystal to the next would cause slight variations in color. We see this all the time in diamonds and other gemstones. I also like the idea of letting Luke have the first green saber as it symbolizes a new start for the Jedi order, plus it could mean that he may have had to improvise a little bit with a different type of crystal (but no on-screen explanations, please).
This consistency of blue could apply to Mace, Dooku, and Anakin as well. No purple to make Mace "special", and a blue for Dooku to keep him a good Jedi, even if taking his own approach to the problem. I think one of the few things George got right was keeping Anakin's lightsaber blue during his duel with Obi Wan. I thought for sure he would make it red, but I'm glad he didn't treat it like a mood ring.
Now, before you say that it would look really boring with 30 blue lightsabers in one shot, I'm also going to echo Plinkett in that there are WAY too many lightsabers in the PT. It really missed the opportunity to explore the spiritual side of the Force. Instead, we got midichlorians and excuses to show off lightsabers in every scene. If that could be reduced, the varying hues of blue sabers could be very effective.
Again, this is just my opinion and Ady may already have one on the issue, but just thought I'd cast my vote.
This is something I looked at a while ago and really want to see happen.
I even tinkered with doing global colour correction on Geonosis to make all the sabers blue without rotoscoping:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jam2WqcjGC4
I can tell that Ady would always go for a full rotoscope though, being a perfectionist. My test has some significant green bleed.