DuracellEnergizer said:
I'd prefer Mandalorians to wield swords of Mandalorian iron over lightsabers.
Me too. Vibroblades are just fine with me.
DuracellEnergizer said:
spectraljulian said:
Didn't realize there were Mandalorians in TCW. I thought all the junk about them was all EU and hence nixed.
The writers of TCW never tried to be 100% in-line with the EU, but they often adopted and modified aspects of the EU that they liked/wanted in the show.
Pretty lame that they wielded lightsabers too.
I didn't watch the whole show, but I'm sure only Pre Vizsla was shown wielding a lightsaber, and it was a stolen lightsaber at that, so I personally don't see any problem with it.
Yeah, it's only Vizsla (the leader of the Death Watch remnant) who uses it. And it's not even a traditional lightsaber. It's a "darksaber" (hurr hurr), which is one of the more ancient versions of what we see by the time of the PT and OT that was captured as a trophy by the Mandalorians in an ancient battle and passed down through generations.
I believe Dave wanted to just give him a vibroblade, but Lucas didn't like the idea of something that wasn't a lightsaber being able to block one.
DuracellEnergizer said:
imperialscum said:
I particularly believe that lightsabre is more or less useless if one does not posses the ability to use force.
Which would make sense, if the lightsaber could only be activated by a Force-sensitive. However, most lightsabers can be activated with an old-fashioned push of a button. Han even uses one to cut open a tauntaun.
I think too many people put too much importance on the lightsaber as a Jedi weapon. It's a glowing energy sword, plain and simple, not the Ark of the Covenant.
But it is "the weapon of the Jedi Knight".