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Post #783647

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ZkinandBonez
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Design failures (and successes) of the PT
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4-Aug-2015, 9:00 AM

ray_afraid said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

ray_afraid said:

I hate the PT lightsaber handles though. They just don't look the same as the ones in the OT.

The PT lightsabers in general or just the ones that are meant to be the same lightsabers used by Ben and Luke in the OT? 

 Oh, I mean the new ones.
I don't remember if the ones that are supposed to be the OT ones are good or not.
I remember Dukoos, and I actually liked it.
I just remember all the ones in TPM looking stupid. And cheap.

 
Obi-Wan's first lightsaber, and Qui-Gon's lightsaber.

 
Obi-Wan's second lightsaber (ANH, AOTC & ROTS), and Anakin/Luke's lightsaber. Vader's lightsaber is practically the same design, only in black.

There's definitely a big change in lightsaber designs between the OT and the PT. But then again they were very different in the OT as well. The TPM ones seems more standardized, whereas Obi-Wan'a second lightsaber, which is almost identical to Luke's green saber look more like they've been put together using spare parts. Anakin/Vader's two lightsabers on the other hand always looked more stylized. Might be a reflection Anakin/Vader's ego, whereas Obi-Wan's lighsaber, and later Luke's, have more of a practical look.

It was really AOTC and ROTS who went all out with weird lightsaber designs. Dooku obviously had his weird bent lightsaber hilt, and Palpatine/Sidious' lightsaber was practically made out of gold and silver.