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obikal said:
Absolutely, I will agree that a Jedi having a red lightsaber is a very radical idea for a fanedit.
Personally, however, I am a fan of these visual cues, even such simplistic ones. It would solidify his character to the audience at the end of the movie and show that it's tragic the good guys are fighting "another good guy" without having to say it again. If he whipped out a red lightsaber, the average Star Wars audience member would think, "Oh, maybe he was bad this whole time..." Then their Star Wars guru friend (everyone has one) would have to explain that just because it's red it doesn't mean he's bad...
On that note, hypothetically, if you would keep the Episode 2 Geonosis arena with all of the Jedi, would you change some of their saber colors to red as well? Would it be a normal choice at that point for Jedi or would it be something rare in the films, to see a Jedi with a red lightsaber (during this period in the Republic)? I know the movies pretty well, but almost nothing of the EU so I don't know the details behind having red over the others - just curious.
Having said all that, fanedits aren't exactly for the average Star Wars audience member, are they, and this is the radical ideas thread... ;)
Your Rogue Jedi idea for Dooku; is it similar to what I remember reading before/wrote above or was it something different? I'd like to hear more about that if you have thought about it some more.
My ideas for Dooku aren't too different from what has been covered in the thread before, though I did come up with the concept independently. I would put back in his scene with Amidala where he tries to get her to join the Separatists, cut his duel with Yoda (Yoda should never be seen with a lightsaber. Wars not make one great.), and take out the scene between him and Sidious at the end of Ep2 (obviously). I'm definitely opposed to having them develop the Death Star (they're trying to secede, not conquer). This really isn't hard, per se, but just takes some smart editing. I'm uncertain if he should use Force lightning. I can see arguments for and against it.
Mostly, my ideas are aimed towards what can be accomplished without tons and tons of work. I'm not opposed to rotoscoping Dooku's saber a different color, but it's easier just to leave it as is. It's the same reason I call them the Trayd Federation. Simply changing the spelling in the crawl eliminates the need to redub anything. It's much smarter for the Trayd Federation to be talking with the Bann-Kin Union and the Kommers Guild. It would be easier to add a few red sabers when the Jedi take off their cloaks in the arena than it would be to change major fight scenes.
Regarding lightsabers, I'm not extensively versed in pre-OT, but from what I've read, it seems too regimented for my tastes. What the post-OT books talk about is that the construction of a lightsaber is one of the last tests before being declared a Knight, and the choice of the crystal is a deeply personal decision for the individual Jedi. Corran Horn's grandfather Nejaa Halcyon had one with a silver blade. Corran himself made one with multiple jewels that could double the length, and the blade itself was amethyst (I think). Leia's is red, though I'm not sure it counts because Luke made it for her.
One last note: Even if the average SW audience member might suspect Dooku as being bad, that's preferable to having it spelled out and would give a sense of intrigue to the character which provides depth. The viewer would wonder and think about the character and might even develop a viewpoint that he/she could defend passionately.