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Offline JediUlinMarek

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Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« on: April 08, 2012, 10:19:52 AM »
Mine is one of 3: Obi-Wan ANH, Luke ESB, or Luke ROTJ. Can't decide, but I want to know yours.
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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2012, 01:41:25 AM »
Mine has to be Vaders saber from ESB. Its simply a stunning and brutal saber, capable of being strong yet swift.

All Lord Vader would have to do is ignite his blade and planets would fall to their knees in terror. That kind of a statement could not be made with any other saber!

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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2012, 01:48:35 AM »
oooo... hard... Luke ANH... glass eye all the way

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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2012, 01:54:56 AM »
Graflex all the way!!!  8) --> Luke ESB


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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2012, 02:12:28 AM »
Luke ESB for sure! ;)

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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2012, 02:49:46 AM »
Vader ANH for me. :)

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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2012, 02:53:00 AM »
I voted for the first lightsaber I ever saw 'ignited' in 1977; Luke ANH

But over time I've come to appreciate the 'sophistication' of the Luke ROTJ Hero which imo is the only OT hilt that looks like a 'perfected' design built-to-order 'clean' saber like we see in the PT rather than the OT aesthetic of cobbled together from salvaged parts or repaired from beat up junk 'make do' sabers. And it must be pretty close to perfection since Luke uses it for the rest of his life even when as Grandmaster he could easily replace it with something better, if there was anything better. But for that very same reason I can't vote for it though, since it looks like it belongs in the well established Jedi Order of the PT or the reestablished NJO rather than something built in a hut by a farmboy in the OT. YMMV of course.

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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2012, 06:56:14 AM »
Luke ROTJ. Simply perfect and beautiful. (best as V2 IMHO)


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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2012, 07:14:24 AM »
Luke esb idk why... but I love it.





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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2012, 07:27:25 AM »
OBI-ANH ! I remember as a child, when I heard I could recreate it with plumbing parts, I rushed to the hardware store to start looking for those parts. Hands down the hardest to recreate to 1:1, even static props (rare original parts, Russrep, or custom). What Luke's was striving to look like by ROTJ. The quintessential old masters saber.    
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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2012, 07:35:37 AM »
Luke ROTJ Hero version for me. Its clean and simple. Shows Luke's progress in the Force. Wasn't used to murder children....

Sorry but after ROTS the Graflex will always have that taint for me.

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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2012, 08:19:44 AM »
Ok I'll exPlain another reason for why I vote Luke AnH

Aside from being he first lightsaber I'd ever seen there was something simple obi wan said that cemented it in my child's brain.

"This was your father's lightsaber."

I grew up knowing only that my mom and dad were divorced. I never had a regular father figure growing up and only saw my dad sporadically. When I did see him, we watched star wars on video and he was the one that took me to see ROTJ in the theaters.

So at that time in my life I really wanted him to be part of my life and I was into anything he was consequently.

So when obi wan explained that it had belonged to Luke's father I identified with the longing to know your father more and how it would feel to have an heirloom like that.

That little sentimental tug has always stuck with me.

And even though I haven't seen my father in years and years and he hasn't even bothered to see his only grandson in the 1 1/2 years he's been alive, I can still remember the romantic notion of it all in my 35 year old child's mind.


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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2012, 08:47:08 AM »
i like the Luke ROTJ.  its iconic. i mean even till this day, you look at the forums and its one of the top sellers. 

poor vader, always left behind.   :'(

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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2012, 11:11:29 AM »
LUKE ROTJ for me. For me, it has an aesthetic value that screams lightsaber when you see it, especially the V2 version with the cool lever.

It is also the first green saber I ever saw. I was expecting a blue saber in ROTJ and when he ignited it and it's GREEN! I was like that is so COOL!!!

The visual of him catching the saber and igniting it will be forever seared into my brain.

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Re: Favorite Original Trilogy Lightsaber
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2012, 11:24:53 AM »
Vader ANH/ESB

 

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