One of the most sought after hilts in our hobby has finally made it’s way to become a fully functional FX version. There was a time when this hilt could simply not be made and produced because of the extremely high costs. However as we know in our hobby, things change in time, as well as the ability to create better prop replicas. So here is the Korbanth run Sid.
It’s a small saber as expected, but it feels good in the hand. LDM did a great job on the Trans-Copper powder coating, which gave it that extra je ne sais quoi. I opted to not have the LED’s on the sides lighted as for my personal tasted I felt the hilt didn’t need it as it was nice enough on it’s own. The hidden pommel switches are a nice touch as well as I feel that Palpatine would have used the Force to activate his saber and thus not need any visible activation buttons.
I did some research on the weapon and found out some cool info. I covered that in the video.
Thanks to Korbanth for the run and extra thanks to LDM/GENERAL GREIVOUS for doing the install. I’ll be debuting this one this weekend as I teach the San Francisco’s Golden Gate Knights my version of Form VII-Juyo. After all, can’t we see Darth Sidious using elements of that form in his saber battles? >:D
Specs:
Korbanth SID hilt
Trans copper PC'ing
Crystal Shard V. 2.5 with Novastar's Ep. III Sidious, Episode 2 Darkside, and Nova/Eastern 57's Darkmeat
12W RGBW LED with white FoC
Single cell 3.7 V 14500 Li-Ion battery
Video
Darth Sidious Lightsaber by LDM Custom Sabers - YouTube