Hey everyone,
Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. This project has been a lot of fun, and it's great to see that others understand the motivations behind it. Regarding the AV switches, as MH mentioned, they WILL be recessed another mm or so into the switch plate on production versions. That's why I do prototyping in the first place, to sort these kinds of things out :-)
Oracle will follow Apollyon; they likely won't be available at the same time. Glad you guys like that design too :-) And of course, you could always snag the Apollyon parts, build up a saber, and then wait until Oracle is available and then just bolt on those parts. Obviously slightly more expensive, but then there's no waiting, and then you have a second 'outfit' for your Z-Core Saber :-)