THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT LIGHTSABRES
Added on: 23rd Jul 2016
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM “CHO MAI”?
NO? WELL, THIS MACABRE TERM STANDS FOR
THE TECHNIQUE OF CUTTING OFF SOMEBODY’S
HAND WITH A LIGHTSABRE. THIS EXPLAINS WHY
SO MANY PEOPLE GET THEIR HANDS CUT OFF
IN STAR WARS FILMS
WHEN DARTH SIDIOUS (THE DUDE MOST OF US
KNOW AS EMPEROR PALPATINE) RULED, HE OUTLAWED
LIGHTSABRES, FORBIDDING WIELDING THEM OR
EVEN POSSESSING THEM—EVEN IF ONLY AS A
COLLECTIBLE ITEM
NOT ALL WHO WIELDED LIGHTSABRES HAD FORCE
POWERS. LIGHT FOILS WERE A VARIANT OF
THE TRADITIONAL LIGHTSABRE THAT WERE
CONSTRUCTED BY NON-FORCE SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS.
THEY WERE POPULAR DUELLISTS WEAPONS
USED BY NOBLES
GEORGE LUCAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR
MANY OF THE LOWER RANKS, SUCH AS
STORMTROOPERS AND REBEL TROOPS, TO HAVE
LIGHTSABRES. LATER ON, IT WAS DECIDED THAT
ONLY THE SITH AND JEDI WOULD POSSESS THESE
WEAPONS, TO BUILD MYSTIQUE AND REVERENCE
FOR THE CHARACTERS WHO WIELDED THEM
LUKE’S NEW LIGHTSABRE WAS GOING TO BE BLUE,
AND WAS EVEN SHOWN AS SUCH IN EARLY RETURN
OF THE JEDI PROMOS. BUT LUCAS MADE THE CALL
TO SWITCH IT TO GREEN SOLELY BECAUSE THE
BLUE BLADE WAS MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE DURING
THE FIGHT SCENE ABOVE THE SARLACC, AS IT
WAS GETTING LOST AGAINST THE BLUE SKY
EVEN THOUGH LIGHTSABRES CAN BE ANY COLOUR,
THERE’S ONLY ONE BLACK-BLADED LIGHTSABRE,
KNOWN AS THE DARKSABER. IT’S AN ANCIENT
WEAPON THE JEDI HAD THAT WAS STOLEN BY
THE MANDALORES, WAY BACK
IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW, LUKE’S AND DARTH
VADER’S LIGHTSABRES WERE MADE OUT OF
CAMERA FLASHES
ORIGINALLY THEY USED TO BE CALLED
“LAZERSWORDS.” WELL, NOT IN THE STAR WARS
UNIVERSE REALLY, JUST IN GEORGE LUCAS’S
EARLIEST DRAFTS OF THE STAR WARS SCRIPT.
I KNOW WE WILL ALL HAPPILY AGREE THAT
“LIGHTSABRES” SOUNDS WAY BETTER
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