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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

Cho-Mai

 

 

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Blacksaber

 

 

IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW, LUKE’S AND DARTH

VADER’S LIGHTSABRES WERE MADE OUT OF

CAMERA FLASHES

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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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