If you have to arm yourself in any SW setting, what saber are you slinging?
Also any SW weapon thread.
Rahm Kota's design is as close as I can get to what I'd want, fucking love it. Basic, utilitarian, samurai shit. Also it'll be blue.
Makashi/curved saber, or some basic shit for going full on soresu, with a blaster pistol
Have you seen this thing?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/51201297/calimacil-foam-lightsaber?utm_source=slider&utm_medium=website&utm_content=home&utm_campaign=kickstarter
>>43639627
Makashi/Soresu/Niman mix master race. My nigga.
>>43639640
thumbnail looks like a soldering iron.
>>43639640
That's pretty fucking cool.
>>43639699
One swing and you have shards everywhere. 10/10 sword.
>>43639640
Do you get your own lightsaber if you back that?
>>43639552
Been thinking about lightsabers for obvious reasons. Thought about cross guards for the same reason.
Are there any sabers with physical cross guards? I know that the saber-proof shit is expensive as fuck, but someone must have tried it at some point. I mean it's a fairly obvious upgrade to give to your saber.
>>43640325
Kanan's does, but it's more Katana than broadsword.
>>43639711
I love this new skin.
I love Obi-Wan's first lightsaber. Even enough to give myKnight alt in SWTORa hilt that kinda resembled it.
>saber
Lol no. A concussion rifle
>>43640349
That's a tiny guard. Still, more than most Jedi have. Kudos to the design then that the saber looks actually semi comfortable to grib and still a useful forcefield and plasma emitter.
Curved hilt, with a basket made of phrik or any other saber resistant material. Light blue blade.
>>43640370
It's a little bigger in the show, that's just a POC, but yeah it looks pretty easy to hold and practical to use, Anakin's looks so hard to hold comfortably with that box in the middle of the hilt.
>>43639552
I'm a fan of longer handles. Since the beam is massless but still acts solid when contacting something, the more leverage you can apply the better. Lightspears are the best at this: shorter, more manageable blade, good reach, massive lever-arm compared to other sabers. Plus the shaft can be covered or supplemented with lightsaber-resistant material.
>>43640325
A lot of lightfoils had handguards and they all had some degree of crossguard/basket.
I remember having some of those expensive fiber Lightsaber remakes.
I think I liked Darth Vader's Lightsaber since you could hold it from the bottom and it seemed to imply that he preferred Power over Control while Luke's Green lightsaber looked like you would hold it closer to the blade.
>>43640395
Use pure cortosis as your crossguard. It's brittle and shitty but you're not gonna be using it to bash stuff. Lock blades, slide up so enemy saber touches the cortosis, it cuts out, you cut your opponent.
>>43640962
>not just wearing a cortosis gauntlet, so you can block their swing with your forearm, and leave them defenseless
>>43640962
I don't know, having it that close to the blade might cause unforseen problems.
I'd get a saber staff that has two power cells and can separate in the middle(or essentially two lightsabers that connect together to form a saberstaff)for maximum versatility. That way you can switch from single, to double, to saberstaff depending on what works best against your opponent.
>>43640982
IMPERIAL KNIGHTS NIGGAS
>>43641051
Statist scum.
Probably a short off hand saber like...Freedon Nadd's I think? Cool for dual wielding. Cool for saber + blaster combo. Cool for having only a saber in left hand while the right is free for shooting everything with lightning.
>Excited to see the gnarled, ancient Dark Jedi relic that Palpatine is probably carrying around
>Its a shiny new iVibrator
>>43641071
I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE LEGACY OF PELLAEON AND SILVER LIGHTSABERS
>>43641096
And that's why Palpatine succeeded, he tried not to let the past bind him, he did what worked. Amassing a military and crushing the republic by force? Didn't work for any of the other sith that ever tried it, so he went all sneaky like. Use an ancient lightsaber that some dead loser used to lose? Fuck that, I'll make my own that incorporates all the newest tech.
>>43641183
>newest tech
>Ribbed for her pleasure
>a glass breaking knob
>custom poly-grip
>>43641233
ban assault dildos how can one assault dildo protect you against an entire rape gang
>>43641233
and a shiny electrum Otterbox case in the offchance he drops it
>>43641096
>pick up your jedi weapon
He shouldn't have had one at all.
>>43640663
I know what you mean about the longer handles man, I'd still prefer a classic saber but with a longer hilt like the one in my OP, leverage is important as fuck.
A Lightspear with resistant shaft is on the wishlist though, cool fucking weapon. Hope when Rey gets a lightsaber in the new movies she'll get something like this, she's already got the staff.
>>43641370
Sith love them some old timey Sith relics, so I had assumed he would've probably had some old dark-aligned Dark Jedi lightsaber from the old Jedi wars laying around.
I guess it'd be retarded because those require you to wear a battery backpack to power them.
But yeah, it was retarded he even had a Lightsaber and wasn't just entirely above Lightsaber dueling altogether
>>43641071
Overall, Fel Empire seemed pretty chill before the whole One Sith usurpation mess, and the Imp Knights quickly set about trying to take them down and put the rightful ruler back on the throne.
Very "fantasy kingdom with a lawful good government" in its style.
>>43641490
Yeah I quite like the Fel Empire, that arc had a bit to be desired but the concept war pretty cool, and a cadre of force wielding loyalists was a cool concept.
>>43639552
Made this in saberparts.com
>>43641553
Legacy is like Dark Empire, in that it's a lot of cool ideas used to tell a fucking TERRIBLE story, only Legacy's story is even shittier than Dark Empire's ever was, with an unlikable douche of a protagonist making it hard to care. The further away from Cade things were, the better the scene was.
>>43639552
I was always a big fan of the Skywalker lightsaber. I love its design, I love the way the blade looks when it's emanating from the emitter. I love the little rectangle thing halfway up. I love the windshield wiper-esque grip.
And blue is best color.
>>43639699
Mah nigga
Bloodberry has such a cool fucking design. IT kinda annoys me that all the other beam katanas in that game look sleeker and less mechanical.
>>43641700
New from apple, the iSaber.
>>43639552
I like that one, though it looks more medieval European hilt wrap rather than a Japanese one.
>>43641812
>>43641842
Samsung shovelware edition.
>>43641787
>all the other beam katanas in that game look sleeker and less mechanical.
Because Blood Berry was some prototype that Travis won in an online auction, all the other sabers are custom built by Naomi, a master beam katana smith.
>>43641863
>Samsung
>not as good as if not better than any iShit
>>43639640
>nearly $300 burgerbonds for a foam sword with a lightbulb in it
>>43641716
>The further away from Cade things were, the better the scene was.
Now that I can agree with.
>>43639552
What would scratch a material that can withstand a lightsaber blade coming out of it?
>>43641891
I understand that, it just still annoys me that the worst one gameplay-wise looks the coolest.>more than 60 years old
>>43641731
Gotta love a classic, and blue IS best.
>>43641700
>>43641922
Something badass, something badass that found itself in a life and death struggle with a fucking samurai Jedi.
>>43641936
Reminder that Travis chose Sylvia over Shinobu, who is not nearly hot enough to make up for the fact that she is Sylvia.
>>43642056
Travis was never really meant to be the smartest guy.
>>43642105
But Shinobu.
Bump with Kota's lightsaber again.
>>43642056
isn't shinobu like ten years younger than travis?
>>43642964
>no guard at all
granted is isn't clear how light-saber physics really work in the movies, but some of the movies show wielders needing to exert a lot of physical force to thrust through something tough. With such a design, your hand could slip off the handler and onto the blade (ouch!)
>>43639552
Have a collection from The Old Republic.
>>43643700
What, no Kallig's Scorching?
>>43643674
For the old movies, Mark Hamill and Bob Anderson were instructed to treat lightsabers like they were really blade-heavy.
Then it seems they tossed that idea out the window for the prequels, leading to a lot of confusion
>>43643783
It's the same model as the Duelist's Scorching. Top row, third from the left.
>>43643674
>>43643801
Some people claim that lightsabers suffer a gyroscopic effect. However, no one can agree whether this means that they're constantly trying to spin or that they resist any turning at all.
imo, it's stupid as fuck. You've got a weightless blade made up of plasma. If it was constantly trying to spin, kids and beginners couldn't use them so easily. If it resisted spinning, then how the fuck do you explain an entire fighting style based around flippy spinny bullshit?
>>43643831
I've been under the impression that the blade wants to spin. However it only has this property when in contact with solid matter or another laser. That way it can be swung around freely but when two lightsabers lock together it becomes a lot more difficult to move because the blades are spinning against each other. Likewise whenever a Jedi is cutting through a wall or something, it sinks in just fine but they've basically gotta put their bodyweight into it to move it around.
>>43643895
See, I tend to think that the resistance comes not from the blades spinning together (wouldn't that just make them slide?) but from the fact that you're pushing two electromagnetic fields together. They stick, like magnets tend to.
I always figured that was why you saw two guys in a blade lock and they didn't just swipe down and lop off some fingers.
I prefer a longer handle, with a curve like Dooku's, but no fancy bling. I also find Mace Windu's purple crystal and that one black lightsaber interesting but kind of Mary Sue. I'd probably pick whatever color was for the Jedi fighters, they kept switching it due to the original trilogy filming against a blue sky blackdrop. I like both blue and green.
>>43639640
>>43641918
>>43640273
>>43639656
>>43639640
That's bullshit.
You can pick up an aluminum lightsaber hilt from Saberforge for fifty bucks. Sixty over at Ultrasabers (but their business practices are... iffy.) These guys want 75 for a plain foam handle?
375 for lights and sound and a foam tube? For 350, you can get one with lights, multiple sound fonts, multiple colors, and a polycarbonate blade from multiple lightsaber makers. With steel or aircraft aluminum hilts and external chargers. Hell, you could go to the Custom Saber Shop and buy the parts and electronics to make your own, sound font and all.
This shit is overpriced and it's kind of sad to see people throwing money at it when they could get so much more with just a bit of research.
>>43640462
Picked up a replica once. It's not hard to avoid the box.
>>43644032
then why does that new guy have a crossguard?
desu imo I don't thing george ever intended for star wars to be as closely analyzed and scrutinized as it was
>>43643700
Shrouded Knight's is my new favorite lightsaber design. That's awesome.
>>43644380
Because he's a vader fanboy sithaboo who doesn't really know what he's doing.
>>43644386
Everyone who worked on SWTOR got a physical replica of that.
It was just a paperweight, no electronics, but that shit was still dope.
>>43644316
You can buy a working plasma cutter for less than 300 and probably have a lot more fun.
>>43644380
The new guy has a crossguard because they're vents. His lightsaber is homemade, and really unstable. It's why it has the sort of "moving lightning" animations for the blade. The fact that the excess heat vents acts as a crossguard is more of a side effect. The emitter shrouds that make it look like the guard would get cut through is there to protect the user's hand.
Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycg_3vhOfTk
>>43644380
New guy has a crossguard because they're plasma vents. Look at how shitty and shaky is blade is, it barely has any cohesion to it. He's got wires and shit on the outside and the entire thing looks poorly put together.
The guy probably had no instruction and just winged it off of whatever notes he could find.
>>43644380
I heard that the new guy (Kylo Ren)'s saber has the two little extra blades because they function as vents for the main blade to help keep it stable. Even the prop looks like its been made out of junk.
>>43644429
>>43644431
>>43644432
my apologies for not following the new movie too closely.
>>43644409
Here.
>>43644457
Waoh.
>>43641922
Another piece of metal. Or a rock, maybe. Diamonds.
I mean, tank armor will stop bullets all day but it's still going to get dinged if the driver clips a corner. It's not like a lightsaber hilt is built to withstand being physically whacked into things.
>>43644454
You're fine. Those of us who actually enjoy Kylo's lightsaber tend to jump to the explanations because of how much everyone bitched. Can't keep /tg/ happy.
>>43639552
Any lightsaber you can half-sword. Otherwise it's not realistic.
>>43639552
I have loved this saber since this trailer came out
>>43644563
I like the idea of the Old Republic Jedi decorating their lightsabers a lot. The fanciness of it all gave me a feeling of opulence amongst the Order, which was supposed to be part of what led to its fall.
>>43644563
Check this out
http://www.slothfurnace.com/sabers/TORConsular_01.html
This guy's wife liked the saber, so he got down to making a replica for her and took pictures of the step-by-step process.
>>43644563
It's actually a saber you can get in the game. Sadly, Revan's great great grand daughter doesn't come with it.
>>43644630
She's not dead yet!Unlike Marr and Malgus.
>>43644654
Are you referencing fallen empire stuff? Because I haven't got around to playing that yet.
>>43644673
Yeah, sorry. Skip the spoilers.
No love for Qui Gon's saber? It's always been my favorite.
>>43644316
I think the major draw is that they're designed for hitting each other with them.
It's hard to find any good larp foam weapons that sell for under $50, and Calimacil weapons are best known for their durability, which makes their $100 pricetags not unreasonable, since they last far longer than most other larp weapons.
I actually have a Calimacil two-handed sword, and out of the latex/foam weapons I've encountered, it's great not only in terms of durability, but it's got good weight to it that makes it the first choice weapon whenever my friends want to spar. That, while still being soft enough to not have to worry about dealing any hard hits (well, I did get a nasty bruise after someone speared by face, but it could have been a lot worse).
$200 is a lot of money, but while I wouldn't spend more than $100, maybe $150 for a foam weapon, I can understand why some people would be willing to put in the money for a glowing lightsaber that they can actually use in duels that might involve someone actually getting hit.
Yeah... but $375 is pretty expensive. I have a hard time figuring out how to justify that price.
>>43644690
I've held a recreation of its model. Really, REALLY uncomfortable to hold.
>>43644704
How?
>>43644747
The ribbing on the grip is too intense, and on the model I was holding they were too thick. Each individual pair of edges on each grip was sharp and harsh. I didn't like it at all.
Was always partial to the Old Republic hilt from Mustafar.
>>43644695
I dunno. You can get some pretty durable blades out there. I know the official FX Replica lightsabers are pretty fragile, but most saber enthusiasts go for the polycarbonate blades. They're not exactly soft, but the thick walled versions are hard enough to go against bokken without an issue. Getting hit by them can suck, but you're probably not gonna go at it full-intensity with a foam weapon either. And you'd still be getting lights and sound for only about 260 dollars. Or just lights for anywhere between 80 and 150 dollars.
And part of what bugs me is that their $75 option is JUST the foam hilt. No blade. You have to pay $130 for a blade that doesn't even light up.
The fact that you have to pay 225 dollars for a foam hilt and handle with a light, when you could get metal and polycarbonite blades for a hundred dollars cheaper just seems like a poor expense overall.
>>43644357
Still though, having to avoid the box is a problem that should have never have existed to need a solution. Good to know that it's not that uncomfortable though.
>>43645204
The biggest problem is that the fucking thing is huge. Like, it's hard to wrap my hand around it. I could hold it well enough, but it's half again as thick as most sword hilts, easily.
>>43644807
It's $75 Canadian for the handle, which is $57 US. Still expensive, but its hilt that matches the full version, so it's good that they're at least offering it, even if it's stupid expensive.
And $99 US for a Calimacil sword is pretty good. Personally, that's the choice I would make, since dealing with the whole light business is probably only cool in the dark, and I prefer fighting in bright daylight.
I think getting the glow is sort of a vanity thing, because, yes, if you show up to a Star Wars larp and everyone else has the $99 version and you have the $300 version, someone is going to suck your dick, whether you want it or not.
>>43645336
I missed that this was in Monopoly Money. That makes their prices much more in synch with the regular stuff and guts a lot of my argument.
Still, I dunno. When I can get something like pic related for $99 US, I think I'd go for it over the foam. Then again, I don't LARP and I don't know how well a foam sword would go against one of those.
As a note: Depending on the wattage in their LED, and how thick the foam is, it could end up being plenty bright. A lot of people use some serious LEDs in their saber constructions, enough to need heat sinks. They can light up a dark room or be seen clearly in the daylight.
>>43645500
What is that grip made of, snake skin?
>>43645533
Probably fake snake skin, since the base cost is only 49 bucks.
>>43642964
That's actually a really neat design. Or, whoever came up with it was good at making something look old and weathered, heavily used.
>>43639552
It's stupid as fuck, I know, but I'll always prefer the lightsabers with exposed crystal chambers. They just look cool.
>>43646033
They DO look cool, can't argue with that.
>>43646033
Exposed crystal chamber sabers are the Jedi equivalent of windows on the side of your gaming PC.
>>43646462
I'm sure transperisteel can be manufactured in tubes.
I have no idea what colors outside of
Blue = Jedi Guardian
Green = Jedi Consular
Yellow = Jedi Sentinel
Purple = Super Special trophy saber color
Red = Sith or Dark Jedi, mostly Sith
Black = Edgiest of edgelords
tend to mean, but I do like the way that an amber/orange blade looks.
Can a kind anon tell me what colors mean what?
>>43646674
Red just means they use artificial crystals. Sith overwhelmingly use it but it doesn't automatically make you evil or Sith.
>>43646545
>>43641731
>Lightsaber falls into the core of a gaseous giant where the temperature and gravity would surely destroy it or make impossible retrieve it
>Here you have
>>43646674
>>43646674
They don't really mean anything. In the Old Order there was the Guardian/Consular/Sentinel split, but there are examples of characters using multiple different colors. It's not really important. Meetra Surik (The Exile) can have a myriad of different colors depending entirely on your taste, with no actual difference between the colors' meaning.
>>43646674
Most of that got wiped out with Legends. Now the crystals don't really mean much of anything, because crystals don't take colors until the Jedi fills them with the Force for the first time.
The only exceptions, to my knowledge, are the Jedi who use yellow, double-bladed lightsabers and guard the Temple, and Ahsoka Tano, who has white blades to signify that she's cut ties with the Jedi Order and has no affiliation to them.
>>43646747
Ahsoka's new blades are old blades, like somewhere between the Darksaber and modern lightsabers that she apparently looted from an old temple. It could be that they're clear for old design reasons, though thematically what you said is probably spot on.
>>43646806
I don't know about looting them or anything. I'm way behind on Rebels and I've been too busy to catch up. Thanks for that, though, it makes a bit of sense given the Darksaber existing. Then again, Maul's still out there. Somewhere.
All I know is that Filoni said that's why she has white blades.
>>43646716
Didn't it fall inside the facility, not the actual gas giant? Even in the retconned EU, they had recovered it.
>The lightsaber, still clutched by Luke Skywalker's hand, had become lodged in one of Cloud City's lower air shafts and eventually was recovered by a maintenance drone. The drone deposited the hand and the lightsaber in Smelting Core D. There, it was discovered by Groggin, the Smelting Core's supervisor.
>>43646885
No, it fell to the core
>>43646925
Is that the special edition? Didn't remember that in the original cut. Then again, Lucas is well-known for always having a "lost my lightsaber" shot. Seems like when everyone in the prequels has sweaty palms and is always losing their grip on their sabers. Probably because they insist on wearing heavy bathrobes everywhere.
>>43647001
I still don't know why the farmers from Tatoine adopted the Jedi traditional clothes as typical outfit for humidity farming...
>>43647021
>>43646689
>>43646722
>>43646747
Good to know. Thanks guys.
Thoughts on the custom saber? I tried giving it as much of a clean, Jedi-esque look to it, open emitter chamber notwithstanding.
It's kind of hard to tell because of the image size and the angle, but the buttons are located on the side opposite of the open chamber, where the switch section would usually be, which is the all black bit.
>>43647104
Need to post it first.
>>43646925
IIRC this isn't the hand/lightsabers. It's just a piece of debris they showed falling for dramatic effect
>>43647104
I like it. Simple, clean. Very utilitarian.
If it were real, my one concern would be slipping a finger into the emitter window, but that could likely be handwaved as being covered by transparisteel. If you can have a wooden lightsaber...
>>43647152
Right... here it is, at another angle, so the switches are more apparent.
>>43646874
Yeah in one of the art bits about the lightsabers designs it had Ahsoka's new ones story, apparently she found them in an old temple. That's looting in my book, the little minx.
I can't wait for Maul to show up, one of my big wants for the next season of Rebels, Hondo and Rex were on that list but they've already turned up.
>>43647200
Oh duh, >>43646674 was what you were talking about. Okay.
>>43647199
From what I can tell, the openings in the emitter window are smaller than the holes for the saber switches, so unless you have ladyhands, getting a finger caught... save for MAYBE a pinky is unlikely.
>>43647199
>Transparisteel overlay on top of the emitter chamber window.
Works for me.
>>43643700
Primeval Ardent Blade's design makes me go hnnnnnggg
>>43647199
>If it were real, my one concern would be slipping a finger into the emitter window
Sheeeit. Use the force, nigga.
>>43639552
37" blade with a 1'7.6" hilt/handle made of cortosis/phrik/mandalorian iron.
Sabre-resistant with a long blade, it is different in use to a standard lightsabre, but the lack of a second blade means i can still use it somewhat as a normal one.
Thoughts?
>>43639552
It's a specialist lightsaber that lets me strike at my enemies from a very long way away.
I call it the blaster.
>>43647822
Why not have it as a double-bladed saber and just... not use the second blade unless you need to?
Or add the pike extension.
>>43646674
Only Windu has a purple saber. In the EU he found some unique purple crystal when he was a padawan.
>>43647850
The extensions don't line up right, leaving an uneven surface. I specifically chose 2 bodies over an extension to solve this problem.
As for the double-bladed lightsabre, you saw how well that went with Maul.
>>43646747
>>43646806
Turns out that one of the Jedi Masters at the temple had a white lightsaber too.
You can see him two and a half minutes into https://youtu.be/2tMQyJCKLcw?t=2m36s
>>43647954
Worked pretty well for Pong Krell.
>>43647973
Isn't he the one with 4 arms?
I don't have 4 arms.
>>43648030
Yeah, but he was using only one hand for each saber, leaving the other two free for Force shit.
>>43644801
Jinsu and Old Republic are right up my alley
always was very fond of Kyle Katarn's lightsaber hilt
>>43648049
I'd personally rather not risk accidentally activating a second blade, and i think a fighting style unique to this kind of sabre would be rather interesting.
Lots of jabs, maybe some sweeps, but mostly focused on keeping the opponent at a range disadvantage.
>>43647973
And Bastilla was okay with it.
>>43639552
I like the plain and functional style, but with a bit of ornateness to keep it from being boring.
>>43644695
Ultrasabers are designed with dueling/choreography in mind as well.
Yeah if you actually want to hit each other you need protection but you do for any kind of dueling regardless.
>>43648736
Ultrasabers has a terrible rep, though. Their fans are fanatical, but some of their output is pretty shitty.
>>43639552
Standard design, force-activated trigger to prevent plebs like Grievous from wielding one. Green blade.
>>43648784
I'm looking into getting a Saber for dueling soon and so is my roomate, what would you recommend other than them for that?
>>43648875
What's your budget? Are you looking for just dueling? And do you mind putting it together yourself or do you want to pick from a pre-made option?
>>43648899
Mostly for Dueling and Cosplay.
I am capable of putting it together but would prefer a prefabricated unless that makes it too much more expensive.
I'm really looking to get a basic one for the time being as I know it already will be a large purchase and if I enjoy it enough would get another later. So for now I don't need a sound board just a Sabre good enough for dueling that has LED(or other light) capable of being seen in day light. Preferably in the $100-150 price range, $200 is doable if that is all said and done with shipping.
>>43647957
He keeps it in his cane, too. Pretty cool.
>>43649228
Okay. Pros of Ultrasabers: They're cheap. They're durable.
However, I've bought two. The glue they use was weak in one case, the tip of one of the blades I bought flew off after four hits. The second, the blade cracked near the tip.
For your needs, I'd probably go with Saberforge. They're a little bit more expensive than Ultrasabers, a lightsaber with just lights, blade, and hilt will be about 110-140 dollars, but I never had an issue with one of their blades. They've got a website over http://saberforge.com/ and an etsy shop (https://www.etsy.com/shop/Saberforge) selling already-made sabers.
Mind you, Saberforge had a pretty rocky reputation a few years ago. Known as nice folks, but sometimes shoddy work. I've never had a problem with them, though, so there's that. That said, their rep is why a lot of people prefer to work with them through things like Etsy, and their work has apparently much improved
Ultrasabers and Saberforge are really gonna be the cheapest you can get without skimming ebay or going to the Custom Saber Shop to buy your own parts (which, depending on what you buy, can end up being pretty cheap).
Comparing the two, Ultrasabers honestly does feel a bit heavier and more solid. Like holding a Mag-Lite. Their LEDs, or at least the ones they were selling three years ago, were roughly as good as Saberforge's, but Saberforge's blades showed the light better and made them seem brighter. The difference between a white polycarbon blade and one with reflective film inside. And I think that Saberforge's feels better in my hands, but that could just be me.
>>43648736
>Yeah if you actually want to hit each other you need protection but you do for any kind of dueling regardless.
Not with foam weapons. A little padding might not be amiss, but me and my friends typically go at it with whatever we're wearing at the time.
>>43639552
Lightpikes.
Did any Jedi use other weapons than light-whatevers?
I mean, they've spent many many lifetimes perfecting this shit. Ever tweaking the styles and the sabers themselves. You've got pikes, whips, staves, tonfa, swords of every kind, double blades, twin blades and probably an axe too.
There's been a ton of innovation and thought put into this is what I'm saying. Something that must have sucked balls relatively speaking to begin with.
And yet Jedi everywhere just seem to dismiss the humble Blaster. Where are the Force gunslingers? The Sharpshooters who curve the ejected plasma around obstacles? Reflect shots around the room three times before smacking into their target's genitals? Force gunkata?
My d20 saga char always used a long-handle, silver blade. Still my favorite.
>>43653044
There were/are several in legends.
Observe these four lightsabers, each used by a knight of the Jedi Order around the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo.
What personality do you think each knight possesses?
>>43653115
Blue is a minimalist with an eye for practicality. The leather grip would
be easier to hold than metal and the inset buttons would be harder
to trigger by accident. They're probably quite philosophic.
Yellow probably doesn't care about aesthetics and is a more barebones wielder.
They're probably quite old.
Green is quite dexterous and enjoys finesse, that's why they have all the
blade options on the handle for tweaking at will.
Or they're still relatively young and finding their ideal setup.
Purple was probably made a full Jedi only recently, the design's cluttered
the way young people often make things but
it's obviously more sleek so certainly a newer model.
>>43653115
Blue is a traditionalist Light Jedi, more diplomat than knight. Your Qui-Gon type.
Yellow is more aggressive, insomuch as a Jedi can be. More Jedi-Anakin.
Green is more balanced. Good duelist, prescribes to the oldschool styles. Not necessarily a battlefield master but a blade-to-blade specialist. Jedi Master over Knight however.
Purple is Grey-leaning. Very battle-centric. Peacekeeper, not diplomat. The lightsaber is made to be able to fight, either against blasters or blades.
I have no clue about the SW universe. This is purely mindfarted.
>>43644695
This is what my group always used. Costs maybe $3. Of course, unless you're hardcore (none of us were), you need to have rules about how hard you can smack somebody, but it's surprisingly easy to do. There seems to be a natural speed that they want to swing, above which you have to really put a lot of muscle power into the wallop.
I only ever played with one guy who had to be told more than once to easy the fuck off, and it turned out that he was a gigantic asshole we should've excluded from our lives at the earliest opportunity, so we clearly should've taken the hint. Most of the time the worst thing that happens is that you get your fingers rapped (since there is no guard). This can smart, especially because the end of the bat is the firmest part, but in the end it's just hollow plastic, so no biggie. And hand hits don't count, so there's no incentive to go for them.
Of course, strikes at the head, neck and crotch are off limits. Lightsaber noises are possible, but only in a do-it-yourself sense, and quality varies widely from person to person. If you wanted to get fancy, you could probably cut open the bottom and put a flashlight in the base of a bat (maybe one of those little, pocket ones), though you'd really have to secure the fucker well, or it would come loose.
>>43646925
Then how did they clone Luuke in the Thrawn trilogy?
>>43653272
Semen samples taken from his sheets in the Hoth base after Leia kissed him.
>>43647957
Apparently the difference there is that Sinube's saber is basically a normal saber but has a silver blade for some reason whereas Ahsoka's are ancient white ones from a time where that design was common.
>>43653272
>How did they unofficial fanfic?
>>43653106
Pic related, now that I'm on my PC.
>>43653692
Noice.
I have to admit, I quite like the look of Kylo's lightsaber, especially the way he swings it, like a longsword, with two hands on the hilt. One like that (though preferably without the "about-to-melt-down-in-your-hand" issues of his specific one), would be good.
>>43653757
>>43653764
>>43653749
Honestly, most of the lightsabers you'll find are big enough to wield two handed without any issue. Average length tends to be nine to thirteen inches and the only real obstacles in holding them tend to be knobs or activation boxes/switches for those who don't like recessed buttons.
Even then, most knobs are near the top, so your biggest issue would be dealing with covertech. Which is why I prefer lightsabers with d-ring attachments.
>>43653773
>>43653784
>>43653791
>>43653784
But Luke's lightsaber had an activation plate, not Force-activated.
>>43653784
>>43653807
Out of canon, I think that double-bladed lightsabers are the only ones that had force-activated switches.
>>43653807
I just needed a picture to represent using the Force to activate the weapon; it is not meant to imply that Luke's was force-activated.
lightsabers a shit
lightwhips
>>43653880
Sure, if you want to give yourself and everyone around you a free haircut and lobotomy.
>>43653880
>>43641700
I can not make a Saberstaff, I am the sad.
I'd design the simplest saber possible - a long tube with a slightly recessed grip, all electronics and complex, critical, fragile parts inside it. Possibly a small extension near the tip around the bottom half-inch or inch of the blade so things can't get in quite as easily. Probably a green blade, because blue a shit.
Alternately, an exceptionally short blade with a long, Manlandorian-iron hilt that looks like a spear. Just because "light polearm."
>>43653243
Well la-dee-da, princess. Back in my day, my friends and I would spend a grand total of one hundred nothings in order to equip ourselves with carbon fiber batons to whack each other with, which you kids might fancy calling "sticks."
Comes in a hundred different varieties, thicknesses, and lengths, and are not only easy to find and replace, but are biodegradable, organic, and eco-friendly.
>>43653115
Blue:
A warrior through and through. Chose a style that is practical and versatile, but simple.
Yellow: As a jedi sentinel, they are likely engaged in activities where a lightsaber is seldom needed. Frankly speaking, this is the lightsaber of somebody who does not need a lightsaber. In terms of style it was likely the equivalent of choosing "default settings." More of a symbol of status as a Jedi than a weapon.
Green: A single-handed saber for a larger jedi, or a standard saber for a smaller one. Either way considerable dexterity is implied. A consular who is in touch with their inner warrior.
Purple: Pretty much just straight up made to "look cool," probably wants it to be seen as much as possible, and are very battle-oriented.
>>43655487
That color coding classes thing was always stupid, anon.
Bioware went full retard and tried to make the different classes of jedi into an in universe distinction, then tied your tarting saber color to it because reasons.
>>43655719
Hey man, I'm just going by what I know.
>>43655719
Thankfully, that's since been retconned. The lightsaber crystals are now clear until the Jedi pumps some Force into it, at which point it takes on its color.
>>43655789
I can see there being correlation between force style and color, which makes for distinct color themes.
Padawans are kind of shit at delicate force-work and make blue, more experienced Jedi make green. Angry fuckers make red and grey make purple. Exceptions abound, but it could work as a typical rule of thumb used in-universe.
>>43644507
>they're vents
Isn't this just fan theory at this point? I recall no confirmation, outside of "you can totally kinda sorta see it because of XYZ!"
How large should a lightsaber hilt that's primarily wielded two handed be?
>>43656660
Well.. look at a two handed sword. Probably about that long, and about as thick as a lightsaber handle to fit in all the lightsaber.
>>43644695
The shill is strong.
>>43648534
I really like this design! Did you make it yourself?
>>43639552
Also, does anyone have similar catalogs of Lightclubs to the menagerie of lightsabers here?
Something like this. Utilitarian yet gimmicky, it's collapsible for ease of carrying and expands into a better two handed size for use, the somewhat thicker bit at the bottom serves as a pommel and the expanding crossguard is cool yet useful like actual quillons, whether it's made of cortosis or creates a beamguard like >>43640325
Beam blade, either blue/cyan because it fits a more martially-inclined guardian or yellow because there's just not very many yellow lightsabers.
>>43646925
>>43639552
Bow down to the glorious Green Master-Race.
>>43661769
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFYoZ7H67A
Proof of that.
>>43643700
Hate the Tythonian Forcemaster's. It just really bugs the crap out of me.
>>43662591
Really? I love that one
>>43653115
Blue is an older Jedi who has come to be more subdued in his life. Maybe they were brash once, but now they're calm. They think before they act.
Yellow is the big time duelist. They're not flashy, but they're the most effective. Probably a bit blunt, not super patient when it comes to social interactions, but when it comes to action--of any kind--they're suddenly a font of experience.
Green is trying to find their place in the Galaxy. They know they want to do good, but they're not quite so sure on how to do it. Probably young, but likely naive.
Purple is a tryhard. I know that's a poor description, but that's what I get out of that design. They want to be noticed, and they're willing to fuck with other around them to get it.
>>43662693
It's something about it that looks like it's been bodged together and could fall apart if it was knocked.
>>43655903
its damage control
>>43662745
Now this may sound like a ruse but I like it because of that, It's got that minimalist look. But If I had one I would make it out of stronger materials so it wouldn't short out or break if it fell
>>43641434
He was but he still enjoyed the visceral nature of lightsaber combat and the idea of besting his sworn enemies with the same weapons they employed as a symbol.
>>43641812
The logo in the thumbnail made that sword look cooler than it is. Like a canesaber
>>43655850
Doesn't really work. Padawans end up with both red and green lightsabers.
r8? Tempted to replace the colors of the body with the "Standard" coloration, and perhaps replace the pommel
>>43657246
Nah, it's from Advanced Light Weaponry. I told him the basics of the designs, the colors, and the styles I wanted and he put together the rest.
It's about fourteen inches long, maybe two or three pounds. Steel. Green LED, Yoda sound card.
Cost more than I like to remember. I had a lot more money back then.
>>43663396
Yeah, I'd say that a different pommel is the way to go. As for the body, I'd have to see it changed to pass judgement, as the black actually seems too work here.
>>43663396
The black works fine. The pommel makes me think of old timey maces, though. It might snag on your clothes if you wear it on your belt.
>>43641051
>It's all legends now.
There's some bad with the good, I suppose.
>>43663503
>>43663506
Better?
>>43663717
Much. That is damn sexy.
>>43663717
Offers a much sleeker appearance, less likely to snag. I like it.
I have a question for all the StarWars people here.
What is the actual difference in the light-sabers?
Is it just color and style or do some burn hotter, hit harder, are longer, etc?
I have seen all the movies a few times each, and played a bunch of the games, but never got into much of the lore.
any help?
I still really want a sequence where Luke/Big Light Side Coolguy either juices a normal rod or staff with Force energy and starts parrying lightsabers or just blocks saber strikes with his hands because his control over the Force is that good.
>>43663874
In canon? Very little difference beyond color. I don't know if variable lengths are a thing, and there does seem to be some difference between the waterproof and non-waterproof models.
In Legends? There's a ton of difference
In Legends, lightsabers made with synthetic crystals tend to be green or red, and they tend to be stronger than regular lightsabers, able to 'break' the blades.
If you have more than one focusing crystal, you can create lightsabers that suddenly change in length to surprise your opponents (explaining some of the FX bloopers with Vader's saber). You had other options, like some lightsabers could be turned down to a 'training' setting that acted more like a stun rod, and making them waterproof. >>43653802 and >>43653791 have some of the EU modifications and such.
>>43663887
Yoda was supposed to be able to do that with his stick in the old, pre-prequels EU. Valkorian and Satele Shan do the bare handed version in SWTOR.
>>43664018
Technically, I think the waterproof modification is still canon, seeing as Kit Fisto used his underwater in the Clone Wars TV series.
>>43665513
Yeah. Anakin, Fisto, and Ahsoka all used their lightsabers underwater, while Obi-Wan's got burned out by being dropped in a puddle in episode one (I think? It's been a while, that might've been novelization only.)
>>43663466
That is so freaking cool, man. I'd sleep with that under my pillow any time the Emperor's cronies were in town.
>picture unrelated, although jedis in armor would be sweet.
>>43646674
None of the colors actually really mean anything. Originally, Lucas only planned to have Luke/Obi-wan use a blue lightsaber, and Vader use a red one. This is because having the good guy use a weapon that was a deep, calming blue created a visual contrast with the villain's more aggressive-looking red one. Star Wars has always been about using visual cues, and the EU is full of people overthinking things that were mostly just used as basic storytelling techniques.
In fact, in Return of the Jedi Luke's new lightsaber was supposed to be blue. But it didn't look right when rotoscoped against Tattooine's bright blue sky so they changed it to green.
>>43662745
I assumed that the jedi was constantly drawing on the force to hold the thing together.
>>43663874
Read this:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030412202919/http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/ls/sabres.htm
Bob Brown's lightsabre analysis is probably the best one out there, because it takes all the fanwank, heatless plasma discharge, and "magic crystal" bullshit out of the equation. A namefag shared this site with Star Wars General a few weeks ago, and I have to agree with his conclusion that this is the way lightsabres OUGHT to work.
The page can be painful to read, but that's an artefact of being from the internet circa-2000. Things were different then.
>>43666404
Seems legit
It *is* called the Force Master's hilt after all
>>43666725
>taking out magic crystals
>in a franchise where characters get telepathy, ghost powers, and telekinesis through a mystical energy field
>>43639552
I must use a saber? I cant choose a gun? much as I'd like to choose a light-mace or light-zweihander I'm probably a better shot than stormtroopers, i'm sure i could do okay with a gun. maybe even a ballistic weapon, because laser deflection sounds like a pain to work around.
are there even any differences in lightsabers other than twinbladed and single bladed? the whip saber thing is no longer canon, right?
I can't really divine any differences between lightsaber designs for tactical advantages though. If it has to be a lightsaber, i guess a longer hilt for comfortable two handing, and waterproofing since that seems to have no drawback. a longer hilt would help me handle a weightless blade two handed and make it easier to keep the bladed end pointed away from me one handed.
>>43666725
>"magic crystals"
Some of the crystals are force augmented, but I don't think you can ascribe their color as being a magic property. That's just physical chemistry
is there any drawback to just getting a red crystal, other than "the bad guys use them?"
the red ones are a result of mass production right?
...wait why would they mass produce lightsaber parts if there can only be two sith at a time?
>>43666916
In Legends, they're red because they're synthetic rather than natural. I don't think that's canon anymore.
In Legends, they produced stronger blades, but the crystals were more easily damaged. Honestly, it's one of those informed things that never becomes really important.
>>43653115
Blue belongs to a knight who is something of an idealist but has been tempered over time through experience. He is a compassionate and courageous person, but he is not very easily tempted by the Dark Side
Yellow belongs to one who has had issues with the Dark Side in the past, perhaps having suffered a tragedy or two and I imagine he has strong opinions about how things SHOULD be. Nevertheless, he is still loyal and committed to the Jedi way, despite his grievances.
Green belongs to a younger jedi, one who has only just recently become a knight or is perhaps even still a Padawan. He is unassuming and kind, and prefers working in the background but when he is forced to take action he is surprisingly competent and at times quite heroic.
Purple belongs to a jedi who was once in touch with the Dark Side of the Force. A Jedi who was either once a member of a group of Darksiders, if not the Sith themselves. He is very skilled in the art of combat but he struggles with other pursuits and duties required of a Jedi Knight. I imagine he often keeps his personal opinions to himself and he struggles to connect with most of his Jedi brethren, save perhaps for the most open minded of his brothers and sisters.
>>43666916
its not mass produced, its any synthetic crystal. Mass produced or artisan crafted, doesn't matter its probably gonna be red. Jedi use natural crystals which tend to be blue, yellow, and green with the rare purple.
Sith use synthetics because they can use material science and FORCE MAGIC to make a more optimal crystal in a lab than nature grows in caves. The refinement is probably what makes the crystals have different physical properties than the natural ones, including being red
Also Rule of Two is only 1000 years old by the time of the movies, there were many Sith before that and they kept backstabing each other until Sith Jesus killed them all and said "There shall be only two, so at least a third guy can't backstab both of them"
Yes this is all Legends stuff, but fuck it the "ancient history" EU was mostly cool and Disney hasn't canonized much to replace it other than Darth Bane being a person who existed
>>43666944
how would they even become damaged?
like what, if you clash swords enough it shatters the crystal?
what the hell does stronger mean for a weightless weapon that already melts through starship plating?
its not like lightsabers have weight and reverberation, as far as we know, you dont really snap the blades or else there could be light-sai or light-jitte or some other implement that makes my head hurt.
I realize that these things aren't meant to be looked into, and also have been recently rendered non-canon, but this kind of thing is what I would look for in a weapon. reliability, etc. feels wrong to pick a color and some aesthetics. engravings give you no tactical advantages whatsoever.
>>43644599
That's awesome as fuck. Thanks for posting that.
>>43666847
The only time Stormtroopers have problems hitting shit is when the aforementioned shit are main characters. They're deadly damn efficient otherwise.
>>43666884
Brown defines them as "magic crystals" because they're crystals that "magically" produce an energy blade because "plot". They have whatever properties the story needs them to have at the moment, because "plot". They work not through any principle that's ever explained in the canon, but "they just do, OK?", which is indistinguishable from traditional fiction "magic". It works because the story needs it to work.
Why he gets irate about the crystals is because they both aren't actually something that was found in the lucasfilm canon, and because they weren't actually necessary for, well, anything other than being a "power upgrade" in RPGs and video games. The page explains it better, but the whole "crystal" thing came about because the light-up controls on the side of the sabres (LEDs, these days) were described as "control crystals" in the novels. The the ROTJ novel, then Luke had crystals as part of the green lightsabre assembly...because he needed the control crystals as previously described. Not because the blade "came" from the crystal.
Essentially, lightsabre crystals (and a LOT of the stuff from the EU, for that matter) are irritating because they're completely unnecessary. All they do is add complexity and confusion and a side helping of "yeah, well MY crystal gets a +THREE to damage, so it's better!"
I love it but it really pisses me off that we don't have a better explanation as to what it is. Is it a black crystal? Is it some super phrik? The fuck is it?!
>>43654956
5/10 stick
That stick ain't cool
>>43663357
i would guess it's like DNA and your unique force imprint gives you your own colour(with the common ones being Blue/green)
>>43667099
yes and if you remove the crystals they get replaced with circuits and diodes and other electronic bullshit in the video games and RPGs. As a concept they work, and in the lightsabers they'd be cut into prisms and lenses and locked into place so they're a mechanical component anyway.
getting angry about the crystals is pointless, trying to remove them is even more pointless because it's replacing a bit of fan wank that you could handwave away by saying "I have a red crystal and some power boosting circuits" if you don't want to bother with force crystal nonsense.
This is one group of nerds, getting angry at another group of nerds for BADWRONGFUN and replacing their BADWRONGFUN with GOODRIGHTFUN.
you don't like force crystals, fine, but don't try to pretend that getting annoyed with them is anything other than nerd rage. The EU is full of a lot of bullshit and Force Crystals aren't even in the top ten list of idiotic shit that people want gone.
Depends on the character, but I love the idea of going pirate too much so generally just a normal saber with a blaster pistol, or a saber and shoto combo.
>>43667219
I want to build a replica of it.
Just because it's so different from any other saber.
>>43666990
Can't handle the power flow as well so, yeah, when the swords clash and press together too much, it'd shatter.
That's the general idea, anyway. I've only seen one lightsaber give out, Tenel Ka's, and that's because she built it like a retard and thought she could rely on herself rather than the Force. The actual mechanics of stronger blades are talked about very little, just the idea that they can 'break' weaker blades, probably overloading them and rendering them useless due to feedback.
>>43667219
>>43668296
It was supposed to be a vibroblade, but Lucas felt that a 'normal' sword countering a lightsaber would ruin their mystique, so he made them turn it into a lightsaber.
I'd say it's got some kind of unique force field projection. Flat and angular rather than rounded.
Personality read-out?
Thoughts?
>>43668700
>Lucas: "Huur only a lightsword can stop a lightsword durr"
>Proceeds to create and entire army of related in EpIII
Bravissima Giorgio
>>43669237
>guy in our EotE group makes a brutal brawler
>no lightsaber skill (this was back when it keyed off Agi)
>buys himself one of those
>ends up doing more damage than any lightsaber user because 5 Brawn
Those staves are really stupid, yeah.
>>43668810
Lightsaber of someone who uses his saber a LOT.
Utilitarian, nothing to catch on, nothing to make it uncomfortable after extended use, made to take a beating. Military without being tacticool. Bare minimum for it to do it's job.
Not necessarily an aggressive sort, just someone who's duty it is to go to places that mean you have to talk softly and carry a big lightstick. Possibly some form of a Sith-hunter.
>>43669237
Did they ever counter a direct lightsaber hit?
>>43667219
My theory?
Sith Alchemy.
>>43672467
It was stolen from the Jedi Temple by the Mandalorians, though.
>>43672675
Do the jedi not have a vault for storing impounded relics?
>>43672724
Yes,
