Well, MR's V2 is now up for pre-order.
But looking at this passage from the "prop story"...
"For the fighting scenes, a newly machined, but more simplified look-alike version of the above lightsaber was created with a removable blade. A cleaned up version of this lightsaber was used for the close-up insert shot when Darth Vader comments on Luke constructing a new lightsaber. This became known as the “hero” version of the prop because it was featured so prominently in a close-up. The “Version Two” of the prop was altered in post-production to look more like the “hero” lightsaber, possibly in interest of continuity.
Master Replicas engineers modeled this faithful replica directly from measurements taken from the surviving prop, and recreated the look from the movie with the help of extensive photographic reference materials supplied from the Lucasfilm Ltd. Archives. "
...it seems af if MR is saying that the Ben/Luke shared stunt saber is actually the cleaned up V2!!!!
If true, this is a major revelation! Did I somehow miss out on it up until now? Was this previously discussed somewhere?
Is this actually true, or did MR just make a factual error when writing the description, somehow?
send it my way. I've had little to no luck finding one on my last few outings to local hardware shops..
