Luke ROTJ V2 lightsaber

MCM · Jan 17, 2017

I bet that "circle" in between the pommel cubes is from when the saber was used as a hammer during ESB.

Spyhunter2k · Jan 17, 2017

Pixelpiper said:
As best as I can tell the video is being served at 960x540 to me - I'll take a more detailed look later to see if there are any options to get a higher resolution stream. The capture below is at the window size I happened to be viewing, so it's enlarged. It was captured when the camera stopped zooming and the saber is in its most focused state.

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Nice cap. Were there any frames when the front of the saber is in focus?

Pixelpiper · Jan 17, 2017

Spyhunter2k said:
Nice cap. Were there any frames when the front of the saber is in focus?

Let's see if I can attach a PNG without it getting mangled...

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Spyhunter2k · Jan 17, 2017

Such a fat gap between the emitter face and n!pple...

Pixelpiper · Jan 17, 2017

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scottjua · Jan 17, 2017

MCM said:
I bet that "circle" in between the pommel cubes is from when the saber was used as a hammer during ESB.

or you could just read my post above

Pixelpiper · Jan 17, 2017

scottjua said:
or you could just read my post above

It's no moon, but I don't think it's possible to say with 100% confidence what put the mark there - or when it was put there.

SethS · Jan 17, 2017

If that doesn't yield some pretty exacting plans/measurements I don't know what will.

cjchiu · Jan 17, 2017

Wait, are the grenade rings even or uneven on the V2?

veektohr · Jan 17, 2017

I think Scott is right about the circle being a milling artifact. Somebody probably asked the machinist a question and he paused there for a second.

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teecrooz · Jan 17, 2017

Scott is a machinist who has held this saber in his own hands. I'm inclined to believe him.

Sundowner · Jan 17, 2017

cjchiu said:
Wait, are the grenade rings even or uneven on the V2?

They are uneven

Probe Droid · Jan 17, 2017

Hamill posted this pic. Sorry if it's a repeat (I did look).

kevin926 · Jan 17, 2017

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Terrific screen shots, thank you for doing this and sharing. Alot of detail here.

thd9791 · Jan 17, 2017

I forgot about this until this afternoon. I bought a bottle of bourbon for a friend and in return he attempted to lathe the shared stunt. I gave it an experimental paint job back then...mixed my copper rattle can with some semi gloss black with a toothpick and brushed it on. I then dusted black over that like the Hoth flash hider.

Pixelpiper · Jan 17, 2017

kevin926 said:
Terrific screen shots, thank you for doing this and sharing. Alot of detail here.

No problem - I like stirring the pot after all.

kevin926 · Jan 17, 2017

Pixelpiper said:
As best as I can tell the video is being served at 960x540 to me - I'll take a more detailed look later to see if there are any options to get a higher resolution stream. The capture below is at the window size I happened to be viewing, so it's enlarged. It was captured when the camera stopped zooming and the saber is in its most focused state.

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Does that circle on the pommel look raised to anyone else? Great screen grabs!

thd9791 · Jan 17, 2017

Also the pommel cube section has always looked dirtier than the rest of the pommel (top and bottom rings)

Pixelpiper · Jan 17, 2017

kevin926 said:
Does that circle on the pommel look raised to anyone else? Great screen grabs!

To me it looks like the circle marks around the outside are unevenly depressed - and also partially offset, so as not to form a perfect circle. Like you might see on some other piece of metal you hit with a crooked cutting/punching die multiple times.

But in the end it's not an interesting enough artifact for me nor an obvious part of the intentional design, so not something I'd bother to replicate on my ROTJ saber. At this point I'd really be satisfied with having all the correct basic proportions nailed (diameters and lengths/thicknesses/angles) on all the parts of a replica.

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