Cool design! I couldn’t tell if they used the thin neck stunt on screen but I saw one in the promotional photos. You can see the thin neck in the duel scene for a second. I can’t tell if that’s the long stunt or a fx replica because the pommel doesn’t look like like the chunky neck.
They are literally used as torches multiple times in TCW, Fallen Order, and even in TROS. The real issue is they cheap out on how the blades interact with scenery. When Obi Wan slices through the rocks, there's no molten ends. It's symptomatic of how they aren't really treated like burning hot sticks that can melt near anything. Details matter.
And I didn't care for it then, either. Post-buyout LFL seems to seriously misunderstand what lightsabers are. I recall one part in Ep. 4 of Kenobi where Obi-Wan whacks a Stormtrooper with the blade multiple times in the chest before the trooper goes down. He should have been sliced in two on the first swing.
Though I recall in the Revenge of the Sith novel, Obi-Wan uses his lightsaber as light source.
Speaking of molten, I think that one of the best visuals from the prequel trilogy may be when Qui-gon is attempting to breach the door on the trade ship. He’s not cutting through it like butter, it is clearly taking effort, but there’s melted door and other slag falling away and more and more of the door begins to glow as it gets hotter. I’ve always liked that moment.
Never read it, though I hear it's good.
Yes, I loved that part! Coupled with the use of the Force Theme, that's a great moment.
I must confess now too. I've been saying everything is scratch built for the shows. Thats not true for obi wan. They used MR/ licensed toys for just about everything. The "hero" is most likely a mashup.
I'm assuming this includes the Anakin flashback hilt, I wish we got to see more of that one. Does this mean they used like... black series for the bladed ones? lol I can't see them building whole stunt sabers for the flashback scene... maybe the main duels
Lightsabers cast light on Yoda and Grievous. But that's because they are CGI.
Whoa, it’s been a while since I’ve seen ROTS. Those CG hilts look…ehhhhh. Not good.
Yeah, particularly next to Grievous himself. It's like the didn't try.
Yeah, ‘cause he really doesn’t look too bad for a full CG character from 2005. But those hilts sure do.
If it's the scene I'm thinking of, he hits a black clad purge trooper 3 times. That was supposed to be intentional because those troopers were introduced in the JEDI: FALLEN ORDER game, & they take 3 hits to eliminate them in there.
My mistake. Sorry.
Forgive me, I'm confused— are you saying that you have now learned this information or that you knew it was MR/Licensed toys for everything the whole time and can now share?
This is new info to me. And only regarding the obi show. They had there own hand prop guys. And i thought they had the same protocol as the other show shows. They did not. Thats confirmed. I wanted to set the record straight.Forgive me, I'm confused— are you saying that you have now learned this information or that you knew it was MR/Licensed toys for everything the whole time and can now share?
I totally get if you were under an NDA (I'm under a few of those myself) and couldn't confirm or elaborate our guesses, but I don't understand why you would make points against the idea they were using licensed props for this show in the other thread if you knew folk's speculations were true?
Apologies, I'm just trying to figure out if I completely misunderstood the older posts and am genuinely confused
