Dark Rey's Ep IX lightsaber [maybe SPOILERS inside]

Jhowe1997 said:
A pic of the original prop used in TROS was recently displayed alongside other props from the film at a crew screening at Lucasfilm earlier this week. I’ve scribbled out a couple other props as to avoid spoiling anything for anyone. It’s not the clearest angle, but first pic we’ve seen that wasn’t of the EFX replica.
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oh, what's the source?
 
Jhowe1997 said:
A pic of the original prop used in TROS was recently displayed alongside other props from the film at a crew screening at Lucasfilm earlier this week. I’ve scribbled out a couple other props as to avoid spoiling anything for anyone. It’s not the clearest angle, but first pic we’ve seen that wasn’t of the EFX replica.
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Where can we see the other props?
 
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Luuke said:
So how does this compare to the one that's being produced by EFX?
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Assuming the Instagram photo is a movie prop, it looks pretty close to my untrained eye :unsure:. The switch (I'm assuming that's what the piece is above the ribs/booster) looks a little different on the EFX replica, and maybe the bulb release pieces as well.
In the movie screenshots, the boosters do appear to be a larger diameter than the rest of the handle around them, but that's not what the Instagram photo shows. I like the look of the flush booster better, so I'd like to convince myself it's a trick of the light in the screenshots (sticks head in sand).
The portion above the boosters also appears to be more “bulb” shaped in the Instagram picture. The bottom tapers down more.
The bulb release portion is pretty far down from the emitters, but I think that would be a great candidate for a blade retention screw on an FX prop. A thumb screw for that purpose that's also screen accurate sounds like the best of all worlds to me.
 
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Now we have more footage of the movie prop. The booster sections aren't as big around as the film stills made them look. And there are magnets where the emitters come together!
 
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