Help Me Identify This ROTJ Luke Saber...

[Sporak]

Hi there, A friend has this saber and we got to looking at it and I have no idea of it's origin. It's Resin.He got it in a trade.
He added the chrome tape.
My first thought was that it might me a Marco, but after consulting with the resident expert on this saber (JediScout) We don't think so.

She suggested I open this up to the forum here...
So....

What is this?

 

[Sporak]

No ideas huh???

 

[ob1al]

It looks like a Luke 'hero' version. You can see the split buttons on the control box and faint outline of the 2 triangles on the control box.

There are 8 'circles' on the grip, wheras the MR version has 9. IIRC, the Marco version had 8 rings, so it could be that...but if Jediscout doesn't think so...who knows?

Cool looking piece, though!

 

[Treadwell]

It is a puzzler. I've never seen one with two (or more) holes in the windvane like that, nor such pointy pommel cubes.

 

[Sporak]

It's got 4 holes, all the way around...and the pommel seems to be a handwheel...

 

[Darth Detroit]

Could it be an early recast of a Parks?

 

[ob1al]

Did the Parks version have the 4 holes on the 'windvane' bit?

 

[Treadwell]

I've never seen a Parks like that. Possible I've never been exposed to his early stuff, though.

 

[franz bolo]

That pommel is quite distinct!

FB

 

[ob1al]

Could it be an cast of a hardware or scratch-built saber?

The holes in the 'windvane' have what looks like flat-screw heads in them, possibly to secure the piece to the stem.

 

[Dann]

Sure looks to me like it was originally a hardware saber.

 

[Fyberdyne Labs]

Not sure who made it. But I have a resin kit just like it. Some one gave it to me about 12 years ago. I remember seeing it on a dealers table at cons also.
Mark

 

[PHArchivist]

I know what it is...!

































Ugly all day!

JK Sporak. Good luck with the investigation!

 

[Treadwell]

:lol

Here's the Marco saber from the 86-87 catalog:

As Jediscout said, not it. (What did the big black knobs on the Marco sabers do?)

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

I remember hearing that back in the mid '90's there were some machining/blueprints going around the all-new 'Internet' thing, especially plans for the Luke ROTJ saber.

That one looks almost like the most popular version, like the one from the SW Tech Journal, wiht the 4 inserts in the windvane piece.

I would guess it's professionally made from fan-made blueprints, probably early/mid '90's.

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

:lol

Here's the Marco saber from the 86-87 catalog:

As Jediscout said, not it. (What did the big black knobs on the Marco sabers do?)

Tuned in Tokyo?

 

[jediscout]

I have a metal version that has inset holes around the neck--but only two. And it's slightly oversized--the resin version looks smaller, and the neck area is shorter than on my metal one.

To me, that sabre looks like the original was at least partially built with hardware--the emitter looks like it has a couple stacked washers--and it almost looks like there's similar stacking in the black grip area, but very hard to tell from pics.

I think it's a resin pull of a fan-built sabre. But I can't say for certain. It has a lot of characteristics in common with my metal version--but it's not an exact match to that either.

It has little in common with my old Marco ROTJ sabre--but I only ever owned a later-model version of that--all plastic and very high shine. By the time Marco was making ROTJ Luke sabres, he had gotten pretty streamlined. The resin sabre pictured looks a little too rough to be something he'd make by the time ROTJ came out. Sorry I can't say for certain. It's interesting.

 

[Ham Solo]

jediscout knows her sabers.

 

[Sporak]

Wow ,Thanks everyone...
It does look like a hardware saber casting.
The handwheel is the give away for me...
Interesting if it's an old convention piece...one of the first tries perhaps.

Mark, did you ever build yours?