Kenobi's Lightsaber Made A Cameo As A Tool In "ESB"!!

[Captain Dunsel]

I was watching "The Empire Strikes Back" for something like the 500'th time today...

Anyway, in the scene introducing Han in the Hoth hanger, after he dismounts his tauntaun and is arguing with Chewbacca, something in the hand of the rebel soldier to the upper right hand side of the screen caught my eye....it was one of Kenobi's lightsabers from "Star Wars" being used pommel side up and emitter side down as a tool. It clearly is metal and seems to be either the hero or one of the dueling versions with the blade removed.

I am sure this may have already have been known but this was a new discovery for me.

I apologize as these are taken directly from my screen:



( "Hey, Chewie? If I ever get frozen in carbonite, I'm thinking of raising my hands up like this and and then gaping my mouth open like this. Whadya think??" )

Anyway...back to the lightsaber. Zooming in...

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I'll see if I'm able to get some better pics ...

 

[Bryanmc]

Heh, that's great. Had no idea!


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[Cadger]

Hm... Nice attention to the details! Interesting, but I'm not quite sure... You can find good screen captures at this page Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | Star Wars Screencaps.com.

This site is a great resource!

 

[Captain Dunsel]

That's a great site!

Having re-watched the scene a few times, it definitely is one of Kenobi's hilts; it's even clearer on my TV than in these shots as the rebel mechanic waves it around.





You can see the pommel cubes here as well as the Graflex clamp which appears to have been flipped with the lever on the opposite side of where it was in ANH and pointing towards the emitter rather than away.



Simulated here with the Graflex clamp flipped:

 

[Romans Empire]

Very cool, Matt! This is news to me

Maybe the Obi-Wan still exists somewhere in a crew members home, and wasn't taken apart and trashed...

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Very cool, Matt! This is news to me

Maybe the Obi-Wan still exists somewhere in a crew members home, and wasn't taken apart and trashed...

Wouldn't that be nice?

The interesting thing is, in the shots of the V2 and Shared Stunt during Empire, they appear to still have their blades attached and were used for dueling.

Is it possible the hero was tossed in a box with other ANH props and then brought out again as a miscellaneous item in ESB??

 

[Sym-Cha]

Wow ... this is certainly worth investigating some more ... it sure does look like OB1's lightsaber indeed

Chaim

 

[Wildcard]

Great eye for details Alley; I've never noticed that before!

And thank you Cadger for the link to Star Wars Screencaps.com.

 

[Daddy Solo]

Pretty amazing catch! Thanks for posting.

 

[thd9791]

Nice find! It's news to me too, and I'm craving clearer pics. I'm really curious now - was it a stunt (V2 or SS) while they were still black or was it a hero prop? The bottom surface looks a little soft to be a stunt, but that could just be the resolution. Thanks for starting this!!

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Nice find! It's news to me too, and I'm craving clearer pics. I'm really curious now - was it a stunt (V2 or SS) while they were still black or was it a hero prop? The bottom surface looks a little soft to be a stunt, but that could just be the resolution. Thanks for starting this!!

I agree...when I watch the scene the pommel looks too rounded and too chrome-like to be a stunt.

 

[Robert McLain]

Hope this video works....Looks even better in motion


Robert

 

[hansolo2504]

Haha that's great!

 

[Captain Dunsel]

If only we could tell what version it is...

I can even make out what appears to be a D Ring when I watch it full size.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Here is at least one of the bladed stunts at the time of empire

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I never noticed that either! It's still not as lazy as the lack of individualized lightsabers for all of the Prequel Jedi.

 

[ataru72ita]

I never stop to learn here at the RPF!!:thumbsup

Thank You Alley!

Alberto

 

[Wolfsburg]

Wow, that is interesting! One would think the propmasters would have the presence of mind with such a recognizable prop to say "Nah, that's a lightsaber. Use something else" unless it was an intentional easter egg.

 

[Ronan87]

Brilliant!!!