I definitely understand the draw for the Neopixel type blade, for budget I did an in hilt build but eventually may do LED blade. Do you have any photos?
Nothing relevant. As I said, the design has evolved since I started. It's buried in my Jedi project bin, which I can't get to right now. I'll try to get to the point I can in about a week. Sorry not sooner. I'm... doing some more esoteric electronic stuff with it that I'll show later, too.
According to Lucas, Vader didn't have the same potential as Anakin because he had less flesh to channel the Force. He also can't use Force lightning because you have to channel it through living flesh. So why would Sidious allow Dooku to take Anakin's arm off in AOTC? He was effectively weakening Sidious' potential apprentice. That is unless he wasn't supposed to and Dooku was sabotaging it because he knew Sidious was grooming Anakin to replace him?
What some people call whining, I consider it to be having standards. Some people are loyal to brands no matter how bad the product gets. That's their prerogative just as its mine to not like the new product. To each their own.
We're all fans. That's why we get so into these debates. Lol