Lets talk all things Star Wars

[JediMichael]

I had saw the article about a random person apparently caught Luke's saber in the fight with Vader....kinda weird.
I was also wondering...and I'm sure its been talked about here somewhere a bunch, but not going to go through a 1000 pages to find where...but...
In the Last jedi, Anakin's/Luke's/Rey's saber was pulled apart, yet in Rise of Skywalker is perfect again....
So I'm guessing its 3 things.

1. Its a totally different saber that looks similar.
2. Rey fixed it.
3. Disney- "What? It was never damaged, we have no idea what you mean."

Wondering what the official word on that is.

 

[Joek3rr]

I had saw the article about a random person apparently caught Luke's saber in the fight with Vader....kinda weird.
I was also wondering...and I'm sure its been talked about here somewhere a bunch, but not going to go through a 1000 pages to find where...but...
In the Last jedi, Anakin's/Luke's/Rey's saber was pulled apart, yet in Rise of Skywalker is perfect again....
So I'm guessing its 3 things.

1. Its a totally different saber that looks similar.
2. Rey fixed it.
3. Disney- "What? It was never damaged, we have no idea what you mean."

Wondering what the official word on that is.

Rey fixed it.

 

[JediMichael]

Ok. Figured it would probably be that. Rise of Skywalker had a lot of things to fix.

 

[Somerset]

Was it ever determined what we see fall into the depths of Bespin once Luke comes out the hatch and grabs onto the vane? I had always thought it was meant to be his hand and lightsaber spinning away. Unfortunately it's just a blurry blob on screen, but it had always been my assumption that's what it was showing us.

 

[Joek3rr]

Was it ever determined what we see fall into the depths of Bespin once Luke comes out the hatch and grabs onto the vane? I had always thought it was meant to be his hand and lightsaber spinning away. Unfortunately it's just a blurry blob on screen, but it had always been my assumption that's what it was showing us.

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That would mean his hand and lightsaber where with him in that tube?

 

[Somerset]

That would mean his hand and lightsaber where with him in that tube?

Indeed, and you certainly don't see them there as he's sliding down. Plus, what would the odds be of it falling into the same tube?

That's why I always wondered what that object was supposed to be.

I figured it was the hand and lightsaber because symbolically that would show him losing part of himself that he would never get back, and that it was an effect they only added after filming was complete. Who knows?

 

[Kovnyn]

I always assumed it was his blaster that fell. He had it during the fight with Vader, and it falling out of his holster would explain why he didn't just blast the hatch open and climb back in. His holster is empty as he's hanging there, so where did his blaster go?

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I remember someone at Lucasfilm saying that was just a bit of random trash to help show the height.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I always thought that it was a piece of the weather vane, that Luke landed on, that broke off and fell.

 

[Halliwax]

New canon has obiwan catching the graflex from the fall on bespin

 

[Joek3rr]

 

[Toadmeister]

New canon has obiwan catching the graflex from the fall on bespin

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Whaaaaaahhht?

 

[Kovnyn]

New canon has obiwan catching the graflex from the fall on bespin

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Oh no. That's just stupid. Why would he? To force Luke to craft his own? To fill a plot hole created by TFA?

Did Force ghost Obi-wan deliver it to Maz Kanata? Or is that another story for another time that will never be told?

 

[Joek3rr]

New canon has obiwan catching the graflex from the fall on bespin

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Where does it say it's Obi-Wan?

 

[sztriki]

Oh no. That's just stupid. Why would he? To force Luke to craft his own? To fill a plot hole created by TFA?

Did Force ghost Obi-wan deliver it to Maz Kanata? Or is that another story for another time that will never be told?

I mever understood why this is considered a plot hole. Lightsaber fell in Bespin, 40 years later resurfaces. So? It's not that integral to the plot how it was recovered. If Maz Kanata bought it fro an ugnaut it wouldn't change the story. It makes sense to explain how Han LOST the Millenium Falcon but I never had any issue with the lightsaber.

 

[Halliwax]

Where does it say it's Obi-Wan?

It doesn’t, but the costume, and light blue tint clearly hints towards it being him

 

[Halliwax]

Whaaaaaahhht?

Oh no. That's just stupid. Why would he? To force Luke to craft his own? To fill a plot hole created by TFA?

Did Force ghost Obi-wan deliver it to Maz Kanata? Or is that another story for another time that will never be told?

Glad I’m not the only one to feel this way... so where does it go from here? We don’t need this explained.. someone found it in the trash, that’s good enough.. I don’t get it any more I just don’t

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

It doesn’t, but the costume, and light blue tint clearly hints towards it being him

FAKE NEWS!!!

 

[Kovnyn]

I mever understood why this is considered a plot hole. Lightsaber fell in Bespin, 40 years later resurfaces. So? It's not that integral to the plot how it was recovered. If Maz Kanata bought it fro an ugnaut it wouldn't change the story. It makes sense to explain how Han LOST the Millenium Falcon but I never had any issue with the lightsaber.

You're correct, it's not a plot hole, just untold story. I just dont particularly like this bit of the story.

It doesn’t, but the costume, and light blue tint clearly hints towards it being him

And "follow your destiny"? Sounds like Obi-wan to me.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

New canon has obiwan catching the graflex from the fall on bespin

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I’m sorry, but that image is so retcon-stupid that it fits perfectly into the NEW Star Wars Lore.

It was so much better that the loss of the saber represented the hubris of Luke’s crushing defeat in Empire. It was perfect that the saber was lost and presumed destroyed. Well, not if Disney has anything to say about it and it can be “Forced” into the new trilogy to try to bestow some sense of symbolism, gravitas, and destiny onto their new main character.

“Follow the money, little lightsaber. Follow the money...

Uh, wait, I meant, follow YOUR DESTINY. You know? It makes sense, right? From a ‘certain point of view’ and all that stuff? Yes, follow your destiny....”



I assume that ornery old Obi-Wan took a page from “Paddle To The Sea” and threw the saber hilt into the celestial depths with a note attached to it that read as follows:

“I am ‘Rey’s Lightsaber’. If you have found me, please throw me back into the icy depths of space—unless you have eyes shaped like a digestive orifice and you own a bar or tavern. In that case, please put me in a box and leave me for a story to be told another time.”