Luke ROTJ V2 lightsaber

[MCM]

I bet that "circle" in between the pommel cubes is from when the saber was used as a hammer during ESB.

 

[Spyhunter2k]

As best as I can tell the video is being served at 960x540 to me - I'll take a more detailed look later to see if there are any options to get a higher resolution stream. The capture below is at the window size I happened to be viewing, so it's enlarged. It was captured when the camera stopped zooming and the saber is in its most focused state.

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Nice cap. Were there any frames when the front of the saber is in focus?

 

[Pixelpiper]

Nice cap. Were there any frames when the front of the saber is in focus?

Let's see if I can attach a PNG without it getting mangled...

 

[Spyhunter2k]

Such a fat gap between the emitter face and n!pple...

 

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[scottjua]

I bet that "circle" in between the pommel cubes is from when the saber was used as a hammer during ESB.

or you could just read my post above

 

[Pixelpiper]

or you could just read my post above

It's no moon, but I don't think it's possible to say with 100% confidence what put the mark there - or when it was put there.

 

[SethS]

If that doesn't yield some pretty exacting plans/measurements I don't know what will.

 

[cjchiu]

Wait, are the grenade rings even or uneven on the V2?

 

[veektohr]

I think Scott is right about the circle being a milling artifact. Somebody probably asked the machinist a question and he paused there for a second.


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[teecrooz]

Scott is a machinist who has held this saber in his own hands. I'm inclined to believe him.

 

[Sundowner]

Wait, are the grenade rings even or uneven on the V2?

They are uneven

 

[Probe Droid]

Hamill posted this pic. Sorry if it's a repeat (I did look).

 

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Terrific screen shots, thank you for doing this and sharing. Alot of detail here.

 

[thd9791]

I forgot about this until this afternoon. I bought a bottle of bourbon for a friend and in return he attempted to lathe the shared stunt. I gave it an experimental paint job back then...mixed my copper rattle can with some semi gloss black with a toothpick and brushed it on. I then dusted black over that like the Hoth flash hider.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Terrific screen shots, thank you for doing this and sharing. Alot of detail here.

No problem - I like stirring the pot after all.

 

[kevin926]

As best as I can tell the video is being served at 960x540 to me - I'll take a more detailed look later to see if there are any options to get a higher resolution stream. The capture below is at the window size I happened to be viewing, so it's enlarged. It was captured when the camera stopped zooming and the saber is in its most focused state.

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Does that circle on the pommel look raised to anyone else? Great screen grabs!

 

[thd9791]

Also the pommel cube section has always looked dirtier than the rest of the pommel (top and bottom rings)

 

[Pixelpiper]

Does that circle on the pommel look raised to anyone else? Great screen grabs!

To me it looks like the circle marks around the outside are unevenly depressed - and also partially offset, so as not to form a perfect circle. Like you might see on some other piece of metal you hit with a crooked cutting/punching die multiple times.

But in the end it's not an interesting enough artifact for me nor an obvious part of the intentional design, so not something I'd bother to replicate on my ROTJ saber. At this point I'd really be satisfied with having all the correct basic proportions nailed (diameters and lengths/thicknesses/angles) on all the parts of a replica.