Original ESB/ROTJ stunt Vader saber going up for auction...

[Halliwax]

love you too buddy, thank you for this. really thoughtful message, im so glad my wild theories help move us forward!

last night I realized they did NOT chamfer the set screw area on the tang of this saber! The DV6 has a groove. We'll never know if the V3/V2 had one.

V2 has one

 

[Captain Dunsel]

love you too buddy, thank you for this. really thoughtful message, im so glad my wild theories help move us forward!

last night I realized they did NOT chamfer the set screw area on the tang of this saber! The DV6 has a groove. We'll never know if the V3/V2 had one.

Get a room, you guys

Are you referring to the “channel” machined into the tang of the DV6 that is missing on the Vader ESB/ROTJ stunt hilt?

 

[thd9791]

Get a room, you guys

Are you referring to the “channel” machined into the tang of the DV6 that is missing on the Vader ESB/ROTJ stunt hilt?

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haha yes, exactly. I should add photos, I know, I've been so excited that I jump at observations. There DOES appear to be a slight reduction, like from a metal file on a lathe just after the core about 1mm. Then I see two set screw marks.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

haha yes, exactly. I should add photos, I know, I've been so excited that I jump at observations. There DOES appear to be a slight reduction, like from a metal file on a lathe just after the core about 1mm. Then I see two set screw marks.

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I could see this “lack of set screw channel” on the tang causing the blade to not be held on very securely, in actual simulated combat.

(I recall the behind the scenes footage of Hamill “chopping wood” with the V3 and the blade flying off of the hilt as he was raining down blows on Vader…)

Here is some behind the scenes footage of the hilt in-action…