Qui-Gon's Silver Button

[Wells]

Heya everyone.

I was watching TPM last night and I spotted the silver behind the button on Qui-Gon's Lighsaber in the opening scenes in the 'negotiation room'.

How often is the silver hilt worn? Growing up I only knew the black button hilt as seen from under the poncho shot and on the floor during the Maul duel.

Was the black button only on close ups and the silver hilt was there throughout the film all along?

 

[Dewy]

Essentially most (but not all) of the resin cast hilts had the ring under the red button painted silver. The real part on the hero was black, and some of the stunts were painted correctly with a black ring. Sometimes they just painted the stunts in really wonky ways, it’s like they were trying to do it from memory and didn’t have the hero or any pictures for reference:

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

I like the silver better than the black, that's how I display mine. I like the contrast it creates and how it better draws your eye to the red button.

 

[Wells]

Essentially most (but not all) of the resin cast hilts had the ring under the red button painted silver. The real part on the hero was black, and some of the stunts were painted correctly with a black ring. Sometimes they just painted the stunts in really wonky ways, it’s like they were trying to do it from memory and didn’t have the hero or any pictures for reference:

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Oh wow, no way. That is funky... and pretty amazing. Looks like me trying to color a saber in Jedi Survivor.

 

[Wells]

I like the silver better than the black, that's how I display mine. I like the contrast it creates and how it better draws your eye to the red button.

I do love the silver too, really makes the whole thing pop.

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

One of the Qui-gon sabers had the cap from a rubber cement bottom used as the pommel. There were quite a few variations

 

[thd9791]

Wut

Not.. like the hero, but a found part stunt? That’s.. was it even close?

 

[jedi573]

I was aware of some having silver or black rings, but @Dewy’s two-tone image is new to me. That’s really a different look. Interesting.

 

[Dewy]

Weird paint certainly wasn’t limited to the Qui-Gon:

 

[Twinsen]

Wow aside from the emitter it's like a total negative image... What should be silver is black and what should be black is silver. Very strange. And the pommel cap is... red?

 

[Jodo]

I actually like that reversed TPM Kenobi hilt better than the original.

 

[Dewy]

I actually like that reversed TPM Kenobi hilt better than the original.

Blasphemy!!!

 

[amnesia0287]

I actually like that reversed TPM Kenobi hilt better than the original.

Better is a bit much, but I’d love to get a replica in that scheme for sure.