DARTH SABER
Master Member
I was wondering where the placement of the D-ring on Lukes ANH "post production pic" saber is compared to Lukes ANH screen used HERO. I thought they were the same but now after looking at some photos I think they might be different. Actually Im not talking about clock positions here, Im talking about what area ON the bottom of the hilt the straight part of the D-ring rests on. I know the screen used HERO had the straight part resting on the edge of the flash. But I looked at some pics of the "Post production" saber and the D-ring looks like it is positioned in the very center of the flash.
Here are the clues that made me wonder about this...
1.) On page 8 of the SW Visual Dictionary you can see that the D-ring on Lukes belt hook is being pulled back at an angle towards the hook, what this tells me is that Lukes tunic or waist area is pushing the body of the saber forward while the D-ring is being pulled back because of the canter placement tension . This leads me to believe that the D-rings placement is in the center of the flashgun.
If it were on the edge the D-ring would be going straight up and there would be no tension pull because there wouldnt be any resistance from Luke waiste or tunic.
2) on the same picture, if you look very closely you can see the flat metal which wraps around the D-ring and is rivoted to the saber runs back towards Lukes belt hook . If the D-ring were the same as Lukes "Screen used" hero wouldnt the flat metal run in the direction towards the control box?
3) Most of us know that the D-ring on Lukes saber attaches to the hook on the OPPOSITE side of the control box, no matter if its the "Screen used" hero or the "Post production pic" Luke saber.....well heres a profile pic of Lukes "post production pic" saber from the Chronicles book...What do you see?
And here is a top view of the same saber ...
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The D-ring base is in the CENTER of the flashgun...
If this IS the placement of the D-rings it would mean that the flat metal which wraps around the D-ring and is riveted to the flashgun must've been cut down to size or else it would have ended up hanging off the edge of the saber...
Any comments??
Here are the clues that made me wonder about this...
1.) On page 8 of the SW Visual Dictionary you can see that the D-ring on Lukes belt hook is being pulled back at an angle towards the hook, what this tells me is that Lukes tunic or waist area is pushing the body of the saber forward while the D-ring is being pulled back because of the canter placement tension . This leads me to believe that the D-rings placement is in the center of the flashgun.
If it were on the edge the D-ring would be going straight up and there would be no tension pull because there wouldnt be any resistance from Luke waiste or tunic.
2) on the same picture, if you look very closely you can see the flat metal which wraps around the D-ring and is rivoted to the saber runs back towards Lukes belt hook . If the D-ring were the same as Lukes "Screen used" hero wouldnt the flat metal run in the direction towards the control box?
3) Most of us know that the D-ring on Lukes saber attaches to the hook on the OPPOSITE side of the control box, no matter if its the "Screen used" hero or the "Post production pic" Luke saber.....well heres a profile pic of Lukes "post production pic" saber from the Chronicles book...What do you see?
And here is a top view of the same saber ...
[attachmentid=1947]
The D-ring base is in the CENTER of the flashgun...
If this IS the placement of the D-rings it would mean that the flat metal which wraps around the D-ring and is riveted to the flashgun must've been cut down to size or else it would have ended up hanging off the edge of the saber...
Any comments??