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ROTS Obi-wan and Anakin lightsaber Project (OWK preview on pg 11)
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Got any updates on these guys Anakin Starkiller ???
I don’t want to speak for him, but last we talked this is still moving forward. He’s got a lot in the works, and wicked busy
but I’ve seen the finished pieces… WOW!!!
You all are going to see soon that atstarsend has taken his company to the next level
just wait until he reveals these warlocks!
The Owl sabers are machined. The Anakin sabers will be next, after I sell the Leias I have coming
I find it interesting that, even after all this time, we still don’t have a great grasp on the various prequel-era hero props—what was screenused, what was photographed for reference (and licensed products like the Visual Dictionaries), etc.
I would presume that the screenused belt-hangers were mostly chromed resin (for the actors’ comfort), but then there are these mixed media/polished aluminum hilts which keep popping up. Were these built for hero close-ups, but not as belt-hangers? Built specifically for licensing and reference photos?
On the one hand, the prequel sabers were largely free of the restrictions which plagued the OT sabers—they could be designed and machined/cast from scratch, without having to scavenge real-world flashguns and the like as a cost-saving measure. Continuity and purist notions aside, the Anakin and Obi-Wan ROTS sabers are both gorgeous props, and represent the sort of slick, idealized, free-from-constraints design philosophy which the OT sabers might have had with the proper money and materials. That being said, the found-parts aesthetic of the OT is a huge part of its visual appeal. Nothing beats a Graflex!
On the other hand, because SO many prequel props were made from SO many materials, it becomes much harder to pin down which props were used when, as opposed to the limited number of OT hero and stunt sabers.
I would presume that the screenused belt-hangers were mostly chromed resin (for the actors’ comfort), but then there are these mixed media/polished aluminum hilts which keep popping up. Were these built for hero close-ups, but not as belt-hangers? Built specifically for licensing and reference photos?
On the one hand, the prequel sabers were largely free of the restrictions which plagued the OT sabers—they could be designed and machined/cast from scratch, without having to scavenge real-world flashguns and the like as a cost-saving measure. Continuity and purist notions aside, the Anakin and Obi-Wan ROTS sabers are both gorgeous props, and represent the sort of slick, idealized, free-from-constraints design philosophy which the OT sabers might have had with the proper money and materials. That being said, the found-parts aesthetic of the OT is a huge part of its visual appeal. Nothing beats a Graflex!
On the other hand, because SO many prequel props were made from SO many materials, it becomes much harder to pin down which props were used when, as opposed to the limited number of OT hero and stunt sabers.
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It can become an insanity. At certain point you have to start calling them out by frame number per movie. I would find it freeing you can make them out of any material you want as long as the measurements and shapes match 1 version of movie sabers.
Yep - my limited edition (resin) ones are selling out fast: Anakin ROTS Dueling Saber
Standard edition (metal) is coming soon.
That is the plan.
Personally, for AOTC and ROTS, I gave up on collecting "the" hero and just choose to go with a version I like, which captures the style and feel of that movie. For ROTS, they made a ton of sabers and mixed and matched metal and resin. So for my collection, what I'm after is a saber that captures the look and feel of that mixed media approach to equipping the actors, which was characteristic of ROTS
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Sounds great.It would be nice to have a display with both sabers from the endfight between Obi Wan and Anakin(Vader).
How's this project looking in 2022? If it's still on I'll start liquidating my collection now to be sure I'm ready to hop in when it's announced! XD 100% count me in for the pair! Do you have a website? How will you be selling them?
Atstarsend.com
Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I will be showing off and making the announcement there as well
Thank you!
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