Unrelated story: A long time ago, like 15+ years ago, I was having a discussion with my older brother about Lightsabers (he's also a huge SW and Sci-fi fan). We were waxing philosophical about the history of the Jedi and the history of lightsabers and we started talking about the 'first' lightsaber, the original Jedi lightsaber. Now, this was way before the proto-saber was created, so we were just riffing on our own ideas.
My brothers idea for the 'first' Jedi lightsaber was one shaped like the monolith from 2001 but in lightsaber dimensions. Flat black, rectangular with rounded corners, flat sides, and the size would be like 11 inches tall, 1.25 inches wide, 3/4 inch thick. Totally smooth, no buttons, no knobs, just an opening on the top for the blade to come out. Because there are no outside buttons, the Jedi uses the force to turn it on and off. He said it would fit in holster and not have a clip or ring to hang from the belt.
I said his lightsaber sounds boring and would look like a TV remote control with no buttons. His logic was it was the least saber a Jedi needed, the bare minimum of a lightsaber. Fancy buttons, grips, activation boxes, and stacked rings would just be personality and vanity, against what a Jedi should be.
