Ridire Firean
Sr Member
Have you ever thought about where the different parts of your hand land on a lightsaber when you hold it?
I've been thinking a lot about it lately as I'm getting ready to cut Hero style arrows into my control box for my custom lightsaber. Trick is, I've got the control box mounted, well, postioned more like an ANH GRAFLEX than anything else. It basically comes off of the hilt to the left at the 10:00 position (when looking at it from the pommel end and the bunny ears pointing up). So, to me it looks goofy having the arrows on the right side of the box for two reasons: 1, they'd mostly get covered by my hand where the fat of my thumb/palm sits up against the upper right side of the control box, 2, it looks awkward having them point up into the air when the lightsaber is resting on a flat surface.
I also think that it will photograph better if they're on the left side of the control box because the arrows will be visible when taking photos of the emitter (the blade holder is a TCSS Graflex style with Bunny Ears by the way). The difficult part I'm struggling with is simply overcoming the mental image of the HERO ARROWS being on the right side of Luke's lightsaber.
Remember, Luke's a Lefty, so his thumb/palm wouldn't cover the arrows! Though I think in the film he holds the V2 with his fingers going over the control box, and the emitter is round so it doesn't really have an "UP" side. Which when at rest, means the HERO is almost always photographed with the control box pointing upwards putting the arrows on the righthand side of the lightsaber. But then none of that makes sense if the wielder is right-handed and their thumb/palm is covering the arrows.
So, how do you guys hold your lightsaber?
I've been thinking a lot about it lately as I'm getting ready to cut Hero style arrows into my control box for my custom lightsaber. Trick is, I've got the control box mounted, well, postioned more like an ANH GRAFLEX than anything else. It basically comes off of the hilt to the left at the 10:00 position (when looking at it from the pommel end and the bunny ears pointing up). So, to me it looks goofy having the arrows on the right side of the box for two reasons: 1, they'd mostly get covered by my hand where the fat of my thumb/palm sits up against the upper right side of the control box, 2, it looks awkward having them point up into the air when the lightsaber is resting on a flat surface.
I also think that it will photograph better if they're on the left side of the control box because the arrows will be visible when taking photos of the emitter (the blade holder is a TCSS Graflex style with Bunny Ears by the way). The difficult part I'm struggling with is simply overcoming the mental image of the HERO ARROWS being on the right side of Luke's lightsaber.
Remember, Luke's a Lefty, so his thumb/palm wouldn't cover the arrows! Though I think in the film he holds the V2 with his fingers going over the control box, and the emitter is round so it doesn't really have an "UP" side. Which when at rest, means the HERO is almost always photographed with the control box pointing upwards putting the arrows on the righthand side of the lightsaber. But then none of that makes sense if the wielder is right-handed and their thumb/palm is covering the arrows.
So, how do you guys hold your lightsaber?
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