wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (12/13/83)
As I remember from somewhere, part of the Jedi's training is innhow to
construct a lightsaber. And Luke originally had his father's
lightsaber, who had learned to make his original lightsaber while the
student of Obe Wan Knobe (sp). Could the color choice simply be a
matter of choice of the maker? Could it be an indication of
allegiance (Dark Side, old Jedi, reborn Jedi (sic))?
Another question is of the powersource for a lightsaber. Does it draw
the energy from an internal power source or from the Force itself?
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Walt Pesch
Specialist in Removal of Oral Insertions of Feet
AT&T Western Electric
ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpeschrigney@uokvax.UUCP (12/19/83)
#R:ihuxp:-54700:uokvax:12300007:000:347 uokvax!rigney Dec 16 14:43:00 1983 If you'll recall in the first movie, there were some massive batteries in the handle. I think the identification of Light Sabers with wielders of the Force came about because it's not a terribly useful weapon without a lot of practice and the skill (link with the force) to use it in defending from ranged attacks. Carl ..!ctvax!uokvax!rigney
bmcjmp@burdvax.UUCP (Barb Puder) (12/20/83)
I was of the opinion tha Luke's new lightsaber is green because green is the complimentary color of red. What that means is that, when dealing with pure light, taking red light (as in Vader's lightsaber) and green light (Luke's), and blending them, the result is white light. This fits in rather nicely with the themes of the movie, but I am willing to believe it to be a coincidence -- anybody have any thoughts on this? Barb Puder, burdvax!bmcjmp (not burvax! puder -- please!)