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Arch_Clone_Trooper
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Mar '05
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Date Posted:
3/29/05 11:32am
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RE: lightsabers
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sam wanted purple cuss he wanted purple, there is no real reason just different colors show up better, or becasue the actor is so good he requests a color.
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Adm_Thrawn
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Date Posted:
3/29/05 1:54pm
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RE: lightsabers
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Mace Windu braved the rock-encrusted natives of Hurikane to recover rare purple crystals that give his lightsaber it's distinctive violet color.
That according to Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology.
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KennyT
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3/29/05 1:59pm
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So I was rihgt. Even without reading that I assumed he had to get some crystal to do it. And that it is Purple means Mace went through trials most would not face to get the crystal. Man, I love it when I am right 
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Adm_Thrawn
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3/29/05 2:03pm
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Yeah...you win.
Congradulations... 
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DARTHMORDOR
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Jun '03
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3/29/05 3:18pm
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lucas said at some point between ep 1 and 2 that only blue green and red existed. sam j. asked for a purple one and lucas said sure.
but yellow should be ok too. the original luke action figure came with a yellow blade. it would be cool if at least one jedi had a yellow blade, just to pay homage to the old figures
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Joeykin_Starrunner
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Date Posted:
3/30/05 1:55am
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RE: lightsabers
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It's fine and dandy that these Saber colors have different meanings and all, but regardless, I feel that Yoda should be the only Jedi to have a different colored lightsaber, not Mace. Or at the very least, he should have a different colored saber ALONG with Mace. Sure I understand that Windu is supposed to be the second most powerful Jedi next to Yoda, but we get no sense of this from the movies. In fact, his character is very underdeveloped. If not for the fact that Sam Jackson was playing Mace Windu and asked for it, he would not have been given a purple lightsaber otherwise. If Lucas could give one to Sam, then he definitely shoulda given one to the most powerful Jedi.
Sure you can say that Yoda wasn't that high on himself and didn't want to go out of his way to make himself stick out from the other Jedi, and thus, send the message that he thought he was better than everyone. Maybe this is part of Mace's personality. Perhaps he feels that he's a bad ass, and trained very hard to get that way, and that he's earned the right to have a different color. But again, we wouldn't know this due to lack of character development, and plus, we know he was only given it upon Jackson's request. At any rate, from what we've seen of Mace, he doesn't warrant having a different color from the others, because he doesn't stick out. IMO any Jedi coulda chopped of Jango's head like that.
On the other hand, we've come to know Yoda through four (five counting ROTS) movies, and we know quite a bit about his character, and how he thinks. Not to mention that we've seen him in action, in a fight that surpassed anything that Mace did in AOTC. So, we SEE that Yoda is the most powerful Jedi, and in that mindframe, he should have the lightsaber that sticks out. A yellow one would do quite nicely, and woulda looked great clashing against the red of Dooku's saber =)
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slimybug
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4/5/05 3:19pm
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That's all crap. Red is for bad guys, blue r green is for god guys, and it makes no difference what color it is. IT is simply to their preference. The purple lightsaber is unique for Windu because he's cool.
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Gemini9857
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4/6/05 12:12pm
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Because he wanted one. In the special features he was like "can I have a purple lightsaber?" So they went ahead and gave it to him. It's just something they did to make the actor happy.
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Guinastasia
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Date Posted:
4/6/05 12:37pm
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Yellow from what I gather, wouldn't show up very well on screen.
In the movies, it's probably just practical to keep it to a few colors-less work for the special effects guys.
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Master_Win-Dex
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4/11/05 7:20pm
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Ok this is from the star wars KOTOR games and blue lightsabers are the gaurdians who battle the dark side of the force and are very good in combat and the green lightsabers are the jedi consulars who try to resolve problems without violence and the yellow lightsabers are the jedi sentinles who focus more on using the force than close combat and use the force to slove any situation.
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cbrowns4812
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Date Posted:
4/22/05 4:01pm
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RE: lightsabers
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I've heard it mentioned several times that a yellow lightsaber wouldn't show up very well on screen. This strikes me as odd. The fanfilm "Ryan Vs. Dorkman" used a yellow lightsaber and it showed up very fine.
I have been a big fan of yellow as a lightsaber color since I first played Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight. The Dark Jedi Yun weilded a yellow blade, and eventually turned to the light, saving your character but losing his life in the process. Your character than takes his saber as your own. I always liked the idea of using a deceased Jedi's saber as a sign of respect.
Additionally, I believe that a yellow blade versus a red one would be visually striking. The interplay between yellow and red is a tad more ambiguous than blue or green, making for a unique mood.
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darth_Boba
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Date Posted:
4/23/05 12:42am
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That, and yellow is the favored color of Darth Kimball, the greatest Sith Lord the Galaxy has ever known.
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spoonman07
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Date Posted:
4/23/05 1:44am
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yoda's lightsaber is cool !!
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spoonman07
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4/24/05 4:40am
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look at this !!
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kann
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Date Posted:
4/24/05 6:12am
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RE: lightsabers
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The colors aren't reliable in that pic. Yoda had green, and stuff like that.
There's a funny part in the AOTC dvd webdoc's where GL talks to Sam L. Jackson about saber colors. Jackson says "what about purple?" Lucas replies "... Okay you can get purple"
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