quote:Originally posted by Jeff Raven: I think I've mentioned this before, in a recent interview with Lucas, he said that Blue and Green are for the "Good Guys" and Red is for the "Bad Guys."
Why is Mace Windu's saber purple? According to Samuel L. Jackson, he requested his saber be different from the rest so that in this giant battle people would be able to pick him out of the rest. "Mace is one of the higher-up Jedi's so he deserves his own color." (paraphrasing)
Well, as I said, the film is not the first appearance of a purple saber, they've been around in other sources for quite a while. But you're right in that the only reason Mace has one in the movie is because SLJ asked for such.
And Lucas is on crack with that comment about "good guys" and "bad guys", unless he just means that's all we've seen in the films so far. There's no reason why any Jedi/Sith couldn't have any colored saber they want, provided thy can find a jewel that fits their desires.
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Aban, are you sure about there being other purple sabers besides Mace's in the film? I didin't see any, and boy was I looking...
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I'm pretty sure that the fight scene in the arena was lousy with purple sabers. In fact, it seemed to be all purple and green. I'll try and look again for some screen caps...but I'm fairly certain.
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Blue and purple are very similar looking in some certain situations, though, so it could be either. Most likely it was blue.
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I just rewatched one of the commercials at starwars.com... I went frame by frame in the group scenes...many of the sabers look distinctly purple to me. I remember they looked purple in the movie too.
I dunno...I'm not saying anyone's wrong...I'm just saying they look purple to me.
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Regarding Anakin's lightsaber in the Geonosis droid factory... He was still trapped when it got cut. I'm pretty sure it wasn't even in the trapped hand. He was rolling around, trying to avoid being chopped by those big blades, and, at one point, he didn't roll far enough and his lightsaber was still under the blade when it came down.
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Yes, whether I'm right about the proliferation of purple sabers in the fight scene or not, Mace's, at least, was purple. I think they attempted to explain this by calling it an "electrum lightsaber" as opposed to a "crystal lightsaber" in the Mace Windu commercial for the movie. That's the only reason I can think of that they would have differentiated at all.
Seriously, I don't think we should care that much on what color lightsaber is shown... wait this is mainly a ST techno board. Mybad. It is interesting to note that the lightsabers run on several D-size batteries that heat them up. During filming, Hayden and Ewan both burned their hands while holding them.
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OK...I was reading an article yesterday in USA today, and from what I gather, the lightsabers in that battle scene are all supposed to be blue and green, except for Windu's which is purple because Sammy L. wanted a unique color.
I step down. I'm going to get my eyesight checked tomorrow....
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