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I've seen this site before. Besides the disdain he shows for the crystal theory, which I happen to think is fairly plausible, the fighting style breakdown is actually very good. However, he seems to forget that this is movie fighting ...it's not enough for it to be technically correct...it has to look good. It has to be cool and flowing and it has to keep the butts in the seats.
One of my biggest gripes with his arguements is what he says about Qui Gon going out of his way to protect the "stupid" Obi Wan. Does it not occur to anyone that a Jedi pair probably work as a team on purpose? They can probably sense the other's intentions protect one another as part of their teamwork.
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Don't know if this has already been addressed or not...
I just got back from watching AOTC a second time, and I paid special attention to certain scenes...
First, the battle on Geonosis... Every single lightsabre wielded in that battle, save Mace Windu's, is either blue or green. Windu was the only exception with his purple one. There is also a scene near the beginning of the movie where Yoda is training some very young Padawan with lightsabres. There are blue and green sabres there also. Lastly, Yoda wields a green lightsabre.
So, as far as the colors of lightsabres goes, at least in the movies, Red/Green/Blue seems to be the standard, with one exception (what a bad motherfucka)
As far as the difference between blue and green, I don't think there is any real distinction between who gets what color... I noticed some of the Jedi Council wielding blue sabres, yet Yoda has a green one. Anakin starts with a blue one and ends up with a green one (the one he was given at the battle of Geonosis)
Oh yeah, on the conveyor belt, when Anakin's hand is trapped, his lightsabre is cut in half when the last machine comes down and frees his hand.
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The quality is shite, but Greens and Blues only. So whomever says they saw a pink or white or orange one, well they're talking through shit-stained teeth.
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I love it when Mike contributes. Did you get that from UglyPeople.com?
Yes, after seeing it a second time, I will admit that we've got blue, green, red, and Sammy L.'s purple blade....and that's it.
I'm still curious as to why they didn't show more colors, though. It's pretty obvious that if we didn't see any others here...we won't see any others. I mean, you get 100 Jedi together and only have one odd color...it's pretty obvious there aren't going to be any different ones.
I'll never believe that the blade color is determined by the user, though. There's just too much evidence against it. It may not be the crystal either, but it's something to do with the hilt. We see people swapping sabers and getting spares...we see non-Jedi using sabers... and the blade color always stays the same. It's got to be the hilt, not the user that effects the color of the blade.
quote:Oh yeah, on the conveyor belt, when Anakin's hand is trapped, his lightsabre is cut in half when the last machine comes down and frees his hand.
All I could think of while watching this scene was Homer with his hands stuck in the pop machine and then the fireman asked him if he is just holding on to the pop. Homer says "ya so what's your point" then he is laughed out of the plant. Makes you wonder if he would have died there just holding on to his sabre.
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actually UM found that pic on something awful.. in the nevermind thread he claimed it was his brother, Reynolds Magnus
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quote: Makes you wonder if he would have died there just holding on to his sabre.
Probably. I was wondering why he didn't just turn it on to cut himself out. I'm going to go watch the movie again tonight specifically so that I can ponder this weighty question.
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