mace windus lightsaber

this isnt really something that we can discuss much, just an fyi i guess. according to a recent interview, slj is dissapointed because his lightsaber WILL be blue, not purple as he had hoped.

I do not know.

where was this said?
Last time I heared it was still purple...

In the latest edition of Empire Magazine, Samuel L. Jackson talks about The 51st State, and there is a small mention of Episode II, and how his lightsaber battle is one of the highlights of his career.

"Empire: And now you get to kick +++ in Episode II?
Jackson: Actually, I'm coming back to shoot some more. So, yeah! I'll be back in my Jedi gear. The lightsaber battle was frankly a highlight of my career. Not least because I win, of course. And I'm totally stoked that I get to pull that thing out and wave it around. I always wanted it to be purple, but I guess blue will do. Plus the fact that I've acted opposite, say, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and now Yoda. There you have it. I can retire now."

I found this story at
http://cgi.theforce.net/theforce/tfn.cgi?storyID=13404

Interesting...

I'll check this out more when I have time. It will be very amusing if they have switched back, considering the amount of preaching that went on when he got the purple one.

it confuses me because supposedly the mace windu lego toy has a purple lightsaber and yoda has a yellow one. personally, i think they should just keep it with the primary colors of light. i could see MAYBE a white one, but purple?!? it would seem a little too different from the OT. i know we dont see many jedi in those to get a sense of much variety. but having so many different colors seems a bit like a cheesy attempt to get the kids excited.

stupid, first a whole theory about it not being purple, then a whole theory that it was purple, now back to blue...

this is probably going to piss even more people off, but in looking at the same websitie (i think) it is now beleived that yodas lightsaber will also be blue. the yellow lightsaber yoda has in the leaked LEGO toy is beleived to be a hoax.

shoot!
but I can assure you it WAS yellow, till a certain point...

maybe they are toying with us again, so that if they actually are purple and yellow in AOTC, we will be surprised. what proof do you have that it was yellow?

a pic, coming from a friend who got it from someone else (said from somewhere in Lucasfilm pr something like that)

I hope they are playing with us, I mean, I was looking forward to those purple and yellow ones!

Hmm. I have heard there is some disputing over the timing of the interview when SLJ said 'Blue will do' According to some, this interview was made before he heard that his sabre would actually be purple, and hence before the Parkinson interview where he confirmed that GL had said it was purple.

i think they should keep it blue, green, and red, and im almost certain they will. SLJ said he HAD wanted purple, but they changed it back to blue. so unless it was blue, purple, blue, purple, and then blue again, it would make sense that SLJ wanted purple, but GL said no, its going to be blue.

Well, let's be clear here. He did not say that they had changed it to purple and then they had changed it back to blue. He just said that he WANTED purple, but that blue would do. He's ALWAYS wanted purple. And if that interview does, indeed, pre-date the one when he says that it IS purple, then it's still just blue then and nothing else.

So it is difficult to be sure right now.

Unless i am reading it wrong, it still conveys the same basic thought. lets say it does predate the one that says its purple. in that case, SLJ wanted purple, but GL was like no, sorry, its going to be blue. So SLJ says ok, blue will do. Then GL changes his mind for some reason after the decision had already been made and says ok, We will make it purple. That's a little bit of a stretch in my mind. It would seem more logical, that SLJ just wanted purple, and GL said no, its going to be blue. The reports of it actually being purple were just hoaxes started by people who really liked the idea of it being purple.

Well, it was SLJ who said it was purple, and who said that George Lucas had SHOWN him footage of the purple sabre.

I think it's more likely that GL said 'blue' and then changed his mind to purple, than to show SLJ footage of the purple sabre and then change his mind again.

GL has also allowed his animators to have over 30 animations of Jar-Jar being killed in gruesome ways. But its not going to be in Episode II. Its most likely that the animators heard of SLJs desire to have a purple saber, and showed him on film what it would look like, as a nod of respect to the actor, since it was his wish. It probably takes a few seconds to change a saber color to whatever the hell you want. SLJ got to see some footage of him with a purple saber and is trying to get fan support for it. Thats all it is. He's an actor, and you can't put a terrible amount of weight into anything an actor says about a film. Weve seen 4 star wars movies so far, and the blades have always been blue, green, or red. Those are the primary colors of light, and its logical that GL isnt going to wait until the next to last star wars movie to introduce new colors. While I admit it would be nice to see some other colors, its simply not likely, and is more or less wishful thinking. 🙁

Look GL TOLD SLJ, pretty clearly, that he had decided to give him the purple sabre. He can change his mind, of course, but there is no point pretending that this never happened. This wasn't some vague theory about his character, he was simply reporting fact. The wishful thinking is to say that this was a mistake by SLJ.

If it is blue now, it has changed BACK.

it was ALWAYS blue. it was NEVER purple. GL has not officially or unofficially said ANYTHING on the matter. All Jedi in cannon only have blue, green, and red. we have NO reason to beleive anything else. all you have is SLJ's comments. thats IT. Its blue now, it was blue in the beginning. Sorry. Maybe on the DVD we can play around with the color sabers as a bonus feature. 🙂

Good Lord. You have to be pretty blind to think that SLJ was either wrong or lying about this. Every reasonable person knows that Windu has a purple sabre, at SLJ's personal request, If it is a change, it is a change back.

Just because GL has said nothing official about it does NOT mean that we deny highyl accurate information like this out of hand. GL has said nothing official about the plot for AOTC either, but we have a ton of good information that has nearly all been accurate, to judge by the trailers and so on. This is another one of those good pieces of information.

Like I say, GL can change his mind, of course. But until someone clears up this mess about when that last interview with SLJ was actually DONE, anyone with any sense will still think it is purple.