Sidious' Sabre

Dark Assasin - I think they're saying you wouldn't be able to see it well in the finished product of the movie. In ROTJ, Luke was supposed to have a blue saber since the hilt was based on Obi-wan's and everything, and even the promo art and original poster have him with a blue saber...but, when ILM tried to do the scenes over the sarlaac, the saber would seem to "disappear" when in front of blue sky. Now imagine the problems of a pure white saber, especially that bright. Besides, Lucas likes to use colors as character traits, red is anger which is a sith trait which factored into the idea of all sith using red. Why would Sidious, the friggin' Uber-Sith break tradition?

Originally posted by The One Part 2
I've never heard of a white laser. A piece of paper isn't made of pure light.

And nor is a lightsabre, so that solves that problem...

yeah, can you see energy?

red actually represents royalty, it was used by caesars and roman emperors and today with red carpets. this makes sense considering that every sovereign state ruled over by the sith has always been an empire

he is the emperor, man. he is so powerful he needs no saber.

I disagree. Every good ruler, even the puppet master types like Sidious, can and will lay the smack down on you one on one, just to prove they can. Its all part of their ego, gotta be the best at everything, etc.

I hope Sidious has a saber. In the OT, Vader had his back so he didn't really need to fight but in Ep 3 I think there might be a period when he is between apprentices, or maybe Anakin is not at his side when some s#!t goes down or whatever. I heard a rumor of him being so fast you couldn't see his arms move, just the light trail of the blade. I think that may have been SS nonsense though.

People have totally slammed this idea before, but a black lightsaber would be sick looking. Picture a blade with a jet black core and an outer edge the same purple as Sidious' lightning in RotJ. Deep purple near the center but almost white at the outer edge of the blade, maybe with little wisps of lightning dancing up and down it. People argue that it would look lame but I think that would be DOPE.

Maybe I'll try to photoshop one up...anyone got good pics of hilts?

Originally posted by DARK ASSASSIN
yeah, can you see energy?

Err... yes... ever seen a cutting laser? Or, for that matter, a fire?

this is true...

My vote would be to see Sidious with a Saber. We saw his force lightning in ROTJ, so I'd like to see what he can do with a Saber now, I also think it would make a great scene for him to battle it out with Yoda.

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I'm going to put an end to this thread once and for all. 🙂

Sidious (who is also Palpatine) HAS A LIGHTSABER. We will see it, and we will probably see him use it.

Let's look at this rationally. Would it be appropriate for someone who has never driven to teach someone else to drive? Would it be appropriate for someone who has never flown to teach someone to fly? Would it be appropriate for someone who has never trained in the martial arts to teach others in that art?

Of course not.

Likewise, it would not be appropriate for someone who has no knowledge of the Jedi arts and no experience with a lightsaber to teach someone in a manner similar to the Jedi arts and to teach someone to use a lightsaber. Remember that Quigon remarked that Maul appeared to be trained in the Jedi arts, and Maul was a master of the lightsaber.

He could not have been that good without proper training. His training came from Sidious.

Sidious is a Sith Lord. They are basically the opposite of Jedi Knights. Jedi have lightsabers, and so do Sith Lords.

Deal with it.

corn

very true corn, but I always hoped he would defeat people with his forcepowers instead of his sabre

Originally posted by yerssot
very true corn, but I always hoped he would defeat people with his forcepowers instead of his sabre

I admit that would be nice. 😉

corn

I`m looking forward to seeing Palpatine use a lightsaber. It will be interesting to see what kind of fighting style he has.

well don´t know,

but i think that one´s the saber of palpatine.

fits somehow his style

Thats the one alright

I can't wait to see his fighting style, though I'm sure he'll be quick if he has to fight Yoda.

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I'm telling you guys, its classic bad guy formula.

He'll use his minions and power to strike at foes from afar, but once the good guy gets within arms reach, its ass kicking time.

i think Sidious saber is just for defence.

well it looks like a defender hilt to me 😉

well I know he is'nt going to fight because george cut that scene thats what I heard in chat rooms so don't get mad at me for now may force be with you all hope he does it would be cool fight.

He gives his saber to anakin after Mace is disposed of and says "Modify it as you see fit"

Originally posted by Holsten
He gives his saber to anakin after Mace is disposed of and says "Modify it as you see fit"

Cool, where'd you hear that?

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