Why doesn't the ligthsaber have a safe button, couldn't it hit the side of the Jedi wile his saber is on his belt and ignite? Who knows maybe they do kind of up to me. And Who says they didn't take the sabers anyway? They could have taken them off screen, and whichever clone got the saber would die in 10 minutes, or 20, minutes however long you want it. this is where you come in and decide what you want it to be.
Look! The Emperor most likely made this type of weapon illegal after the fall of the Old republic. His disdain for the Jedi probably prompted him to try and wipe the memories of the Jedi from the minds of every single being in the galaxy. Seeing these weapons being used by anyone would bring back the memories and possibly sympathy for heroes from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. This could lead to secret sects of underground Jedi training that would threaten Palpatine's rule.
I agree that the Clone troopers probabley wouldnt have anny advantage whit the lightsabers tho non-force units can still make a match , just like General Grievous , (though he still was easely killed) he had a great lightsabering skill (alrigh he had 4 arms , 2 arms advantage 😛) and as he said he had an COLLECTION of lightsabers that are probably PROBABLY , from his fallen fictims , i have to agree whit the fact the Grievous is way more diffrent from ordanairie Clone Troopers , but Grievous still proves that non-force units make a match and so Clone Trooper COULD have picked up light sabers , and the COULD have used it as a LAST STAND weapon (using this as a primairy weapon would just be silly being a non-force unit) so i must disagree whit some of you'r opinons that clone troopers would kill themselfs 😛 whit lightsabers
also some of the Imperial Guards carry smal lightsabers , and being non-force they still make a good match , wel u just dont have to have an encounter whit a main character 😛
wel of course the problem is that we'l never know , cuz it never happend..... or did it?
(for the dudes who cant remember imperial guards the dudes in the red suits yoda pushes away in Episode 3 when he enters Palpatines office , srry cant place links somehow 😖 )