why dint the emperor give darth vader?

one thing...there is a mistake in the second picture...it has cuts in the rubber lines on the hilt...it didn't have those until episode V...Luke made them, not Obi-Wan, but you are right, you would say that Obi-Wan changed a lot himself...or not...cause you don't really see the saber in close-up...you know it of course by the replicas, but I think if you follow the story, you assume the one of episode III is the one Ben passes to Luke and he changed nothing...that is at least what I think...but that's the story...why would he change it anyway?

Originally posted by Cascador
one thing...there is a mistake in the second picture...it has cuts in the rubber lines on the hilt...it didn't have those until episode V...Luke made them, not Obi-Wan, but you are right, you would say that Obi-Wan changed a lot himself...or not...cause you don't really see the saber in close-up...you know it of course by the replicas, but I think if you follow the story, you assume the one of episode III is the one Ben passes to Luke and he changed nothing...that is at least what I think...but that's the story...why would he change it anyway?

The only thing he would have changed in my opinion is the button...He removed that and attached a D-ring....at least that would have some function...changing other details....he didn't improve anything....on the contrary...

According to the Visual Dictionary for TPM, the belt clips were charging ports. He might've felt that Luke was unlikely to have one of the belt units (or perhaps they have a finite operating time) and felt that a D Ring and other method of recharge would be more beneficial as the other units might have become obsolete under the Empire... As for the activation plates, it could just been a case of he updated one, and did the other to match... Untill it's clarified why he tinkered with them, the possibilities for speculation are endless.

Originally posted by Darth Vious
Untill it's clarified why he tinkered with them, the possibilities for speculation are endless.

true...the bubbles on the activation button should have been placed on the ep III one...they were on the ep II lightsaber.

Originally posted by Cascador
true...the bubbles on the activation button should have been placed on the ep III one...they were on the ep II lightsaber.

Originally posted by locuasohappy
in ROTS when anakin was ignited into a sith why didnt sdous give anakin a red light saber showing his alliegance to the dark side of the force? and dont you think it would have looked better in the mustafar battle with kenobi if anakin was red and kenobi was blue?

Well maybe Palpatine needed the Anakin to go and kill the Jedi immediately. If he had waited for a mere lightsaber to be built (as he doesn't keep them handy) the Jedi couldve made a move. ><

Originally posted by nate100
Yeah i know that point is basically bollocks. From what i can tell the dude is full of shit.

HOWEVER

Why would MR get the licence to make the saber from the film?

It is visibly different from all other vader sabers in the OT so it had to of been planned to put this particular saber in ROTS in the first place.

Bottom line, a saber was made for Vader but for what ever reason it was not included in the film.

Thats very true!!!

They did make one.

(I agree with whoever said that he was originally to whip out a second one at the end, but they scrapped the idea.)

Here's the pic:

(read the article at the bottom that says how they took all previous versions of Vaders sabre and blended them for EPIII.)

http://masterreplicas.com/customer/starwars/starwars_product_detail.php?pid=8434

Originally posted by locuasohappy
in ROTS when anakin was ignited into a sith why didnt sdous give anakin a red light saber showing his alliegance to the dark side of the force? and dont you think it would have looked better in the mustafar battle with kenobi if anakin was red and kenobi was blue?

In the story that saber is just the one Vader gets when he loses his original one that Obi-Wan took with him. He probably wears it on the Star Destroyer Bridge scene...

I don't think Suited Darth Vader has a lightsaber in ROTS.

Any sharp-eyed viewers see one?

Along with a red blade, Anakin shoulda had Sith tattoos like Maul and permenantly yellow eyes. He was just gonna get burnt and masked anywayz, so why not?

Well if he was gonna get masked anyway, why put forth the effort?

Originally posted by locuasohappy
in ROTS when anakin was ignited into a sith why didnt sdous give anakin a red light saber showing his alliegance to the dark side of the force? and dont you think it would have looked better in the mustafar battle with kenobi if anakin was red and kenobi was blue?

now, if it was my thread? i'd put a '1' on the end of that title😐

...that's all i have to say about the matter.

A Sith or Jedi always makes their own lightsaber. I'm guessing Sidious would have sent anakin to get the crystals he needs another time

Red crystals are fake anyway, so it wouldn't be much of a challenge for Vader.

vampire Anyway why would he need a lightsaber on the bridge of the star destroyer when he knows that he can handle anyone who attacks him with the force and plus their is no one who could attack him.

Originally posted by DiamondBullets
Along with a red blade, Anakin shoulda had Sith tattoos like Maul and permenantly yellow eyes. He was just gonna get burnt and masked anywayz, so why not?

tattoos...wouldn't be very original...the red eyes...explainable...if Anakin had the yellow-red eyes Obi-Wan would have immediatly spotted that he isn't Anakin anymore but Darth Vader. In the story Obi-Wan didn't realise that. Anakin didn't fight Obi-Wan because he hated him. He knew he had to. Of course he was angry in the beginning. But from the start he knew he had to fight Obi-Wan, he only didn't know that Padmé would be involved in this. It is a bit unexplained why the eyes turn red-yellow. I guess it is when you are really tapping from the dark side and you are fueled with hate. That is why Dooku doesn't have the red-yellow eyes. He was a Sith, but he wasn't fueled with hate and anger like Maul and Anakin.

Originally posted by Cascador
I guess he didn't have a spare one anymore
besides I like the blue vs. blue in the fight

It gives more the impression of friend vs. friend instead of Jedi vs. Sith. Which was exactly the point of the fight.

I would have prefered a green vs. blue