Why aren’t more women interested in collecting and dueling with lightsabers? As the woman that operates the lightsaber-themed YouTube channel SaberSourcing and website SaberSourcing.com, this is a question I think about a lot. Watch Women and Lightsabers: Why aren’t more women interested in collecting or dueling with lightsabers? (Discussion) on YouTube When I first launched … Read more
What is the weirdest lightsaber moment in the Star Wars movies or just in the Star Wars universe in general (Canon or Legends)? I think, by far, one of the strangest lightsaber moments in the movies is Han Solo slicing open the tauntaun in Empire Strikes Back using Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber. Watch What’s the weirdest … Read more
Wouldn’t it be a lot easier if all of the Jedi just used the same lightsaber hilt model? In real life, many products that we use on a daily basis are mass-produced. A car is common example. Assuming your car is a somewhat common and relatively recent model, if something breaks or goes wrong with … Read more
Weathering is: scratching, scuffing, tarnishing, damaging or otherwise aging of a lightsaber hilt. The intention of weathering is make the hilt look used, as if it’s been battle-worn, or just make it look like it’s not brand new, ‘right out of the lightsaber factory’, so to speak. Watch Why are weathered lightsabers so popular? on … Read more
Sith lightsabers contain several common features and traits that set them apart from their Jedi lightsaber counterparts. No two Sith lightsabers are alike and not all of the features are present with every single Sith lightsaber, nevertheless several Sith lightsaber traits do commonly recur. Watch Top 4 Sith Lightsaber Features and Traits on YouTube 1. … Read more
Bad news, you guys–Ultrasabers raised their prices on many their sabers. The price hike isn’t very surprising because Ultrasabers had recently increased the prices on some of their smaller accessories like their Grab Bag Blades. Raising on the prices on the smaller accessories was possibly the canary in the coal mine, indicating that Ultrasabers was … Read more
Is a good lightsaber name memorable? Is it a mash-up of two words? Does it have a complex, technological sounding name? Is it evocative? Does it have a number tacked onto the end like V4 or 3.0 or 1000? Lightsaber companies name their lightsabers in many different ways. Most custom sabers don’t name their sabers … Read more
A deleted scene in the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back depicts Luke training with a lightsaber on Dagobah. By comparison, the final cut of the movie doesn’t show any lightsaber training on Dagobah. The deleted scene doesn’t really show too much training. Yoda is on Luke’s back, just like in some of the scenes … Read more
