Re: [NEWS] More "Star Wars Visions" and new "The Ninth Jedi" series

On Apr 24, 2025 at 1:30:42 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

In article <vu8i19$10f9j$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:

On Apr 22, 2025 at 1:35:30 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

 In article <vu22a6$36bpr$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:

 

 Well, looks like they're still throwing established continuity out the
 window.
 
 There are no "lightsaber smiths". Every Jedi is responsible for selecting
 his/her own kyber crystal and constructing the lightsaber around it and
 maintaining it throughout their lives.
 
 You don't take your lightsaber to a local mechanic for a tune-up or
 anything.

 
 I was under the impression that light sabers were a lost technology
 from the historical zenith of the Jedi order.

 
No, Luke made his own after he lost the first one when Vader cut off his
hand.

 
I have no recollection of that. I mean, I remember him getting a bionic hand
but don't remember him losing the sword. I sure hope it didn't land blade
first in the planey!

Luke was holding the lightsaber in his hand when Vader cut it off, so it went
along with his hand. It probably landed somewhere at the bottom of Cloud
City's ventilation system. But even if it was jettisoned out the bottom,
Bespin has no surface on which it could land. It was a gas planet. And
lightsabers have a mechanism that causes them to switch off if they're dropped
or otherwise released from the user's grip. There does seem to be a way to
override that feature, however, because we've seen both Vader and Yoda throw
their lightsaber at opponents as a weapon and the blade stayed activated.