The Force Awakens Do you like the new lightsaber?

[Ultron-5]

Some people like it, some people hate it. How do you feel about the new lightsaber in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

 

[Spider-Who?]

No. BUT I do like the actual saber effect.

 

[StarLord]

Yeah. It's cool and I'm looking forward to seeing it in action.

I hope we get some more info on it in the coming months.

 

[ThePhantasm]

I wonder just how long it is. The tip isn't even visible.

 

[Silvermoth]

I wonder just how long it is. The tip isn't even visible.

Heh.

Yeah I'm intrigued by it. I wonder who's wielding it? Adam driver?

 

[Bim]

As of right now? No, i'm not a huge fan. But hopefully once i see it in full action i'll change my mind t:

 

[SlamAdams]

Honestly, I have no opinion of it. It doesn't have me super-excited, but it also didn't completely let me down.

 

[Heisenberg]

It's a second of footage, but I like it aesthetically and I need to see how it's used in combat. If Abrams is going back to the samurai aspect of the original trilogy, I see no problem with the blade having this hilt. Vader/Luke is still by far my favourite lightsabre duel, and it's because there is an efficiency in movement. They don't twirl the sabres around like glowsticks and flip around the room like crazy methed-up spider-men, they're controlled and meaningful strikes. If this guy operates in much the same way, or even if he's more of what you'd consider a Knight/Brute with slower, impactful attacks, it works perfectly.

Again, it's a second of footage. They could be vents. He could be an older sith, re-awakened with a very early lightsabre, it could have an unstable crystal and therefore be a kind-of pieced-together temporary blade, he could be anything...

 

[kedrell]

I voted no only because there was no third option for reserving judgement until later. But based solely on what we see in the trailer several common sense problems arise so that's why I voted no.

 

[xuncledan]

i voted yes, i don't mind it. i really didn't bother me about darth mauls either, call me crazy.

i don't mind too much change. the movie takes place 30 years after ROTJ i couldn't imagine nothing in that universe changing in 30 years.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Hated it at first, it's growing on me now though. Like I said before it gives it a cool Dark Ages look. I like the ancient relic theory too.

 

[Human Torch]

Looks kinda stupid to be honest.You could cut your own hand off with the stupid little blades on the hilt.Blade looks a bit too narrow as well.

 

[GoldGoblin]

It looks like crap.

 

[Stringer]

I like it, something different. It's a laser sword, damn practicality.

 

[Jedi Arrow]

Thought I'd hate it (this from someone who enjoyed most of the EU) but I ended up loving it in the teaser.

 

[Caekzor]

Could've been designed a lot better.

http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2014/11/28/7303233/please-hire-me-jj

The crossguards are meant to catch an enemy's sword and protect your hands — something this lightsaber would be unable to do unless it's made of some mythical ******** supermaterial that nobody's heard of because it's in a Star Wars book nobody's read. An enemy's energy blade would, in all likelihood, slice right through the base of the crossguard and end your lightsaber party pretty quickly.

A lightsaber crossguard is also really dangerous to the person holding it. Don't just take my word for it; The Washington Post weighed in on the issue after I called out the design on Twitter, and asked master bladesmith Kevin Cashen about it. "That would be very bad to have around your hand," Cashen tells the Post. "That hilt would just take you apart if you started to do a lot of complex spinning."

"You'd be in grave danger of searing yourself," Cashen says.

So after an argument about the lightsaber with The Verge's own Star Wars fanboy, Rich McCormick, I decided to take a break and get coffee next door. In the two minutes I stood in line, I came up with a better design.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

I love it.
lol at the complaints

 

[Lando81]

Also lol at THIS THING IS DESIGNED POORLY. When it's a fictional object that can act anyway the movie makers damn well please.

 

[Dark_Lord]

I wasn't crazy about the idea when I first saw it in the leaked pic, but it looks a lot better in the trailer. I'll like it even more if it's actually an ancient Sith lightsaber instead of a new (story wise) kind of lightsaber.

 

[Human Torch]

Lol at people that get bent out of shape over people getting bent out of shape over the new lightsaber.

 

[StarLord]

 

[Drizzle]

I wonder just how long it is. The tip isn't even visible.

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But seriously, I don't really mind the design. I don't love it, I don't hate it. I guess they wanted to show a new saber design and there really aren't many other options to go with besides maybe this:

 

[Whiskey Tango]

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Could've been designed a lot better.

http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2014/11/28/7303233/please-hire-me-jj

These were my thoughts the SECOND I saw this. So friggen stupid.

 

[Caekzor]

Seeing him do some cool **** with the "crossguard" may win me over, but right now it's just "meh".

I do like the vfx for the blade.