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The Choreography section talks only about the Jedi - what about the Sith? [[User:Fig wright|Fig]] ([[User talk:Fig wright|talk]]) 16:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC) |
The Choreography section talks only about the Jedi - what about the Sith? [[User:Fig wright|Fig]] ([[User talk:Fig wright|talk]]) 16:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC) |
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== Other sources for lightsabers should be mentioned == |
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Kaldar, Planet of Antares by Edmond Hamilton circa 1933 was republished in the mid 1960s. <br /> |
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"The sword seemed at first glance a simple long rapier of metal. But [the hero, Stuart Merrick] found that when his grip tightened on the hilt it pressed a catch which released a terrific force stored in the hilt into the blade, making it shine with light. When anything was touched by this shining blade, he found, the force of the blade annihilated it instantly. He learned that the weapon was called a lightsword."<br /> |
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Citation: http://www.salon.com/2002/04/18/lucas_6/ |
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Far Out Space Nuts, television series 1975-1976: Chuck McCann, who played Barney, said that Lucas was working on the same film lot in the early '70s, and wandered into the studio cafeteria one day to see the Space Nuts cast sitting around having lunch wearing various alien costumes - he believes that was the influence for the Cantina scene.1 McCann further suggests that the lightsaber was inspired by the "laser sword" from the Space Nuts episode Tower of Tagot, pictured above left. (Okay, I added the glow effect; in the original it looks like a glass stick on the end of a flashlight) Lightsabers were called "laser swords" in the first draft of Lucas' script and several concept paintings. Bob Denver's orange jumpsuit even looks like Luke's X-Wing pilot outfit!! (They were both probably influenced by Airforce flight suits.) <br /> |
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Citation: http://moongadget.com/origins/lightsabers.html |
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I'm only quoting two main citations for these things. I have checked with other sources and these quotes do check out. I don't think there's a major issue with the sources, as they do seem to be legit. |
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There is one issue I cannot verify so I can't post outside of this note - the phrase light or laser sabre was either used prior to star wars but I cannot find the source anymore and am unsure as to which one of the two it was. If someone can verify / find that source, it'd be great. I think that needs to be mentioned as soon as it's verified. I do know that it was because of a similar or identical phrase that Lucas has had difficulty maintaining a tight IP control over lightsaber abroad. I just can't find the source I used to have on the topic. All I keep pulling up is some asinine lawsuit that Lucas tried to file then dropped a while ago with a manufacturer in Hong Kong. |
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Vandalism
This article sure seems to suffer from a lot of vandalism recently.
Didn't there use to be a "sighted version" thing to protect such pages?
"about 1.33 metres long" =
Surely "about 4 feet long" is more sensible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.32.19.201 (talk) 02:13, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
disagree. the metric system using metres is more globally used and as such is easier to identify. as far as my knowledge goes i also believe america is slowly converting from the old imperial system to a metric numbering system so it is likely feet/yards will be a thing of the past in coming years.152.91.9.153 (talk) 05:41, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
- Since it's an American film, I would say that their system of measurement should be used. I would have it as "about four feet (1.33 metres) long". Then everyone knows what it means. As a Brit, I'm perfectly comfortable with both systems (as we're too stubborn to drop our old imperial system), but I think that seems like a fair compromise. The spelling of metres/meters should also be consistent with the system of spelling used by the article. Zestos (talk) 03:26, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Vaapad
It is utterly absurd that any Wikipedia search term that does not actually textually appear in a given article should redirect to that article. 'Vaapad' should be mentioned in this article or its redirection to this page should be stopped. -Grammaticus Repairo (talk) 20:06, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Wikilinks
This article seems to have way too many unneeded wikilinks. I am rectifying that. Ducknish (talk) 02:54, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Plasma Swords
I don't see why the "plasma" sword theory is given preference over all the others because Star Wars made theirs the most popular, when there are many other literary presidents that are base on other technologies. 24.79.38.15 (talk) 06:51, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Choreography
The Choreography section talks only about the Jedi - what about the Sith? Fig (talk) 16:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
Other sources for lightsabers should be mentioned
Kaldar, Planet of Antares by Edmond Hamilton circa 1933 was republished in the mid 1960s.
"The sword seemed at first glance a simple long rapier of metal. But [the hero, Stuart Merrick] found that when his grip tightened on the hilt it pressed a catch which released a terrific force stored in the hilt into the blade, making it shine with light. When anything was touched by this shining blade, he found, the force of the blade annihilated it instantly. He learned that the weapon was called a lightsword."
Citation: http://www.salon.com/2002/04/18/lucas_6/
Far Out Space Nuts, television series 1975-1976: Chuck McCann, who played Barney, said that Lucas was working on the same film lot in the early '70s, and wandered into the studio cafeteria one day to see the Space Nuts cast sitting around having lunch wearing various alien costumes - he believes that was the influence for the Cantina scene.1 McCann further suggests that the lightsaber was inspired by the "laser sword" from the Space Nuts episode Tower of Tagot, pictured above left. (Okay, I added the glow effect; in the original it looks like a glass stick on the end of a flashlight) Lightsabers were called "laser swords" in the first draft of Lucas' script and several concept paintings. Bob Denver's orange jumpsuit even looks like Luke's X-Wing pilot outfit!! (They were both probably influenced by Airforce flight suits.)
Citation: http://moongadget.com/origins/lightsabers.html
I'm only quoting two main citations for these things. I have checked with other sources and these quotes do check out. I don't think there's a major issue with the sources, as they do seem to be legit.
There is one issue I cannot verify so I can't post outside of this note - the phrase light or laser sabre was either used prior to star wars but I cannot find the source anymore and am unsure as to which one of the two it was. If someone can verify / find that source, it'd be great. I think that needs to be mentioned as soon as it's verified. I do know that it was because of a similar or identical phrase that Lucas has had difficulty maintaining a tight IP control over lightsaber abroad. I just can't find the source I used to have on the topic. All I keep pulling up is some asinine lawsuit that Lucas tried to file then dropped a while ago with a manufacturer in Hong Kong.