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Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope - Glass Saber
In SWE4, when Darth and Obi Wan are fighting, Obi points his saber to the screen, and the sides stop lighting up. It looks like a fiber optic cable. Only the top is lit.
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Special Requirements: starwars a new hope special edition
Contributed By: KGB_Zealor on 09-18-1999 and Reviewed By: Webmaster
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MIQUEAS writes:
It looks like that because that is what they used. If you get a chance, watch the making of the movie and you will see how it is done.
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Steve writes:
That scene has annoyed me for years Why on earth didn't they fix it in the special edition??
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Drew Raub writes:
Hey guess what? it also happens at ben kenobi's house when luke first switches his lightsaber on.
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Drakkenfyre writes:
Fiber optic cable did not exist in the 70's, the actual Lightsaber prop used an aluminum rod that later had the blade effect added on.
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Vakha_Tarien writes:
Yeah! I found that so annoying too. But I think they used metal bars and than when the film went to the special people they added in the light, so maybe they weren't sure what to do when the lightsabre pointed at the screen.
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Qwigs writes:
Since lightsabers don't actually exist in reality, we could assume that the blade really is hard to see when pointed right at you.
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j writes:
ok im here to let you know that the light sabers are metle rods with fancy hilts or holders witch ever you want to call it the wire was proply used to make a light light up on the hilt
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