Still very hyped about Star Wars after seeing the movie. Thought I'd share the results:

The blade effects were hastily added in Photoshop.

I made them in the style of the prequel sabers since I prefer that look over the more rustic ones. The lower one originally had a much more elaborate projector piece, but I didn't like how it turned out so I simplified it a lot. Also, I forgot to put a belt clip on it. Oh well.

Google SketchUp kinda hates me and often tries to sabotage my efforts, but I think these came out rather well.

4975113 Neat! Very nice designs, and they sort of combine elements from the prequel sabers and the old school OT sabers. I like them!

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Yeah, I wanted to do something different with those grip ridge-thingies. Some of the prequel sabers do have them, though Anakin seems to have had a particular fondness for them since he ended up building three sabers with that design.

Curiously, Yoda's saber is basically just a small version of the graflex-type saber that Anakin favored, so it may actually be a rather old style. Perhaps Anakin was trying to emulate Yoda.

4975221 That's possible. I also heard that he took a leaf out of Qui-Gon's book in building his saber, too. His saber could be a hybrid of several different designs.

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I also heard that he took a leaf out of Qui-Gon's book in building his saber, too.

Really? Can't say I've ever noticed any resemblance.

4975303 It's probably non-canon by now, but I do remember reading something like that. I can't really see it, either, to be honest, but maybe it's something that can't be seen.

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Nice, definitely brings to mind some of the design s from episode one.

awesome

Wow, I didn't know there were still Sketchup users here. (no offense, being one myself.)

And that's actually a nice model!

I am currently attempting to build an actual saber prop for myself. The one I'm working on right now is supposed to be a prototype, but it's actually coming out so well I may not even need to make a more serious version.

I really should do more crafting. It's been a long time since I got seriously creative with something that doesn't involve writing.

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Thanks. Like I said, me and SketchUp have a bit of a complicated relationship. Sometimes things work out okay, other times it doesn't.

I once tried to make a perfect cube, because I needed it as a structural base for something, but it didn't work because the measurements kept being slightly off. On a cube. I mean, that's a pretty simple shape. You'd think a computer program would understand, you know, geometry and math and stuff.

5028393 Ah, yes, those little problems. Good luck!

I'm going to try it out now now tjat you point it out.