1/6 Hot Toys - MMS297 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Luke Skywalker Collectible Figure

[spiderbo]

His lightsaber is wrong. He's got the Empire version of the handle.

I am ashamed to admit that I had no clue there was a difference. Why would there be a difference?

 

[Rorywan]

You know, I'm 100% getting this, but I'm not a great fan of his expression/ head sculpt.

 

[AIR]

i am ashamed to admit that i had no clue there was a difference. Why would there be a difference?

anh:



esb:

 

[dms54nyc]

Wow, loved star wars for 25 years and im still learning new things lol

 

[Jaymas]

I am ashamed to admit that I had no clue there was a difference. Why would there be a difference?

ESB Saber

Has rivets at the end of the grips the ANH doesn't.
Has a different pattern on the "switch" (which is really the clamp that fits Flash cell fits on the camera)
It reuses the non on top near the blade and has a duplicate on the bottom.
Has a textured piece of tape that goes around the clamp

ANH Saber

No rivets
Switch is on opposite side (at least in the scene when Obi Wan gives it to Luke- other times in ANH it flips around)
Pattern on switch are made of have "bubble" things which came out of a calculator
Has a glass "eye" on bottom rather than another nob like the top
no textured tape around the clamp.

 

[spiderbo]

Man thanks for that. Wonder why Lucas changed it!

 

[Space Jockey]

Maybe Luke/Vader just changed it...don't Jedi/Sith as part of their training have to assemble and maintain their own lightsabers or something? Can't remember.
Nice looking props though, very cool.

 

[Asta]

According to Wookieepedia it's meant to be the same lightsaber in both ANH and ESB:

Anakin/Luke's lightsaber - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki - Wikia


The only reference to a difference, as already stated by Jaymas, is:

(In ESB the switch plate was replaced with part of a circuit board).

In terms of canon I guess you'd have to say that at some point he either repaired or upgraded the original saber.

Next question:

Spoiler

[h=3]Reappearance[/h]The lightsaber would mysteriously resurface some thirty years later,[SUP][13][/SUP] and was once wielded by Finn.[SUP][3][/SUP]

Does the saber carried by Finn correctly match the appearance in ESB?

 

[Tee-Kay]

Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them

 

[SwitchStance]

 

[Indiana]

Looks like I'll be giving my Luke the Sideshow saber. It's funny that Sideshow got it right, but I have noticed that Sideshow is better in accuracy with accessories often times. (something that is rather important to me)

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[galactiboy]

Looks like he came out very close to the prototype... can't see any glaring differences. I don't see as strong of a likeness in the straight on shots, but in profile and 3/4 he looks fantastic.

Tunic material looks like a big improvement over what Sideshow did, but still seems like it's a bit stiff... but hopefully it will take a water treatment.

His lightsaber is wrong. He's got the Empire version of the handle.

That actually bothers me quite a bit... HT is usually very good about small details and I know Sideshow got the differences right between ROTS, ANH and ESB; for HT to not is pretty disappointing. Especially since this one has a light up feature which means to use that feature you can't swap out the handle.

 

[Jokes & Bats]

Man thanks for that. Wonder why Lucas changed it!

It's meant to be Anakin's from Episode 3 but that one has subtle changes too.

And just for trivia - Episode 2 Anakin has a lightsaber almost identical to A New Hope Vader - just with some slight changes.

 

[Asta]

Did HT simply reuse the DX07 saber mould?

 

[Indiana]

Did HT simply reuse the DX07 saber mould?

It appears so. A little disappointing for a high end manufacturer to do.

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[Pixelpiper]

Did HT simply reuse the DX07 saber mould?

The new one looks larger in the photos recently posted, but that may just be the pose/angle/whatever. The hilt with the Bespin set is under-scale.

 

[Centrocal]

At least we can use this light up saber with the Bespin Luke

 

[Indiana]

Hmm, I figured it was the same mold. That makes it a bit puzzling as to why they would make an entirely new one that was inaccurate.

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[Mar-Vell]

At least we can use this light up saber with the Bespin Luke

We can?

Won't the arm swap not work with Bespin Luke?

 

[DarthAlias]

We can?

Won't the arm swap not work with Bespin Luke?

Bespin Luke's right arm can already be removed. Probably the same but just in case of get another body and arm. Would be nice to have an extra body for my Beapin Luke to make him shorter.