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"Much like your fathers..."

posted 8 years ago by Blueghost
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I'm sorry, but the light saber that Luke made looked NOTHING like the light saber he was given in the first film, and doesn't even much resemble Vader's saber.

It's the only thing that ever really bugged me about the series.

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 8 years ago

I don't think Palpatine was being literal here. I think it was 1.) To intimate that he expected them to duel "Ahhh, you have a lightsaber and so does your father..." and as a segue "...Much like your father's. By now you must know that your father...".

[–] frosted_one 8 years ago

It was inferring his father was once a Jedi.

[–] ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony 8 years ago

He was only commenting that Luke had a light saber and so did Vader.

Slipknot and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan

[–] tenantennae 8 years ago

"A Jedi's weapon, much like your father's."

Makes me wonder if Lucas's original idea was that Vader only used a lightsaber because he was a former Jedi, and the Emperor and others just relied on their darkside lightning and didn't use them at all.

[–] H_i_the_2nd 8 years ago

Makes me wonder if Lucas's original idea was that Vader only used a lightsaber because he was a former Jedi

Doesn't the emperor also refer to it at another point as "your Jedi weapon"?
This too suggests that it's only the Jedi, and former-Jedi, that used lightsabers. Just another thing that is contradicted in the prequels (like the whole Darth thing being a Sith title, rather than just Vader's first name).

[–] chriscougar7 8 years ago

So when Jedi and Sith fight the Sith only had lightning when the Jedi came at them with lightsabers? Doesnt seem like a good battle strategy