[TopAce]

I am sure there will be a canon explanation on this Palpatine's lightsabre topic as soon as the film is distributed on VHS and cinemas stop projecting it.

[General Freak]

DYI lightsaber lightsabre: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber1.htm

[karajorma]

Originally posted by TopAce
I am sure there will be a canon explanation on this Palpatine's lightsabre topic as soon as the film is distributed on VHS and cinemas stop projecting it.

You mean as soon as enough warsies bug Lucas enough that he gives them one.

I think Steak is probably right on the money. Hell even the Jedi's have spares. They tossed Anakin one during the Jedi arena battle in AotC (Unless you want to believe that the Jedi went to the trouble of finding and retrieving it before hand).

[TopAce]

We'll have to examine the movie more closely(or closerly? ): If Uncle Palpatine has the same lightsabre hilt he did in the fight against Windu, this is a mistake in the film.

[Janos]

Originally posted by General Freak
No, my point was not about this thread, but that the plot is actually good enough to be so heavily discussed.

The plots of Star Wars movies are simple, but the EU ****, comics, contradictionary statements and good old-fashioned errors plus retconing makes the seemingly irrelevant stuff (like Palpy's face or Leia's moms or EpIV battles or some blue-skinend jedi chick) seem far more important than what they are.

Spoiler:

they drop a moon on Chewbacca hahahaha

[EtherShock]

Originally posted by karajorma
I think Steak is probably right on the money. Hell even the Jedi's have spares. They tossed Anakin one during the Jedi arena battle in AotC (Unless you want to believe that the Jedi went to the trouble of finding and retrieving it before hand).

In this case, Ockham's Razor is the way to go.

[Grug]

They should make a Star Wars beat em up game, in fashion of Mortal Kombat or Dead or Alive.
Total focus on dueling with dismemberment!

Come to think of it, why don't they have one...? o.O

[EtherShock]

They do, it's called Masters of Teras-Kasi, for Playstation. No dismemberment, but you could fight mano a mano or draw your weapon, every character had one. It was really only fun to play with someone else though. Lucasarts should try to make another fighting game. They seem to learn  from their mistakes, or at least try to correct them.

[Grug]

Hmm. Looks almost interesting.

They should remake or create a new one for the next gen of consoles. Would look pretty kewl. But you gotta have dismemberment...

[TrashMan]

I rember reading about one fighting game with completely dynamic models.

you know what that means? You could tear off clothes, break bones (visibly) and every impact counted.
You hit that guy hard in the right arm - you'll be able to see a bruise there.
A punch in the mounth? - he wil bleed and maby loose a toth
You spinned kicked that chick in the chest - oh my, she just lost her bra...

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by TopAce
We'll have to examine the movie more closely(or closerly? ): If Uncle Palpatine has the same lightsabre hilt he did in the fight against Windu, this is a mistake in the film.

No, it just means he had two identical ones. Or had some clonetroopers do a search for it. If it hit anything I imagine it would cause a major scene, as would Mace's body

So on second thought, it's actually possible he sent some clonetroopers to clean up the evidence and they got his lightsabre, too.

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by karajorma


Don't know how relevent this is but Samuel L. Jackson did actually once say in an interview that his lightsabre skills were second only to Yoda's.

Of course actors generally don't know the universe anywhere near as well as the fans

Episode Two, I think it was Obi, telling Anakin that if he trained harder, someday he might hope to be as strong in the force as Master Yoda, and as powerful with a lightsabre as Master Windu. Or it could have been Anakin to Obi Wan.

[WMCoolmon]

"If you spent as much time practicing your lightsaber skills as you do your wit, you would rival even Master Yoda."

Or something like that.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Grug
They should make a Star Wars beat em up game, in fashion of Mortal Kombat or Dead or Alive.
Total focus on dueling with dismemberment!

Come to think of it, why don't they have one...? o.O

There is actually the ability in Jedi Knight 2 (Outcast) to set the probability of dismemberment during lightsaber battles, via the command line. It was wicked funny.

[Grug]

Yeah I've got Outcast and Academy. Outcast was kinda alright. Academy was a rip though. It's more of an expansion pack than a whole game. =/
There is a nice Melee mod that adds heaps of gore and choppy-ness into it though.

The Quake engine is too old though. =/

[redsniper]

heh, I remember that. You could just barely touch someone with your lightsaber and their limbs and head would just sort of fall off. It looked more funny than gruesome.

[pyro-manic]

Yeah, they tended to explode rather than get sliced. Outcast was great, Academy was OK but not up to the same standard. I did like the weapons options, though - a double-bladed lightsabre is great fun to use.

EDIT: What would be really cool would be to integrate the Havoc damage engine from Soldier of Fortune 2 into Outcast....

[übermetroid]

hey, whats the link to that mod?  I still play academy and could use some gore.

[pyro-manic]

I think it's a cheat code, but I'll just check...

EDIT: Try this:

Code: [Select]

To enable Jedi Academy cheats, while playing a game, bring down the console with
[Shift]+[~] and type: "devmapall" or "helpusobi 1".

You can then enter any of the following codes in the console:

Enable dismemberment * - g_saberrealisticcombat <1-20>

Notes:

* - Turn dismemberment on at the options menu after enabling this code.

That should do it. I think the number parameter sets the "level" of the dismemberment - 1 it'll only take off one limb or whatever, and 20 the body will fall to pieces. Experiment with it though...

EDIT2: Here's some more info:

Dismember people
Here is how to dismember people in JK3, just like in JK2.
This involves editing a game files ! But it works.

1: Go into the Game folder.
2: Find the GameData folder.
3: Find the base folder.
4: Find jaconfig.cfg
(if it is not there, make sure that the window is set to show ALL FILES)
5: Find g_saberMoreRealistic "0" and change it to g_saberMoreRealistic "99"
6: Find cg_saber EntMarks "1" and change it to cg_saberEntMarks "99"
7: Find g_dismemberment "0" or "1" and change it to g_dismemberment "99"
8: Save it.

[redsniper]

yeah, it's a console command. It should be pretty easy to find on any JK2 site.