Star Wars operates on the rule of cool. It always has. (look at the physics of dogfighting starfighters for example)
Whatever problems a light-crossguard might have, and however negligible its benefits might be, it still looks cool. That's all it takes in Star Wars to "work".
Agreed. That's probably why when I was looking for another mini's game to play besides the unholy trio I play now, when I saw X-Wing and how simple yet fun the rules were, and how nice the mini's are, I was instantly hooked. You can almost picture an X-Wing/TIE batlle with score as you're maneuvering and firing in turn.
I just may have a vividly crazy imagination though ;)
In this preview article introducing names in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, if you go through the photo gallery and read the captions, when you get to the one with the presumed Sith with the crossguard lightsaber, the caption says:
We don’t yet know which actor is playing this ominous figure, but he’s clearly a villain, mentioned in the trailer as the dark side of the awakening that has taken place. What’s notable about these few seconds of footage is that this seems to be a villain who has no resources, no ship, a shoddy, sparking, flame-like blade on his lightsaber (despite the cool crossguard customization). Luke Skywalker was a farmboy who rose from nothing to take on the Empire. What if the villain of the new trilogy was the same, but from the other moral direction—a nobody who brings chaos to an entire galaxy?
So this lightsaber could be an improvisation of a Sith who had no formal Sith training.
As for an explanation for the janky blade, sometimes Sith use unstable but powerful lightsaber crystals that a Jedi would not use. That would explain the different look.
Of course, I like the anti-Luke idea a lot.
In this preview article introducing names in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, if you go through the photo gallery and read the captions, when you get to the one with the presumed Sith with the crossguard lightsaber, the caption says:
It also confirms (*sadface*) that Kylo Ren is a dude.
Wha-?! I'll just click- {receives jolt of chemicals from Shadow Keeper implant}
{monotone:} There was no Ranger movie... just a rumor... {drools}
Well there are these
I've heard it isn't all that great, but I did have it included on my Christmas request.
And then there's this, but not the same thing,
The Ranger movie was not that great. Can't even remember the plot off hand.
Crusade had lots of potential. But didn't survive the conflicts between jms and the network.
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Ok, we have the answer -> That is not a cross-guard. Those two small,
side beams are just flames venting energy sideways and can't actually
stop anything. What we see is a poorly made light saber by an upstart
Sith, and the blade is venting energy to maintain stability, because the
Sith isn't skilled enough to make a "good" light saber. What looks like
a cross-guard is just a chimney of sorts venting energy sideways harmlessly.
It's far from the silliest light weapon Star Wars has had. Light-whips, anyone?
I like Lightwhips. The one time I ran the Star Wars d20, I had a Dark Side Marauder with one. Probably the most cinematic combat I've ever had in a d20 game.
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I don't know how many people have already linked Steven Colbert's epic defense the new lightsaber...
But I'm linking it again.
Babylon 5 is a bit of an acquired taste. I started watching it at 2:4, which was a brilliant starting point. I have since seen seasons 1-4, and I agree that season 1 is not very impressive. The strength of the series is the story arc, the way things build on what happened before - but that started in season 2 or the very end of season 1. See seasons 2-4 and savour it.
Babylon 5 is a bit of an acquired taste. I started watching it at 2:4, which was a brilliant starting point. I have since seen seasons 1-4, and I agree that season 1 is not very impressive. The strength of the series is the story arc, the way things build on what happened before - but that started in season 2 or the very end of season 1. See seasons 2-4 and savour it.I'd say it started in Season 1, but that you didn't start to see the payoff until Season 2. There was a lot of setup in the sub-plots in Season 1, though the main plots were much more episodic.
Agreed. Without season 1 the whole B4 story is pretty meaningless.
And while I'd agree that season 5 has got some filler in it, it still works as a capstone to the series.
Honestly? Get a few episodes of the beginning of season 2 down before you dig into season 1. It's eminently possible to do so.
The Babylon Square episode was a nice trick in which
I mean, sci-fi shows pull time-traveling stunts all the time, but this one showed an unprecedented level of planning at that time.
Ok, we have the answer -> That is not a cross-guard. Those two small, side beams are just flames venting energy sideways and can't actually stop anything. What we see is a poorly made light saber by an upstart Sith, and the blade is venting energy to maintain stability, because the Sith isn't skilled enough to make a "good" light saber. What looks likea cross-guard is just a chimney of sorts venting energy sideways harmlessly.
Could be, but this isn't mutually exclusive with a cross-guard. The upstart Sith might have figured "as long as my lightsaber has to vent energy to maintain stability, I might as well do something cool with it". (Although I still say it would be good advice to put a metal cross-guard proximal to this.)
And +1 votes for Babylon 5 making one of the best attempts at sensible plot developments from time travel that I have ever seen.