I've thought about this and I'd really like to share this with the community, at least for reference if not the cool factor.
i picked this up recently from a widow of a model maker for ILM (last name Buck) who was liquidating some of her husbands things. This appears to be a slightly cleaned up casting of one of those stunt sabers made either for back up for Return of the Jedi or later for promo shoots.
the casting shows some details of the parts and construction I can get into later - for example it utilizes the same part as on the Barbican saber, the lower plate for the fuse/switch thing on the ROTJ Vader graflex fencing stunt. That detail shows up on some archives and auction sabers, sometimes fallen off.
Can an anyone with some knowledge of this prop help me fill in the gaps in the timeline, maybe held ID its origin? I ask because I thought the energizer bunny saber, which is similar, was made in the 90s but there's a pic here from the archives with what I think is the same prop next to the shared stunt. There's also a shot of two of these sabers next to eachother on a shelf. thought those were icons research photos and that was before the commercial? Thanks!
i picked this up recently from a widow of a model maker for ILM (last name Buck) who was liquidating some of her husbands things. This appears to be a slightly cleaned up casting of one of those stunt sabers made either for back up for Return of the Jedi or later for promo shoots.
the casting shows some details of the parts and construction I can get into later - for example it utilizes the same part as on the Barbican saber, the lower plate for the fuse/switch thing on the ROTJ Vader graflex fencing stunt. That detail shows up on some archives and auction sabers, sometimes fallen off.
Can an anyone with some knowledge of this prop help me fill in the gaps in the timeline, maybe held ID its origin? I ask because I thought the energizer bunny saber, which is similar, was made in the 90s but there's a pic here from the archives with what I think is the same prop next to the shared stunt. There's also a shot of two of these sabers next to eachother on a shelf. thought those were icons research photos and that was before the commercial? Thanks!
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