Like RotJ build

[Thorvindr]

I just delivered my first commission last week (forgot to take photos but I'll do a brag post when I get photos back) and now I have a request for an RotJ Luke. Anyone have advice on that build? I want it as accurate as possible so (for example) I don't want to use an AV switch. I think I can figure out that specific proble but if anybody else has done a RotJ build before: is there anything I should know before I start putting together my parts list?

[phook15]

You can't make an accurate Luke ROTJ build because the store doesn't offer thin necked emitters.

[Thorvindr]

You can't make an accurate Luke ROTJ build because the store doesn't offer thin necked emitters.

I'll PM you the photos once I've done what you tell me is impossible. Thanks for your input.

[ColdVizjerei]

blade holder 5
ribbed choke combo
3 inch double female extension
.75 male/female extension
pommel style 3 V2
Activation box style 1

That's something similar to what I've got going on. You can also sand the sides of activation box style 1 to get rid of the groove on both sides.

[Ty_Bomber]

A thin neck can be done if you aren't afraid of mixing in some non MHS materials. I know Eastern57 did a thin neck Luke with some 1" OD stock passed through a chopped up BH 5. You would be limited to the 7/8th inch blades and led heatsink, but it can be done :)

https://youtu.be/ulLphf7qlyQ

[NaasadTal]

Not the super thin neck, but it's damn close & it'd be strong enough to duel with
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p244/R1-Alchemist/MHSObi-wan.jpg (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/R1-Alchemist/media/MHSObi-wan.jpg.html)

[PhoenixHawk]

You can't make an accurate Luke ROTJ build because the store doesn't offer thin necked emitters.

Just because the store doesn't offer the parts doesn't mean it can't be built.

[Thorvindr]

Thanks for the advice so far.

So do you guys think graflex clamp or box 1? I'm thinking box 1 will be easier to turn into a power switch. Also: the clamp has that tension lever on it. Anakin's and Vader's sabers have that but Big Green seems not to.

[Ty_Bomber]

Well, it depends. There is the hero Luke ROTJ, which has the copper neck and box, with the little triangle leds, and the v2, which had the clamp.

My preference has always been towards the V2.

[Thorvindr]

Well, it depends. There is the hero Luke ROTJ, which has the copper neck and box, with the little triangle leds, and the v2, which had the clamp.

My preference has always been towards the V2.

Yeah I prefer the look of the v2 as well but in this case, it's for a Mara Jade cosplay.

[Thorvindr]

And to get the tri-ring in the pommel: think I can get my drill press around pommel 3 v2 to put a hole through one of the "teeth?"

[Ty_Bomber]

Then it doesn't really matter which one you like, because Mara used his Graflex hilt. :) you wouldn't want to use the thin neck at all for Mara.

[Thorvindr]

Then it doesn't really matter which one you like, because Mara used his Graflex hilt. :) you wouldn't want to use the thin neck at all for Mara.

In the Thrawn Trilogy (several years after RotJ), Mara met Luke and took his lightsaber from him. Wouldn't that have been the lightsaber he had in Return of the Jedi?

At any rate: I was specifically asked for Luke RotJ with a purple blade.

[Thorvindr]

Nevermind. I just re-read my history. You are correct, sir (or madam).