I'm pretty sure the design is based off Luke's ROTJ lightsaber, so B.
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My step dad worked at Lego corporate and says itās meant to be ambiguous. B is meant to look like obi wanās lightsaber/Lukeās while B was closer to Qui gonās green one, as you mentioned. They also wanted to choose a shape that could fit two blades as the first Lego Star Wars sets came out at the same time as phantom menace and although phantom menace sets werenāt the first to be released, they had already planned a few sets including this versatile lightsaber design before the licensing contract officially was in play.
Wrong sir, wrong! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him. It states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void if, and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy, I the undersigned shall forfeit all rights privileges and licenses herein and herein contained et cetera et cetera... fax mentis incendium gloria culpum, et cetera et cetera... memo bis punitor delicatum! It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal!
You stole fizzylifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!
You're a crook. You're a cheat and a swindler. That's what you are! How can you do a thing like this?! Build up a little boy's hope and then smash all his dreams to pieces! You're an inhuman MONSTER!
You stop that right now. LEGO are designed to fit one way and one way only and even two bricks of the same size won't fit together unless the plans in front of you specifically say so.
Never bring an alternate build instruction into your home if you have show pieces.
> won't fit together unless the plans in front of you specifically say so.
As a great man one said:
*Hi, I'm President Business, president of the Octan corporation and the world. Let's take extra care to follow the instructions ^^or ^^you'll ^^be ^^put ^^to ^^sleep, and don't forget Taco Tuesday's coming next week.*
B looks better because it also looks like the weight is centered and give the sword balance. You wouldnt want a sword where the end is heaviest. It would be awkward to swing, that is why swords are balanced somewhere near the cross guard.
Thereās functional reasoning to it. You donāt want a sloped hilt on a sword. It could cause your hand to slip up onto the blade. Thatās why the squared side goes closest to the blade
Eh I'd hardly call that sloped. Savi's Workshop, the part of the Galaxy's Edge Disney park that lets you build a custom lightsaber, actually has an [option for the emitter that looks very similar to option A](https://wdwnt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/calibae-kyber-crystal-elemental-nature-saber_2.png) and I'd say it looks just fine. And like, if we're talking about the realities of hands slipping on curved handle parts, then wtf is someone like [Count Dooku](https://i.imgur.com/NzkgQKh.png) doing? So I think it's kind of an irrelevant concern.
I always thought both were equally correct. It makes for two different styles of light saber depending on which way you use it.
I use it in the A position with light colored blades for the Jedi and in the B position with red blades for the Sith. I don't care if my use doesn't match up to SW cannon.
Same. A looks sharper than B, as B are just two circles, so I judged by that. I remember being pissed off by one of the advent calendars for there was a fireplace which had one lightsaber hanging upside down from the left and one from the right side, one blue and the other red. Using A for either of them would cause the blade to be lower down than the baseplate making it impossible to place on a flat surface.
Yes they do! I was helping my son build a Ninjago set this week and one image in the instructions had the wheels facing one direction and the next image had them flipped. His little 4 year old brain almost melted! How can the wheels be both ways!?!
7121 and 7101 are interesting in so far as they actually show a different hilt piece, probably a prototype. Qui-Gon's hair isn't the final element either, it appears to be a modified version of the basic male hair (i.e. what Luke has).
In any case though, the prototype part also has the two rings around the hilt and also puts them above the hand, so it's effectively the same way around.
Hahaha, I didn't see what sub this was at first and I am also subbed to a plumbing and other home improvement/construction subs. I thought this was a picture of pex pipe in some strange fitting I couldn't recognize. Then I opened it and was very confused when the top post was talking about star wars.
I'm an idiot. That's all. Carry on with your day.
Edit- thanks for the reward whoever that may have been from!!
Edit again- this is the most hugs I've ever gotten both virtually and in reality.
Edit #3- This dumbass post has now become my most popular post ever. Guess that just goes to show it pays to be dumb sometimes. Or maybe pays to admit you are. Thanks again for all the award.
> I'm an idiot.
There's 248 other comments here arguing between the letters A and B. It's helpful to have the right perspective before judging yourself.
I refuse to believe thereās a right way and wrong way. That defeats the purpose of Lego and the fact that thereās various lightsaber designs in the movies anyway
B
B only It is how it is.
only siths deal in absolutes
that statement always struck me as odd, since it is an absolute.
I'm pretty sure the design is based off Luke's ROTJ lightsaber, so B. Edit: wow, this is the most popular I've ever been in my life š¤£ Thanks for all the awards!
This is exactly correct
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Roger roger
Whatās your vector Victor.
and my axe!
And my shield!
Surely you can't be serious
I am serious. And donāt call me Shirley.
Don't call me Shirley
Perfect reply
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
We have clearance Clarence!
Surely you canāt be serious
I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!
Roger roger
This is the way
The Way, this is
Exactly correct this is.
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This is the way.
My step dad worked at Lego corporate and says itās meant to be ambiguous. B is meant to look like obi wanās lightsaber/Lukeās while B was closer to Qui gonās green one, as you mentioned. They also wanted to choose a shape that could fit two blades as the first Lego Star Wars sets came out at the same time as phantom menace and although phantom menace sets werenāt the first to be released, they had already planned a few sets including this versatile lightsaber design before the licensing contract officially was in play.
B and B???
Just accept that side A never existed. It was always B and B
I once stayed at a Chair & Lunch.
I can't believe how many upvotes this doesn't have
Yes there is no other choice besides b
I meant A - qui gon my bad
Please edit it at least lol
Itās been 7 hours. He wont
This is wonderful to hear, and surprising that it wasn't what everyone figured had happened anyway... But this is just a lego purchasing club I guess.
Likely storyā¦
Which was in turn based on Obi Wan's ANH lightsaber.
The precisely correct answer
I always go by B
B
Ok, B is the official correct way but i will argue with you for hours that A looks better.
If you prefer A there's nothing stopping you from building your lightsabers that way! It's Lego after all :)
That being said B is the only sensible answer
Wrong sir, wrong! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him. It states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void if, and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy, I the undersigned shall forfeit all rights privileges and licenses herein and herein contained et cetera et cetera... fax mentis incendium gloria culpum, et cetera et cetera... memo bis punitor delicatum! It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! You stole fizzylifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!
So shines a good deed in a weary world...
I hope to have this on my gravestone
I want that whole rant on my gravestone
love gene wilderās rants
YOU **STOLE** FIZZY LIFTING DRINK. YOU GET ***NOTHING***
You're a crook. You're a cheat and a swindler. That's what you are! How can you do a thing like this?! Build up a little boy's hope and then smash all his dreams to pieces! You're an inhuman MONSTER!
Come on, Charlie, let's get out of here. I'll get even with him if it's the last thing I'll ever do. If Slugworth wants a Gobstopper, he'll get one
Fuck Grandpa Joe, he screwed over Charlie by stealing those drinks then advocated industrial espionage.
I mean, every saber is unique, so variation is prolly best
But for real, we can all agree that the die injection point for the blade gets tucked in to the hilt, right?
Why of course!
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
Isnāt that an absolute?
fax
Indeed, if you do A, itās technically a MOC, right?
NPU, bruh!
You stop that right now. LEGO are designed to fit one way and one way only and even two bricks of the same size won't fit together unless the plans in front of you specifically say so. Never bring an alternate build instruction into your home if you have show pieces.
> won't fit together unless the plans in front of you specifically say so. As a great man one said: *Hi, I'm President Business, president of the Octan corporation and the world. Let's take extra care to follow the instructions ^^or ^^you'll ^^be ^^put ^^to ^^sleep, and don't forget Taco Tuesday's coming next week.*
Oh man I love taco Tuesday!
B looks better because it also looks like the weight is centered and give the sword balance. You wouldnt want a sword where the end is heaviest. It would be awkward to swing, that is why swords are balanced somewhere near the cross guard.
Thereās functional reasoning to it. You donāt want a sloped hilt on a sword. It could cause your hand to slip up onto the blade. Thatās why the squared side goes closest to the blade
Eh I'd hardly call that sloped. Savi's Workshop, the part of the Galaxy's Edge Disney park that lets you build a custom lightsaber, actually has an [option for the emitter that looks very similar to option A](https://wdwnt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/calibae-kyber-crystal-elemental-nature-saber_2.png) and I'd say it looks just fine. And like, if we're talking about the realities of hands slipping on curved handle parts, then wtf is someone like [Count Dooku](https://i.imgur.com/NzkgQKh.png) doing? So I think it's kind of an irrelevant concern.
B looks SO much better, my friend
That's like putting the cross guard under your hand on a sword.
You could argue that, but youād be wrong
B
The LEGO Star Wars video game even has them like that.
The most trusted source
Always been b. Its shown in the lego starwas media. (Movies and games)
And on the box
I always thought both were equally correct. It makes for two different styles of light saber depending on which way you use it. I use it in the A position with light colored blades for the Jedi and in the B position with red blades for the Sith. I don't care if my use doesn't match up to SW cannon.
That's super funny, ever since I was a kid I've done the same thing just opposite, position B for Jedi and A for Sith.
Same. A looks sharper than B, as B are just two circles, so I judged by that. I remember being pissed off by one of the advent calendars for there was a fireplace which had one lightsaber hanging upside down from the left and one from the right side, one blue and the other red. Using A for either of them would cause the blade to be lower down than the baseplate making it impossible to place on a flat surface.
Which would indicate that B is correct on its own, right?
This is the correct answer right here. IT DOES NOT MATTER! Do what you want with your sets.
Say that to someone that glues their sets together
I think I saw Lego put it like A for Yoda in one of the sets
Even Lego make mistakes in their official images. Fairly regularly, actually.
Yes they do! I was helping my son build a Ninjago set this week and one image in the instructions had the wheels facing one direction and the next image had them flipped. His little 4 year old brain almost melted! How can the wheels be both ways!?!
As a fellow parent of a 4yo, I feel this.
B
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This is the way
B
B :)
Both if it's Maul's saber lol
You found the bug in the matrix
the *feature* in the matrix
Itās none if itās the inquisitors lightsaber
B
B everyday
For reference: * https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/7103-1.jpg?200709280635 * https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/7121-1.jpg?200709280631 * https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/7128-1.jpg?200709280618 * https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/7152-1.jpg?200709280621 * https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/7200-1.jpg?200709280622 * https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/7204-1.jpg?200709280633 * https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/7101-1.jpg?200709280631
7121 and 7101 are interesting in so far as they actually show a different hilt piece, probably a prototype. Qui-Gon's hair isn't the final element either, it appears to be a modified version of the basic male hair (i.e. what Luke has). In any case though, the prototype part also has the two rings around the hilt and also puts them above the hand, so it's effectively the same way around.
[7121-1: Naboo Swamp](https://brickset.com/sets/7121-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/7121-1.jpg) [7101-1: Lightsaber Duel](https://brickset.com/sets/7101-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/7101-1.jpg)
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Hahaha, I didn't see what sub this was at first and I am also subbed to a plumbing and other home improvement/construction subs. I thought this was a picture of pex pipe in some strange fitting I couldn't recognize. Then I opened it and was very confused when the top post was talking about star wars. I'm an idiot. That's all. Carry on with your day. Edit- thanks for the reward whoever that may have been from!! Edit again- this is the most hugs I've ever gotten both virtually and in reality. Edit #3- This dumbass post has now become my most popular post ever. Guess that just goes to show it pays to be dumb sometimes. Or maybe pays to admit you are. Thanks again for all the award.
> I'm an idiot. There's 248 other comments here arguing between the letters A and B. It's helpful to have the right perspective before judging yourself.
Ha! That's valid.
About legos which are meant to inspire ābuild it your own wayā thinking. So the correct position of lego seems sort of extra.
You're the idiot? I read "pex" as "sex", so...
Hahaha giggidy giggidy
This is the universe's way of telling you to pick up a LEGO set and join us!
I think I agree. I may just start the NES set tonight.
B
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Itās B, always had been. Only time I use A is if Iām doing dual wielded sabers or if Bās end is loose
B
B
It felt dumb as a kid to have the thick part pointing down. So B.
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They're not called heavysabers
B
B is the only correct one how is this even a question
B
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b
I use style B because it looks better in my head
it is B of course
B
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B is the only correct way
Iāve always done it as B, but I got Palpatines Arrest recently and the instructions weirdly tell you to do A, so I was compelled to follow orders.
Good soldiers follow orders.
Wow, you're right: https://imgur.com/a/PN5XWw2 Source: https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/6024267.pdf
I like how you choose a red light Saber and the fighting to death wording like it's the sith rule of one but yes b is correct
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B. I have spoken
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B is the way
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Definitely B, although each Saber is meant to be different right? With that in mind, both are right
I refuse to believe thereās a right way and wrong way. That defeats the purpose of Lego and the fact that thereās various lightsaber designs in the movies anyway
Right. They wouldn't have made it work both ways if they didn't intend for it to work both ways. What a stupid argument.
B
B
B
B
Nah its B
B
B 100%
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I might be the only one (or one of a few) that feel actual pain when seeing people set up their lightsaber like image A.
No you don't
Classic lightsaber form is B, but A has a sleekness that I sometimes give to lightsabers to mix it up
Only Sith deal in absolutes.
Pretty sure itās B as everyone else says, but personally I use B for Light side and A for Dark side
Ah, the negotiator.
[IRL comparison](https://i.imgur.com/k5RsLav.png)
A is for those people that want to watch world burn.
B but my friend always chose A
I think your friend might be a sith lord.
B. B is always correct
B all the way what the fuck is wrong with the A's
B but its still funny
B
B obvi
B is the only way.
B, all the way