[superg]

OK, so since there are plenty of nitpickers out there, here's one I thought was quite a bit on the ridiculous side. I think it's something that started with ROTJ though, not just TPM.
That is, the length of the lightsaber hilt. In ANH and ESB Luke and Vader, (and Obi-Wan's) lightsabers were roughly the length of their two-fisted grip. With maybe an inch or so to keep from singing the fingers. Then, with Luke's NEW lightsaber we have about an inch and a half or more extending beyond his grip, but it's not too distracting.
By the time TPM arrives, Qui-Gonn and Obi have like three or four inches of excess handle to show off the size of the sabers. Besides that the look of the saber handles is a dull almost platic with so much grip it's almost like they tried to make them look fake. And of course, who could forget the infamous red button? Why the button. We never see a button on any of Luke's Sabers. Why do they even need a button, shouldn't they be able to activate it by the force?
By the time we get to AOTC and ROTS at least the hilts have returned to the polished metal look they have in the Original Trilogy. But they still have some definite size issues.

[Otal Nimrodi]

Maybe they are different sized lightsabers.

[Harvey Globetrotter]

Who the hell cares? It's a weapon, you turn it on and kill stuff with it, and that's all. I notice that you failed to mention Dooku's and Palpatine's lightsabers, which are far bigger contradictions of the OT look than anyone else's. Not to mention Maul's.

[Despondent]

(Too lazy to look it up) how did Han click Luke's bic, erm, turn on Luke's lightsaber to slice open the Tauntan if not by button? Not the force, by the geneology shown in the PT movies, anyway.


Darth Maul: double the sabers, double the fall

(upper torso, lower torso.)

[Jordan]

There are so many cool things one can do with a light sabre, but non of these moves were shown in the films.

1) Putting the end of the handle against a persons chest then turning it on so it opens right through the guy

2) Placing the light beam close to a persons eyes so it melt them

3) Starting a fire

[Otal Nimrodi]

Healing people. Think about it. Just skim the surface of the skin, and the bleeding stops. And breaking into people's houses.