Stephen Colbert explains why haters should STFU about the new lightsaber in Episode VII.
Maybe I haven’t seen all the comments on this new lightsaber, but just in case this hasn’t been considered… I understand the idea of the hilt crosspiece and as Colbert says it doesn’t look to be very protective, but not all hilts are protective and are more about grip. What I’m wondering about is how likely you’d be able to injure yourself with the hilt since like the blade of the saber it’s plasma and would burn the crap out of ya, and we’ve seen fights where jedi do get really close to the saber blade. I’m skeptical on its practicality. I’m wondering if it would be like making the crosspiece of a hilt on a sword out of more sharpened blade?