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Did anyone else think it was a little odd when Luke said "light sword" instead of lightsaber?
posted by RustyShackleworthSTAFFMOD on December 20, 2017 at 1:34 PM
Not a big deal but I just thought it was a little odd when Luke said that to Rey when he was asking her what exactly she was expecting him to do.
Reply by tmdb82469342
on December 20, 2017 at 2:26 PM
He referred to it as a laser sword not a light sword.
Reply by BarkingBaphomet
on December 20, 2017 at 4:52 PM
gave me prequel flashbacks.
Reply by Midi-chlorian_Count
on September 2, 2018 at 4:30 PM
Yes. It was supposed to be "clever" I guess but it just took you out of the movie.
Reply by mcse2000ca
on September 4, 2018 at 2:12 PM
Well thats because the guy the hired to write the movie had no idea what Star Wars is about.
Reply by Jan El Señor
on September 4, 2018 at 2:50 PM
No.
Reply by Mrsalty
on September 12, 2018 at 12:28 PM
I bet the one who found it the most odd was Mark Hamill.
Reply by tmdb23329739
on January 8, 2019 at 2:21 AM
It just shows that the retarded idiot Rian does not know a thing about Star Wars.
Reply by Lucky_Man
on January 28, 2019 at 4:19 PM
It was written to denigrate Star Wars itself. "You think what? I'm gonna walk out with a laser sword and face down the whole First Order?"
It's a deconstruction of the traditional Star Wars narrative, something previously done in Knights of the Old Republic II (with much greater effect). Had Rian Johnson been given a trilogy - with new characters and new worlds - the exploration of such themes would have been very interesting. They were instead shoehorned into an established story with established characters and the effect is absolutely jarring. The Last Jedi is a failure, pure and simple - but you cannot blame the walls for breaking when the foundation was poured into quicksand.
Reply by Innovator
on January 30, 2019 at 5:54 AM
Actually, it's the opposite. Laser sword is a reference for what George Lucas used to describe Lightsabers that always make fans cringe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIFVlVLrrUs
Reply by tmdb23329739
on January 30, 2019 at 10:14 AM
Does not matter. In the previous 7 movies there isn't a single time the weapon is called a laser sword. Not once. It is always called a lightsabre and it has nothing to do with lasers anyway. No in-universe character would ever call it a laser sword.
Reply by Innovator
on January 30, 2019 at 9:13 PM
Not true. They are referred to as that in Phantom Menace. Anakin says, "I saw your laser sword. Only Jedis carry that kind of weapon."
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f9b61d46-a3d4-4b0c-bf53-ac4262cb8e0e
Reply by VHS-VANDAL
on January 30, 2019 at 10:13 PM
CITING PHANTOM MENACE TO MAKE A POINT?....EVEN IF YOU ARE RIGHT WHY WOULD YOU GO TO THAT LENGTH TO PROVE IT?
Reply by Innovator
on January 30, 2019 at 10:30 PM
I know...I feel kind of dirty now.
Reply by tmdb23329739
on January 31, 2019 at 11:38 AM
True but he also says jedis instead of jedi as plural. He is a 10 yeard old slave living on a backwater shithole planet so it's quite natural to me that he doesn't know shit about facts.
Reply by Innovator
on January 31, 2019 at 2:37 PM
Remember, Luke also grew up on the same backwater shithole planet, so probably picked up the term from there. Even as an aged Jedi, Luke is still a hick.