Von Gino aus dem RS Forum:
EFX is proud to announce our next item in the Star Wars Legend
Edition line.
Darth Maul Legend Edition Hero Lightsaber!
As you know, the criteria for an EFX product to quality for Legend
Edition status, it must be primarily created by either directly
molding a screen-used/production made original, or by utilizing
original production molds from the LFL archives, or a combination
of the two.
Our replica was created by directly molding one of the few and rare
screen-used hero dueling sabers!
Here's some info regarding the original screen-used Darth Maul
sabers you might find interesting along with a visual
diagram:
Screen-Used Darth Maul saber 101
1. There were no metal body versions of this saber made for the
film. Some were cast resin bodies with separate metal ends, and
some were completely resin including the ends.
2. All the buttons on these sabers were part of the resin casting
and painted. No version of Maul's saber used actual separate
buttons.
3. Every screen-used version we came across in our research did not
have actual emitter holes.
There is only one shot in the entire film where you can see a saber
emitter with a hole in it.
There is controversy over whether or not this hole was digitally
added or if one of the full resin sabers had an emitter hole added
specifically for that one shot.
4. There were several different types of Darth Maul sabers used in
Ep. 1. (not including the ones sliced in half by Obi-Wan)
The ones most commonly known are the hero version (for close-up
shots), and the standard dueling versions (for most of the combat
scenes).
Another is the HERO dueling version, which is what the EFX replica
is based on and there were only a few of these made for the
film.
Hero version
- Created by casting a resin saber body over a threaded rod, with
metal ends added.
- Includes a covertec clip and retains all of the silver and red
button detailing.
- Threaded rod is sliced off flush with the emitter ends.
- Emitter ends are flat and do not have recessed centers.
Standard Dueling version
- Created by casting a resin saber body over a threaded rod, with
metal ends added.
- No covertec clip added, and all the raised button detailing has
been sanded off and replaced with painted dots (so that Ray Park
could twirl the saber without the raised buttons getting caught on
his gloves).
- The threaded rod extends well beyond the saber body so that the
colored dueling blades have something to be attached to.
- Emitter ends have recessed centers.
Hero Dueling version
- Exactly the same as the standard dueling version, except it
retains all the raised button detailing (this is a hybrid of the
hero and standard dueling versions).
The EFX Legend Edition version is going to emulate the Hero version
in every way, except that the emitter ends will be representative
of what is seen on screen vs. the actual film prop (which does not
have a recessed center or an emitter hole).
In the pictures of the EFX prototype shown above, the emitter ends
are just temporary stand-ins and will be replaced with metal ends
that have recessed centers and an emitter hole as seen on
screen.