![]() The purple blade typically signifies a Force user who has an understanding of both the light and the dark sides of the Force. ![]() Others say it's a reference to the actor's work in Pulp Fiction. "BMF" stands for "Bad(ass) Mother Fucker." Some say it is a long lost Jedi saying. There is also an engraving on the blade's activation button that reads "BMF" but there are no known pictures of this engraving. Jackson, personally requested a unique blade colour so that he could spot himself in large fights. The Jedi Master's design is a mix of silver & gold with black ridges similar to Anakin's saber and many others of the era. Mace Windu is the only Jedi in the films to use a purple crystal in his lightsaber. This weapon was constructed for Episode I but was not shown on screen until Episode II. Its physical design was made with or based off of the Praco flashgun. They were also used as primary weapons by smaller Jedi. ![]() Shotos are typically side arms for Jedi who dual-wield with certain fighting styles, as seen with Ahsoka Tano during her tenure as a Padawan. The hilt itself, along with the blade length, is a shoto. Yoda's lightsaber is the simplest of the canon sabers, which matches both Yoda's small size and reserved personality. The wise Jedi Master was rarely seen in combat, but his lightsaber was featured in a few duels in the prequel trilogy, including one with Count Dooku and another with Darth Sidious. His once private assassin and apprentice Asajj Ventress used hilts that were very similar to this lightsaber's design.Īt the time of writing this, it is not known if Dooku corrupted his original Jedi kyber crystal or used another for this weapon. While the films only show Dooku using a red crystal, he would have originally used an entirely different hilt (or at least a different coloured crystal) during his time with the Jedi. The most recent addition to the film franchise, Solo: A Star Wars Story, actually scores the lowest of all the films with only 28% of Britons having a positive opinion.Count Dooku's lightsaber introduced a curved hilt that allowed him to perform large sweeping slashes that would come at his foes from unexpected angles as well as precision hits for his fighting form. However, the newest two films (episodes 7 and 8) are more favoured than the prequel trilogy (episodes 1, 2 and 3). The rankings of the heroes and villains reflect the public opinion of the films, with the original trilogy of films (episodes 4, 5 and 6) topping the list according to Britons as a whole. On the flipside, 13% of female Star Wars fans picked heroine Leia Organa as their favourite, compared to 3% of men who say they like Star Wars. For example, fans aged 35 to 44 show greatest preference for the characters with big roles in the original trilogy, such as Luke Skywalker (24%) and Han Solo (22%), which will have been in cinemas during their youth.īreaking down the results by gender also shows that fans prefer the characters they can best relate to, with male Star Wars nearly twice as likely to pick characters such as Obi-Wan as their favourite (13%) compared to women (7%). Looking at the age of respondests we can see that fans tend to prefer the characters they grew up watching. Hero of the new trilogy, Rey, won the vote of 5% of fans - making her the most popular character introduced in the new films. Luke Skywalker comes second with 14% of the vote, beating both Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda who are tied with 11% of the vote each. However, only a Sith deals in absolutes, and among the heroes the votes are more distributed. Of the heroes, the smuggler, scoundrel and hero of the rebellion, Han Solo, is the fan favourite hero with a quarter (26%) of the vote. The highest ranked character of the new trilogy, Kylo Ren, only managed to garner 2% of votes from fans, and Supreme Leader Snoke was chosen by only 1%. Surprisingly, despite having just seven minutes of screen time, The Emperors apprentice from the first film of the prequel trilogy, Darth Maul, ranks as fans third favourite villain, with 6% of the vote. The Emperor follows, with a fifth (20%) of fans choosing him as their favourite villain. Iconic Darth Vader tops the dark side, with half (51%) of Star Wars fans listing the former Jedi as the best villain of the series – the highest percentage of any character across the board. YouGov polling of fans reveals that classic heroes and villains such as Darth Vader and Han Solo remain favouritesĪs fans anxiously await the release of Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker, fans say Darth Vader and Han Solo still top the list of their favourite characters despite a plethora of new characters.
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