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21Nice! I can think of another out-of-universe reason to make this switch. As I understand it, they were still using physical props for the lightsaber blades in Empire (just not reflective-coated like they were in the first movie), partly to make sure the "blade" was rotoscoped into the correct place. It would be hard for Hamill to swing a 1m dowel from his waist to in front of him without hitting something, and switching from the hilt prop to the dowel prop mid-scene would likely result in a disconcerting jump like was seen in the previous movie when Obi-wan turned his off.– DavidWCommented Jun 2, 2021 at 16:58
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3Yoda's speech also got more yodatastic between scripting and shooting: the scripted "away with your weapon" is merely a little archaic, whereas the film film has "away put your weapon"– Tom GoodfellowCommented Jun 3, 2021 at 10:46
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12"Bluish"? Now don't tell me Yoda was supposed to be blue.– MaxDCommented Jun 3, 2021 at 10:58
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5A superb answer. Building on the key second-last paragraph here. Don't forget, when you film a movie, shoot a scene, you "do what you want". They may have tried a few different things and "just liked" that. One aesthetic point: when someone pulls out a lightsaber, it is A BIG MOMENT, it takes over the whole scene and is really dramatic. This scene is all about the surprise of the audience seeing the amazing Yoda for the first time. (Remember that!) continuing...– FattieCommented Jun 3, 2021 at 14:56
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5... it would be absolutely impossible to "know the answer" to this question unless one literally had Mr Lucas to talk to (and, indeed, he remembered every detail of his own thinking and others during the shooting of that scene) but for me, it really makes sense to low-key the weapon since that moment is about something else. one more point, don't forget that later, Yoda 'discovers' the lightsaber and it becomes a talking point, that would be blown if the lightsaber was revealed at this point.– FattieCommented Jun 3, 2021 at 14:58
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