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Here's her tumblr,

The story summary,

My first handdrawn 2d animation.

Notes:

1: Gee handdrawn 2d animation really makes you rethink your entire coloring strategy from the ground up huh.

2: To self for future reference, should probably make it clearer when a character is using the Force to make something float (Sugi is making R9 float here in case it wasn't clear, hence note).

3: Timing things to audio is about as difficult as expected, glad I was able to reuse the same 3 frames this time since there is very little movement overall.

Wife's OC's lightsaber.

Lightsaber crystals from the story with my OC and wife's OC. Process below the cut.

Reference and more below the cut:

Part 1, Clans.

Part 2, Lightsabers.

Image was found on Pinterest uploaded by saberlife

Clansabers (or Clan Sabers) have an interesting place among lightsabers, especially because what constitutes a Clan hasn't been explored fully on-screen. The only canon clan I could find (per the Wiki) was the group of Younglings that travelled to Ilum (containing Byph, Ganodi, Gungi, Katooni, Petro, and Zatt), but the lightsabers they make for themselves are incredibly unique to them (Byph's saber might be considered most like a clan-saber, but even then there's not many similarities), there's no clear link between their clan (which is unnamed) and the appearance of their lightsabers.

Image found in Wiki

Even for the clans we are aware of, there is still no clear link between them and what their lightsabers look like. It seems to be the link between these lightsabers and clans was a fan-drawn line.

However, I do still feel they are worth looking into because lightsabers are sick and if there's one thing I like to do it's draw lightsabers over and over.

Having drawn out all the parts I could find that might remotely be considered a clan-saber piece, here are my notes. (it does include parts of sabers seen in Grogu's flashbacks).

Images from unknown source (can't remembew)

1, They follow a fairly simple formula. It's easy to identify an emitter, switch section, grip section, and pommel. There's times when the grip can blend into the pommel and visa versa, but by looking at other hilts it's fairly easy to find the separation point. I've noticed the switch sections are almost all different, but have the same sections/lines drawn

2, There are so many buttons or button-adjacent greebles on these hilts. Like way too many. I guess it do be the vibe though, especially since Anakin's seems to have two or three extra buttons depending on how you decide it's supposed to be activated. Some of these could have up to 6 buttons, which is wild. I remember drawing lightsabers when I was younger and managing to combine all the functions into one button that also spins like a wheel (to adjust blade length like Kanan's saber does in Rebels).

3, These parts feel so grounded in lightsaber aesthetics, like if you have a lightsaber you're worried feels too out-there, see if any of these parts could help, or even a new piece that uses elements from these pieces. I will say there are definitely well-established lightsaber parts that exist outside of these (activation boxes like for Obi-Wan and Luke, asymmetrical emitter shrouds like Yoda or Depa Billaba, or strips on the grips like Anakin or Mace Windu) which can also be incorporated. As example to illustrate point 3, if my OC (who originally made his lightsaber from a blaster scope he no longer uses) were to repair his lightsaber with clan-saber parts, he may have these options.

To me all of these new options feel a lot more like a lightsaber than what he had originally.

 All in all, highly recommend going through and drawing some sabers with clansaber parts.

For context, I'm running a Star Wars DnD campaign for me and my wife based long after the Empire's fall. For simple reasons, I'm ignoring the sequel trilogy. I understand its place in the current canon, but the First Order doesn't really have a place in the story we are making.

So here goes:

After the destruction of the second death star, the New Republic donned the usage of BFE and AFE circling the time of the destruction of the second death star and the unofficial end of the Empire. It did take a number of years to squash out the remnants, but the death of Palpatine and Vader signifies the start of that fall.

As example, the battle of Yavin was 4 BFE (4 years before the fall of the Empire). The current date is around 25 AFE (after the fall of the Empire)

Year 1-2: Without an Emperor, the senate fell into disarray. Each agency within the Empire fought for power, but not in time for the Senate to dissolve them in an official capacity. Luke meets with other Jedi who survived and discusses with them what kind of Jedi Order to form.

Year 3-5: The Imperial remnants retained their form for some time by loyalists, but were eventually wiped out by the newly forming Republic. In this shifting atmosphere, the Rebellion forms its own political party to limit the powers given the chancellor during emergencies. Luke's Jedi Order is officially formed.

Year 5-10: The Imperial remnants have all been extinguished and power is returning to the people. Due to the propaganda planted by Palpatine, not many are accepting of the Jedi Order, especially in the core worlds and colonies.

Year 10-20: The Hutts began a campaign to take over more parts of space, a direct challenge to the new Republic's authority. Once noticed, the Republic did call out the Hutts and put a stop to it for the time being. However the Republic doesn't send troops into Hutt space. It's not until the Jedi cross the boundary and begin to help its citizens that people start regaining trust in the Jedi in those regions.

Year 20-30: Jacen Solo, son of Han and Leia, becomes dissuaded from the order and falls away. Jacen uses his connections in the Senate (courtesy of his mother) to start a movement limiting the Jedi Order's power. While this movement gains traction and distracts the Senate, the Hutts take advantage to slowly encroach on their territory again.

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The story follows Sugi Nicosia (half human/Iridonian Zabrak Mandalorian foundling), who starts to learn the ways of the Jedi from their newfound friend Padden Remus (Cathar Jedi Knight/Guardian)

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Drew my Jedi OC named Padden a few weeks ago. Also finished his main gear out of cardboard today (pardon the continuity errors, the saber didn't translate well to cardboard and I couldn't remember the NN-14 blaster when I drew the pic).

I shifted the hue of the picture (I was using blue and grey markers on a blue stickynote), but otherwise this is unedited.

Padden Remus, Cathar Jedi Knight. Altered the Jedi Order symbol for fun. Below is reference, I think it's from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.

Hands are hard