Alright, so this is one of those things where I keep reminding people that Star Wars movie canon and Star Wars franchise canon barely overlap.
The reason Obi Wan gives Luke for lightsabers in the first place is just cool factor, too. Lightsabers just seem classy. Nobody says it’s particularly powerful, just that they’re old fashioned and “less random and clumsy” than blasters. Luke handles his like a toy, Obi Wan pretty much gives it to him as a memento, he says he “almost forgot” he had it stashed because Luke’s dad wanted to hand it to him but his uncle didn’t let him. Obi Wan uses one in plain view of people and nobody even goes “Hey, look, a Jedi, I thought they were gone”. Hell, they sit down for a pint and a bit of bartering with Han immediately after that. The Empire officers, who at this point clearly don’t particularly respect Vader, seem to think he looks like a goofball waving that thing around and making grandiose claims about the power of the Force when they’re literally sitting inside a showstopper doomsday device.
All the justifications for how little sense lightsabers make and why only Jedi seem to carry them is after the fact retconning of the barely-coherent implications of the original movie.
Alright, so this is one of those things where I keep reminding people that Star Wars movie canon and Star Wars franchise canon barely overlap.
The reason Obi Wan gives Luke for lightsabers in the first place is just cool factor, too. Lightsabers just seem classy. Nobody says it’s particularly powerful, just that they’re old fashioned and “less random and clumsy” than blasters. Luke handles his like a toy, Obi Wan pretty much gives it to him as a memento, he says he “almost forgot” he had it stashed because Luke’s dad wanted to hand it to him but his uncle didn’t let him. Obi Wan uses one in plain view of people and nobody even goes “Hey, look, a Jedi, I thought they were gone”. Hell, they sit down for a pint and a bit of bartering with Han immediately after that. The Empire officers, who at this point clearly don’t particularly respect Vader, seem to think he looks like a goofball waving that thing around and making grandiose claims about the power of the Force when they’re literally sitting inside a showstopper doomsday device.
All the justifications for how little sense lightsabers make and why only Jedi seem to carry them is after the fact retconning of the barely-coherent implications of the original movie.