So Gosh Darn Badaradicool by Noben

Spoilerish talk.

I've gotten to see it too, thankfully.

I'll give it credit where it's due, it was used well for what it had, and that's fine.  But something still doesn't set right with me.  As someone that watched the originals on VCR til the tapes nearly broke, the light saber was a thing of beauty to me, and it was taken overboard with the prequels. For me, a very hardcore fan of the movies themselves, it takes only a slight deviation from the norm to be enough to snag my attention.  I admit it does play into the character that possessed it, showing his one-up-man-ship nature, comparing himself to his idol, but I still feel it was too much.

I think that just having the blade's effect waver as it did was enough to set it apart, that aspect is honestly so damn cool, and it's sound effect also made it just different enough to get the point across: It's so darn cool.  But.. .The extra hilt bits were this kind of.. Well my reaction to the trailer was basically instantly seeing the blade come out and I mentally went "Hey, that's cool.." and then the extras popped out the sides and then I suddenly blurted out a laugh.  I'm not sure if that's what they were going for but that's how it went.

Laughing at it is what I did at first.  I don't dislike it because of the "too many saber blades" and the like, I just disdain it for the fact that I see it as training wheels if you need a guard while other heroes/villains like Obi-wan/Darth Vader just needed a regular ol' blade. To me that's real skill with a light saber.  Sure he's a Sith with his red blade and dark robedness so not playing by the "rules" is a given, but I still stand by my opinion on it when it comes to being impressed. ^^

To me, it's sort of cool (Darth Maul with extra blade), but not badass cool (Obi-wan vs General Grievous)

CrossGuard saber's aren't exactly new. The've show up a few times in the comics.