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ReturnOfDevsman posted...

They did, and it was my least favorite thing about TRoS.

At the very beginning, Rey is trying to hit the training droid or whatever and she can't get it with the lightsaber, so she gets all pissed off and uses her staff that she's actually used to. Hm. Interesting. This could play into the theme we've seen going through the first two of rejecting a tradition that doesn't work in favor of what does work. Maybe we'll see a Jedi who straight-up uses a staff instead of a lightsaber.

Instead, they decided to associate the staff with evil, to the point that they gave evil Rey the double-bladed lightsaber.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1e4aa39c.png

Oh, so she was evidently so pissed off with training that she momentarily gave into the dark side or some shit. That's what that was all about, huh?

One of the lowkey worst parts about TRoS is they had the perfect excuse to have Rey build her own unique, double-bladed lightsaber that better fit her fighting style and personality. And yet they literally bullshit back together Anakin's lightsaber JUST to do more nostalgia pandering. That creative decision is honestly representative of everything wrong with TRoS; lazy pandering getting in the way of creativity and just good storytelling.

I wouldn't have even minded if she used parts from it to build her own saber.