Count Dooku Attack of the Clones Limited Edition Lightsaber
Count Dooku, charismatic separatist and evil Lord of the Sith, carries out the evil plans of his dark master while appearing to outsiders as no more than a powerful politician. Using the powers of the Sith, the Count is almost unchallenged in his lightsaber combat style.
In keeping with his dark personality, Dooku's lightsaber is at once both elegant and menacing in its design. For the first time in the Star Wars saga, a character utilizes a curved lightsaber hilt. Like Darth Vader's lightsaber, the chrome finish of Dooku's lightsaber is offset with numerous touches of black… hinting at its dark purpose. The unusual design of the Dooku lightsaber was chosen for a number of reasons. First, Lucas wanted the design to symbolize the more delicate style utilized by the Count. In addition, he wanted to match the design of traditional rapiers, which feature a guard for the user's hand.
The Dooku lightsaber prop was constructed by Ty Teiger's prop department in England. This department consists of approximately one hundred professional model-makers and is responsible for the development and manufacturing of all props for Star Wars.
According to Mr.Teiger, it typically takes one week to make the first prototype, but this particular lightsaber took six weeks. For filming, four versions of the "hero" plus fifteen resin "fighting" versions were constructed. These resin "stunt" lightsabers were used when the "heroes" were not needed to be seen in close-up.
The hero props were composed of polished, machined aluminum, steel, and brass. Black, diamond-pattern rubber sheeting was glued into recesses at various locations on the lightsaber's body to represent grip areas. Several gold accents were also added to the design to contrast with the silver and black finish. These accents represent various control switches. Mr. Teiger noted that overall it was a very difficult piece to design and machine. Numerous machining steps and refinements were required to achieve the final design seen on-screen.
The Master Replicas' Count Dooku lightsaber replica was produced from extensive analysis of the original film props. Hundreds of measurements were obtained and numerous photographs taken for documentation of color, texture, finish and other details.
From this information, a 3-D computer model was generated by our engineers. This was used to generate a final master pattern which was used for production. The black grip panels are composed of injection-molded plastic, coated with a rubberized material. This perfectly replicates the grips on the original, but enables these parts to be more durable for handling by collectors. All of the silver components are polished and heavily nickel chrome-plated for durability.
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