I don’t know. There is a certain tendency in western media to overrepresent the significance of swords in pre-gunpowder combat (at least when they’re not treating bows like they’re guns and catapults like artillery).
On the other hand, with well-made swords often serving as a status symbol (due to being more expensive in terms of required material, labour and skill of the craftsman) it makes sense for the Jedi to wield them as a symbol of affiliation and the reputation that accompanies that affiliation. Everyone can buy a Blaster, but a Lightsaber?
Or maybe he just wanted to emphasize the mysticism around katanas.
It doesn’t have to be either/or, I think both are plausible.
Did George Lucas know that? Or maybe he just wanted to emphasize the mysticism around katanas.
But anyways, weapons and abilities are plot devices in Star Wars and hardly consistent.
I don’t know. There is a certain tendency in western media to overrepresent the significance of swords in pre-gunpowder combat (at least when they’re not treating bows like they’re guns and catapults like artillery).
On the other hand, with well-made swords often serving as a status symbol (due to being more expensive in terms of required material, labour and skill of the craftsman) it makes sense for the Jedi to wield them as a symbol of affiliation and the reputation that accompanies that affiliation. Everyone can buy a Blaster, but a Lightsaber?
It doesn’t have to be either/or, I think both are plausible.