The idea behind this project has been two-fold.
First, Anakin's Graflex in ROTS always seemed too clean for the character.
Anakin was a brooding, short tempered, man of action and his chrome plated Graflex never sat right with me.
Can any of you see Anakin sitting down polishing and doing maintenance on his saber daily, because I sure can't.
A saber that clean belongs to a man like Obi-wan, not Anakin.
So step 1, create a saber that reflects the war Anakin played many key parts in.
Secondly, what if Anakin had bested Obi-Wan on Mustafar, or at least not lost so completely.
What if he had no need to construct a saber so different from his Graflex to accommodate a new fighting style.
What if the Graflex was a Dark Side hilt.
So step 2, make the Graflex seem more menacing a hilt.
With those two things in mind, I present to you Mustafar - The dark side hilt I feel Anakin could have wielded.
The name reflecting the place I feel truly created Vader.
The hilt sports a two-toned color scheme with the Clamp and Emitter portions being a more-or-less solid Graphite Color with slight weathering applied to them.
The remaining portions include, blacks, grays, browns, and brass colors to reflect the wear, tear, and ash this saber would have accumulated fighting in a long war and the ultimate battle on Mustafar.
The two-toned decision being a shout out to both Anakin the man and the saber Vader does eventually make.
It also shows a red blade, though seeing as this hilt runs an Emerald Driver it could easily change to a blue to show the before and after of this transformation.
A few detail shots of this hilt:
So let me know what you think, this is just the first of some custom personal projects I'm doing for fun.
