My name is Aletani, and I recently bought my first ever lightsaber!!! I just got it in the mail today, WOOT!!!
I bought the Dark Initiate V3 Fire Orange with standard length blade. At first, I was very interested in the Dominix V3, but since I'm only 5'5" and about 110lbs (21yr old nerd-chick if anyone was curious), I felt that having a hilt the length of my thigh would make me look like a child playing with big boy toys. LOL Also, I would like to have my Orange be a little deeper redish-orange, I feel like in daylight and kinda in the dark, that it looks like an Orange Sherbert Orange, not what I picture a badass sith carrying around. haha So if anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them!
Now, I must apologize, I don't have any pictures yet of me in my outfit, since I just got my lightsaber today, and I was waiting until I got it to get some taken. I'll try and have some pics taken soon, they won't be professional (yet... I'd like to get some taken in the future), just some good ones for appreciating the outfit. It's a totally custom outfit, I ordered different pieces from some lesser known fashion designers (off etsy) and I'm very pleased with how it turned out: all black, mostly leather and leather-like materials, wedge platform boots, tight leggings, tight scrunchy vinyl asym top with chain on one shoulder. You can see why I'm apologizing for no pictures, it's very hard to describe and give the outfit the credit it deserves. Lol
Anyways, back to introductions... the important stuff: I have loved Star Wars for as long as I can remember. I love reading the books, I have an entire bookcase dedicated to them, I'm short about 30 books (and counting...), and don't have any more space for more on the shelves (trying to read thru them all, sadly during my childhood I did not really know about the books, my hubby has remedied that and I have read several series so far).
I have an awesome gaming pc that I built myself, with top end gaming components, that I use for playing SWtOR and GW2 (used to play LotRO heavily [Nevanara was my main toon]) and occasionally replaying for the umpteenth time the KOTOR and KOTOR 2 games. Tried Jedi Academy and Battlefront again recently (both beaten back in the day tons of times, same as KOTOR games) but those were a little more buggy and wouldn't run well on Windows 7.
I've grown up loving the original trilogy and watching them again and again, often having sleep over marathons with a house full of friends and family. Honestly, don't really like the newer ones, but they are awesome in their own right. I have to say, probably my favorite thing about the newer ones is the Varactyl that Obi Wan rides while fighting Grievous, it's my dream pet, lol. AND I saw that they FINALLY came out with a mount for SWtOR that is a Varactyl! I so want it, but I'm waiting for my sub coin grants to replenish to try again.... GAHHHH.
My favorite Characters would have to be Boba Fett, with Han Solo coming in a close second, original right? But I would have to say, I love how Corran Horn's lightsaber can change length, thats pretty epic. I, Jedi is a pretty sweet book. I've always thought that Mark Hamill was ugly and his face contortions in the classic "Luke, I am your Father - No! Thats not True! *CUE UGLY DERP FACE* Thats IMPOSSIBLE!" I cringe/laugh everytime.
Ok, now for some silly frivolous girly things about me. I love fall, I have a double helix piercing on my right ear, I have an ankle tatt, ring tatt, and forearm tatt, I have short dark hair that I generally leave however funky spikey way I find it in the mornings (think awesome japanese manga/anime type spikes). I love playing soccer, miss volleyball and track, longjump and 100m dash especially (2nd fastest girl on the team, whatev
). I'd have to say that Fruits Basket (Japanese Manga) is my favorite manga/anime, tho initial d, blassreiter, soul eater, trinity blood, guin saga, etc were awesome too. Grew up dirt biking, camping, hiking, rock climbing, recently offroading a bit too. Recently climbed my first peak (from bottom to tippy top and down again) on labor day weekend (2013). I love muscle cars, my favorite ever being the '71 Dodge Challenger Hemi with Hemi Orange paint job. also, i'm a bit of a nerd, if you haven't figured that out. I love awesome movies, obviously the original SW trilogy, bladerunner, riddick, gladiator, pacific rim was like the epic nerd movie (loved it), alien series, Matrix trilogy (classic), (all sorts of stuff) tho I have to say that Singing in the Rain is my all time favorite (grew up watching that). Lol
So, I don't know how much of this interests you all, but there it is. LOL So If you feel like I left anything out, let me know, as me questions, I'd love to share.
Also, on my V3 Dark Initiate hilt, the blade plug is stuck, chopstick method hasn't budged it, and I'm actively looking for alternatives, thx.
Well, I hope I haven't bored you all to death, but that is a little bit about me. Haha
Oh, and a note on my SWtOR sig: This is me as a star wars character, I recently made a toon that is named aletani, but she's not a juggernaut since I've already leveled one of those, so it's not an exact representation of a toon on SWtOR, but of what I would be in the SW Galaxy, just change the saber's color to deep Orange and have it a human female (not miraluka) and we're good. lol And I don't know if I would actually be an active member of the Empire, I have an affinity for Revan (considering I was Revan in Kotor) and do not think that I would be totally dark side or even remotely close to totally light side. I think I would dabble in the light side, but would still be strongly dark side oriented. Idk, i'd love to talk more about that in a discussion if someone would kindly direct me to a good thread for that sort of thing. I would not be opposed to RP, but I have only done informal stuff with my friends a long while ago, so I am not familiar with how it works now a days.
Ultrasabers has given me a great experience so far and I look forward to checking out more of the forum threads that I haven't perused and getting to know some of you awesome nerdy people!
