Why has nobody mentioned this yet ?
The lightsaber Megatron uses ofcourse ! Don't get me wrong, it was awesome having Megatrong use a lightsaber-like weapon, but was there any issue with George Lucas over suing ? Lawl ?
shareYou sure it was a lightsaber? I thought it looked like some kind of weird flare type weapon.
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Megatron briefly used some kind of "laser sword" in the movie, but it's not similar enough to Star Wars to warrant a lawsuit. Star Wars itself borrowed ideas from earlier works such as Flash Gordon and Dune.
shareI wonder were that lightsaber he used came from, though. My guess is it was some kind of component that made up Megatron's fusion cannon.
shareAccording to the original storyboard, Megatron takes that saber-like weapon from a compartment behind his lower right leg (like where your calf muscle would be). The movie itself doesn't show this, of course, but that was what was originally drawn up.
share1.SW took ideas from Flash Gordon and the Dune novels, ME: Oh yes, that's true !
2.I would imagine yes it does come from his fusion cannon.
3. I immediately though "Lightsaber" it sounds like one. Have to take another look at the scene, but it must be Megatron's villainy that made me think of Darth Vader and the link with starwars, although I am miles more intrested in Transformers than Starwars.
It appeared to be some sort of cutting tool. Prime decks Megatron, and knocks him into a wall and a bunch of scrap metal falls down and he grabs the laser cutter off the ground.
Could of just been a sort of utility tool used for emergencies or something.
Yeah I'm pretty sure the "light sword" wasn't Megatrons it just happened to be there and he used it. Like previous poster said several tools and etc... fell when megs hit the wall, loosing his cannon, he just grabbed something that was there and just so happened to be a light saber so to speak. I felt it was generic enough of a weapon that it is not a direct knock off of star wars.
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In the pilot, More Than Meets The Eye, Megatron was able to form weapons such as an axe or a mace. While that appeared nowhere else in the series, it's possible that the writers for this film drew from that and gave him a lightsaber-esque weapon.
shareI think others touched on it best...looks like some kind of metal cutting tool (that looks an AWFUL lot like a Lightsaber), Megatron just happened to get a hold of and use against Prime...crush with your "bare hands" indeed. Hmph!
Didn't do him all that much good, Megs probably could've unleashed the final blow quicker if he hadn't done that cool Anime-style jump in the air only to have a FIST in the FACE on the way down!
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