Patiently plotting to take over the Republic, the Evil Darth Sidious is now ready to unleash his incomparable reign of terror upon the galaxy.  Slowly rising to power using political machinations and the dark side of the force, the evil Sith Lord has orchestrated much of the interplanetary strife plaguing the Republic.

Now, when the Republic is most vulnerable, and the Jedi are most overwhelmed, Sidious finally unveils a sinister master plan a thousand years in the making.  In one fell swoop, the devious Sith Lord wipes out the Jedi Order and reorganizes the crumbling Republic into the first Galactic Empire.

Lord Sidious' colossal gambit has given him absolute power as ruler of the galaxy, and to help him keep his oppressive reign, he enlists a most deadly Sith apprentice - the equally villainous Darth Vader.

To create the weapon of the vile Darth Sidious, the prop department machined an original master and cast copies of the prop in chrome and gold plated resin for ease of handling.  Surface detailing consisted of two LEDs - in keeping with the prequel trilogy lightsaber look - a gold color recharge port, and a brass emitter plate.  Other areas, notably the neck rings below the emitter and the individually shaped end cap were gold plated, before the saber was given a distinctive paint finish.

For the Master Replicas model, Lucasfilm supplied our engineers with a pristine copy of the original prop.  It was laser scanned to enable them to exactly recreate the unique, organic form in diecast metal, with machined metal details.  The trim parts are plated in genuine 18k gold and every detail from the antiqued brass emitter to the unique prismatic paint finish have been stunningly replicated.

We hope you enjoy this replica of Darth Sidious' lightsaber.  We feel sure it will be a discussion piece in your collection for many years to come, and while it represented a unique challenge for us to recreate, we feel that we have met that challenge!