Hey y'all. Just coming to the SH with an idea that I've had ruminating for a bit, one that I've always thought it's particularly odd we don't have.
As many of you know, there are many Jedi who have possessed multiple lightsabers over the years--Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, and Ezra Bridger are merely a few that come to mind. The articles for their lightsabers are themselves often denoted with numerable adjectives such as "first," "second," and "third" that denote the lineage of the lightsabers. However, the Lightsaber infobox—{{Lightsaber}}—does nothing to denote this lineage beyond the subject name.
I believe it would be beneficial to readers to include fields in the infobox such as "Previous" and "Next" (names of the fields pending, obv; if there are better ones then we can certainly use them) denoting the lightsabers that formally act as successors or predecessors to a subject lightsaber, whenever applicable of course. For example, Obi-Wan Kenobi's second lightsaber would have Obi-Wan Kenobi's first lightsaber in the "Prev" field, and Obi-Wan Kenobi's third lightsaber in the "Next" field.
For lightsabers that have multiple owners and thus multiple potential successors/predecessors, it could be further denoted using the {{C}} template. For example, the Skywalker lightsaber would have its "successors" in a bulleted list;
- Darth Vader's lightsaber (Darth Vader)
- Luke Skywalker's yellow lightsaber (Luke Skywalker)
- Rey's lightsaber (Rey Skywalker)
Whether or not the {{C}} template is necessary is of course also up in the air but it's a suggestion for cases such as these.
Any thoughts on this are appreciated! - Thannus (DFaceG) (he/him) (talk) 21:32, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Discuss
- Seems logical to me. - JMAS
Hey, it's me! 03:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC) - I'm not seeing any way this would be harmful, and could be a useful tool for readers wanting to go quickly through the progression of a character's lightsabers. Master Fredcerique
(talk) (he/him) 22:22, 9 February 2024 (UTC) - Yea, while a few lightsabers have multiple users, there can't be a possibility for massive infobox bloat, and it makes it easier to find the lightsabers of a specific character. Using {{C}} makes sense to me as well. ThrawnChiss7
Assembly Cupola 22:25, 9 February 2024 (UTC) - I take it you suppose that on every article that would have this field, it'd always be relevant to also document these predecessor/successor weapons in the text? Imperators II(Talk) 12:52, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
- Given the fact that a lightsaber acts as a replacement for its predecessor is typically notable (I'm hard pressed to think of an example where we don't already mention this in the text), yes. - Thannus (DFaceG) (he/him) (talk) 21:05, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
- Fair enough, I was just wondering about hypothetical cases where maybe a Force-user went a significant period of time before acquiring a new lightsaber, but I can't really think of any off the top of my head. Beside that, I like this proposal. Imperators II(Talk) 16:43, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
- Given the fact that a lightsaber acts as a replacement for its predecessor is typically notable (I'm hard pressed to think of an example where we don't already mention this in the text), yes. - Thannus (DFaceG) (he/him) (talk) 21:05, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
