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Originally Posted by Taranis
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could you explain that to those less informed ie ME  |
Sure, no problem. A D-ring is a standard ring usually in the shape of a "D." They're pretty standard for parachutes, ruck sacks, backpacks, trunks, all kinds of things. They've been around for a long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-ring
Covertec clips are fairly new. They consist of a round knob and a belt clip holder. They're used for things like cell phones and lightsabers.
Now, in the original trilogy, Luke, Obi-Wan and Darth Vader all had D-rings on their lightsabers and clips on their belts on which they could hang their lightsaber hilts. This was true for Obi-Wan's, Anakin's, Darth Vader's and Luke's ligtsabers.
Fast forward to the prequel trilogy. Every lightsaber, including Obi-Wan and Anakin's episode 3 lightsabers, (which are supposed to be the same as the episode 4 lightsabers) had a Covertec knob attached to them and hung on the belt using a belt adapter. For episodes 1 & 2, this is not a problem. Neither Obi-Wan nor Anakin were carrying the hilts like seen in episode 4 in those movies. However, in episode 3, they were. So, that presents a continuity problem. There are two possible explanations:
1. George Lucas has a low opinion of his fans and just hopes nobody would notice (we did.)
2. Obi-Wan was
extremely bored on Tatooine and decided to replace what had been standard lightsaber belt attachments with D-rings.
Explanation 2 seems very unlikely, which leaves us with explanation 1.
Here's a link to the parts on Parks Sabers:
D-Rings and Covertec clips:
http://www.saberkit.com/belt_clips.html
Belt kit:
http://www.saberkit.com/beltkit.html
Edit: here's a link to the Parks Sabers main page:
http://www.parksabers.com/ The Graflex/MPP 'sabers are accurate recreations of the original Star Wars (episode 4) hilts, including the D-ring attachments. Many of their Phase 'sabers are based on the newer trilogy and feature the Covertec clips.
