There are so many inconsistencies and illogical oddities where does one even start. I just sat down a few minutes ago to eat dinner and the movie was playing on Spike TV. The first thing I thought of was why don't Jedi's carry a back up light saber? What can the things weight anyhow, 16-20 ounces? It just seems strange that they wouldn't carry either a back up saber or other weapons. The Samaria carried the wakizashi and tanto among other weapons. If anyone needed a back up it would be a Jedi since they're constantly dropping or becoming separated from them. :shakehead Why wouldn't a Jedi also be the master of the "blaster" like Han Solo?
my guess is that the lightsaber is not only a weapon, its like, a sacred object of sorts, which is why they dont just lose them, and keep making new ones. also why they dont make them en masse. So, im guessing carrying a "spare" is poor form
there is however, a light saber form that uses two blades,a short and a long one to duel. Anikan uses this form against dooku, albiet with two normal lightsabers.
Anikan is really the only clumsy jedi that keeps losing his lightsaber, other jedi usually keep thiers for thier whole life. Also, the crystals that the jedi use are kind of rare, so maybe thats why.
as for why a lightsaber over blaster
"its a graceful weapon, from a more civilised age. Not as Clumsy or random as a blaster"
i paraphrase Obi-wan kenobi
i think WAYYY too much about these things...
Crenshaw