Star Wars Acolyte: Indara Lightsaber Initial Concepts

One of my first tasks on Acolyte was to mess around with Lightsabers, such a chore I know :D
Initially we had a different Production Designer who wanted to really explore a very different approach to the design of the sabers, as this was the height of the Republic we decided to look in to old duelling pistols and a more deliberate Baroque style as if each saber was bespoke built for the user.
These concepts are the first few explorations for Indara's Lightsaber