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Does anyone know which character this stunt lightsaber belonged to in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones?

A bit of background: I worked on the film for nearly 12 months. Was generously gifted the lightsaber below at the end of principal photography. Forgot I had it. Thought I'd look into it before dumping it back into the box. It has a green screw on saber (which special effects were of course then added to)

lightsaber

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    @TimPederick - It appears in the jedi fight scene on Geonosis. Here's a pic of the actress holding it; s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0b/49/57/…
    – Valorum
    Jun 18, 2016 at 8:17
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    You people are great. We have an answer. @Valorum thank you kindly. Everyone on here, thank you for your help. I 'worked' on the film for nearly 12 months. Was generously gifted this at the end of principal photography. Forgot I had it. Thought I'd look into it before dumping it back into the box. It has a green screw on saber (which special effects were of course then added to). I've no idea what cosplay is, but I wish it well, as I wish to all of you too. A great community.
    – J Doe
    Jun 18, 2016 at 8:50
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    I've edited in the details from your comment. It adds background and dramatically improves the question.
    – Valorum
    Jun 18, 2016 at 9:40
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    And don't forget to nip into chat to mention if/when you put it up for auction. Spamming isn't allowed, but I think you could be forgiven for putting up a link and chatting about it.
    – Valorum
    Jun 18, 2016 at 11:43
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    Welcome to Stack Exchange, and thanks for this question! It's always great to get people on this site who've actually been involved in the making of the film. Since these comments have gone slightly off-topic, I've moved them to chat, where you now have just enough rep to participate.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Jun 18, 2016 at 12:05

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It could be Jedi Master Luminara Unduli's lightsaber.

This is a scan from The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones.

image from visual dictionary

The caption states that her lightsaber follows a "common lightsaber design".

In fact, the same page shows Plo Koon's lightsaber, which is very similar:

Plo Koon's lighsaber

The main difference is in the color of the "radiator casing", which is golden in Luminara Unduli's saber and silver/steel coloured in Plo Koon's; moreover, Plo Koon's lightsaber shows blue markings at the opposite end.

This image, a particular taken from the image gallery in her official databank page, shows her some years later, in the Clone Wars animated series, using the same lightsaber:

particular from databank image

There is a non-matching detail: the color of the round buttons, which are green and grey in the question image and red and green in these images. However, this could be due to degradation of the paint on the prop, especially as the buttons would be right in the grip of the person holding the lightsaber.

Additional images showing the lightsaber (click to enlarge), found by our most excellent chancellor @Valorum:

Luminara Unduli and her padawan Bariss Offee image with signature of actress Mary Oyaya

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    Could this be part of a cosplay project? Jun 18, 2016 at 8:14
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    Fun fact: TIL that in the Italian edition of the visual dictionary the blade length adjust button became a charge connector. I guess the book was not translated by a protocol droid knowing thousands of languages.
    – lfurini
    Jun 18, 2016 at 10:36
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This lightsaber style was used by a variety of Jedi in Attack of the Clones (and was used in all three prequels, although only on a belt in Ep.1). Your stunt prop style saw a lot of use from a number of background Jedi on Geonosis in Ep.2, including from Jedi named Jedi such as Luminary Unduli and Plo Koon.

Of the original six saber designs created during pre-production on Episode 1, two were hand picked by Ewan and Liam, and the others became the basically the same 4 sabers every Jedi uses in the prequels aside from the Anakin and new Mace designs made for Ep.2. I am not counting Sith sabers, nor the new Anakin and Obi-Wan from Ep.3. But for everyone else you see wielding a saber in Episode 2 and 3...they are using these original saber designs. So, your particular stunt saber could have been used by any number of background stunt jedi or one of the more well known Jedi Council jedi. It's a great hilt design that shares some of the same detailing found on the emitter end of Darth Maul's lightsaber prop.

Original Six Hilt Designs

Attached is another stunt example of this prop that I have had access to in the past.Stunt Saber

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