Question - Does anyone know - For a fact - if you are still able to buy additional lightsaber hilt parts (aka Scrap) for $20 a piece in either California or Florida, at either Savi's or Dok Ondar's as of this minute (or at least recently) - and what the current policies are on such a purchase.
There are a lot of on-again, off-again inconsistent reports on the internet about extra pieces, but the policy seems to be very liquid, and I'm not always sure which info is up-to-date, nor if said info pertains to California, Florida or both locations.
I was on a trip to Orlando last week, where I built my saber, and Savi's had not heard of such an option to purchase additional pieces. I mentioned I had heard rumors of such an option at one of Savi's other workshops on the other side of Batuu, near the west coast, and they said if such a shop existed and had such an option, it was not something they had heard of or had on offer in their particular location at the current time. So as of Sept 11th, Savi's in Orlando had no option to purchase extra pieces.
I did not check w/ Dok Ondar's in Orlando, as I was not aware at the time they might (potentially) also carry pieces. I thought Dok only had Crystals (which they did, prominently displayed)
I'm going on another trip to California in a couple weeks where my friend will be building his saber. Frankly I'm just wondering if I can piggyback on his build to buy additional pieces for my saber (we will have the same Peace and Justice theme, so even if he's limited to only peace and justice pieces, it shouldn't be an issue)
Honest to god, while I appreciate their dedication and immersion, and I try to work around it as best I can, sometimes the need for Cast Members to stay in character in Batuu can be very frustrating when you're trying to get a straightforward answer to a simple customer service question. I won't go into detail, because the cast went to lots of effort to make things right, but I actually had some rather big (negative) issues come up on my trip to Galaxy's Edge last week. And... the cast members were very nice, and tried to be very accommodating, but having to navigate the issues with them through "in character" code-speak was... exhausting at times. I think for them as much as me frankly, lol. There were times we both knew what we were trying to say to one another, but both knew they couldn't come right out and just SAY IT, lol.