ARTSABERS — Character Era Category Build Brief

# ARTSABERS — Character Era Category Build Brief

**Illustrating example:** *Prequel Era Lightsabers* — the family of hilts drawn from Star Wars Episodes I–III, spanning the Jedi Council years through the Clone Wars into the fall of the Republic.

## Page purpose

An **era retrospective**. Someone lands here because they want a curated introduction to the sabers of the prequel era — the Jedi Council years, the Clone Wars, the fall of the Republic. Reads like a magazine cover story, not a spreadsheet. The buyer leaves feeling they understand what the era means at ARTSABERS + which hilts belong to which characters.

## Section stack (top to bottom)

1. **Global chrome** — nav + promo bar (same components as homepage/product page).
2. **Breadcrumbs** — `Lightsabers ▸ By Era ▸ Prequel Era`.
3. **Cinematic era hero** — full-bleed era-defining photograph-brief placeholder (senate architecture / lightsaber trio silhouette / clone battalion), full 100vh, era name display headline, editorial sentence positioning (“The saga’s technological golden age — machined chrome, elegant lines, before the empire’s utility took over.”), primary CTA “Browse the collection” + ghost “Read the era story”.
4. **The story of the Prequel Era** — editorial split. LEFT: full-bleed photograph-brief placeholder (Coruscant skyline / Jedi Temple / senate chamber). RIGHT: 3-paragraph editorial on ~450 words: what defined the era’s design language, why the hilts read the way they do, what the collector values. Signature phrase + attribution.
5. **Characters of the Prequel Era** — 4-across character-tile strip. Each tile: photograph-brief placeholder of the character, name, era-arc phrase (“Padawan → Knight → Chosen One”), CTA “See {name}’s sabers”. Characters for this era: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul, Emperor Palpatine.
6. **Featured hilts of the era** — 3-across large product cards. Same shape as the homepage Fan Favourites row. Curated to 3 era-defining sabers: Anakin EP3 Duelling Grade ($459.99, real image), Obi-Wan EP3 Duelling ($519.99, photograph-brief placeholder), Darth Maul Double-Bladed ($539.99, photograph-brief placeholder).
7. **Jedi vs Sith** — duality split. Two half-width cinematic panels side by side. LEFT: Jedi (photograph-brief placeholder of blue/green blade, editorial one-line “Order · guardians · balance”). RIGHT: Sith (photograph-brief placeholder of red blade, “Shadow · dominion · fall”). Each panel has a “Browse the {order}” ghost CTA.
8. **Explore by character** — 2×3 grid of deeper character deep-link tiles. Same 4 characters as above, plus Padmé Amidala + Master Yoda. Bigger tiles than the 4-across strip — reads as “go deeper”.
9. **The full Prequel Era collection** — full-width band on carbon. Big Space Grotesk display “See all Prequel Era sabers — 84 hilts across all four electronics tiers”, ghost CTA “Enter the collection” linking to the shop archive with the prequel-era filter preset.
10. **From the archive — Prequel Era testimonials** — 3-across testimonial cards, same shape as homepage. Reviewers who bought prequel-era hilts, referencing specific SKUs (Anakin EP3 / Obi-Wan EP3 / Maul).
11. **Related eras** — 3-across era-tile strip. Original Trilogy · The Clone Wars · Sequel Era. Each tile: photograph-brief placeholder + era name + short editorial phrase.
12. **Warm capture band** — MANDATORY, full orange ombre. Same as homepage.
13. **Footer** — same as homepage.

## Copy locks

– Era name display headline reads: **”Prequel Era”** (line 1) + **”Lightsabers.”** (line 2)
– Sub-editorial: “The saga’s technological golden age — machined chrome, elegant lines, before the empire’s utility took over.”
– Era descriptor phrase, verbatim: “Episodes I–III · 84 hilts · Machined chrome, high-fidelity signatures”
– Featured hilts must include Anakin EP3 Duelling Grade at $459.99 (real image from nerdworks.uk Anakin-Skywalker-EP3-1.jpg)
– Star Wars disclaimer inherited from footer legal.

## Data locks (illustrative, flagged for real-data swap)

– 84 hilts count · 4 electronics tiers · testimonial names + prices except the confirmed Anakin EP3 $459.99.