This Is Probably the Best DIY Lightsaber Ever

This Is Probably the Best DIY Lightsaber Ever

The blade is ridiculously bright and lights up in an instant, the handle is gorgeous and beautifully constructed, I mean, everything about this lightsaber is just perfect. Even Luke Skywalker would be drooling over this. Watch it light up:

 

 

The Return of the Jedi lightsaber was made by Bradley Lewis and he documented his entire process over at Slothfurnace. Follow every step of the way, from pre-planning, to cutting, to wiring the lights and testing. It's a truly remarkable piece of work.

Here's the finished lightsaber (without the detachable blade):

 

And a few shots of the building process:

 

 

 

 

[Sloth Furnace via MAKE]

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Peek at the Trooper Class: Star Wars-The Old Republic

In any MMO, Class Balance is the Holy Grail of sorts for Game Designers...From this video, we can see how the designers are trying to balance the Trooper Class so that it won't get totally owned by Force-using Classes... Also, kinda wondering what's the AoE attack the Trooper had to take out those 4-5 enemies that were surrounding him/her.
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The Solo Adventures: Why Han Solo got into Jabba's bad books

The Solo Adventures 2D from Daniel L Smith on Vimeo.

This is the winner of "Best Animation" from the Star Wars Fan Film Movie Challenge, sponsored by Lucasfilm. It was shown at Celebration V in Orlando Florida

Enjoy!

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