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ShawnString — Thu, 05 May 2005 14:20:57 -0800

WHOOO.... How Stuff works tackles a biggie....its all about lightsabers! "The big advantage of using a lightsaber, of course, is that you can both cut and toast the bagel in one stroke." via /.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 05 May 2005 14:37:21 -0800

Most useful lightsaber site on the Interweb. Helped me choose which model was right for me.

By: piskycritter

piskycritter — Thu, 05 May 2005 14:57:48 -0800

And a nice bit of viralish marketing on the part of Lucas and co.

By: mek

mek — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:01:43 -0800

As if they needed any more marketing after we saw Yoda with the can of Pepsi.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:06:18 -0800

Has anyone had much success cutting open a tauntaun using anything but a light saber?

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:12:31 -0800

Really, if you are going to be slicing open a tauntaun, any large bladed item will do. I recommend a typical cane field knife for size and general sharpness.

By: Gamblor

Gamblor — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:13:56 -0800

Cranberry, I used garden shears once, and they worked like a charm.

By: Gamblor

Gamblor — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:16:17 -0800

Ok, actually it was on a waitress, and it left a godawful mess. Long story short, stick with the light saber.

By: sninky-chan

sninky-chan — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:20:16 -0800

These guys, all the celeb reviews... sounds like grasping at hype straws to me. Still, I liked this article.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:24:07 -0800

Hey, the timing is great for this, what with the new movie coming out soon and everything......

By: gigawhat?

gigawhat? — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:29:47 -0800

My favorite is peppermint, because when you bite into it, it gives off sparks!

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:35:23 -0800

My favorite lightsaber color is blue. Pepsi blue.

By: piskycritter

piskycritter — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:41:38 -0800

Does anyone know where I can find the short MTV moive where a kid gets a lightsaber for Christmas, cuts grandma in half and hilarity ensues. Tried to find that a couple weeks ago and had no luck. TIA.

By: snack

snack — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:53:43 -0800

you can both cut and toast the bagel in one stroke sounds like a familiar scene in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. (trillian showing arthur the kitchen knife - you can toast the bread as you slice it)

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:57:00 -0800

There are so many fascinating real things to learn about. Why waste time on fake things, especially when the construction details have no basis in real physics?

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Thu, 05 May 2005 16:02:27 -0800

Fake things often become real. And a basis in real physics depends on your understanding of physics at any given point in time. Luminous aether, anyone?

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Thu, 05 May 2005 16:05:16 -0800

piskycritter: try here [mpg].

By: venus in furs

venus in furs — Thu, 05 May 2005 16:35:51 -0800

speaking of real things, very real tony blair was actually on the cover of the sun today, sporting a brown robe and swinging a lightsaber. clearly they are valuable and useful tools, not that far removed from our day to day. (or is it mr. blair who's lost touch...)

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 05 May 2005 17:25:24 -0800

HFS monju - I just spent the last 5 minutes IMing that to everyone in the office. Classic.

By: PlusDistance

PlusDistance — Thu, 05 May 2005 18:30:38 -0800

orthogonality, I find your lack of faith disturbing.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Thu, 05 May 2005 20:42:32 -0800

how wide is the kerf?

By: bigtimes

bigtimes — Thu, 05 May 2005 20:53:38 -0800

Your day must be very boring with no imagination, orthogonality.

By: sirvesa

sirvesa — Thu, 05 May 2005 20:58:06 -0800

The PR groups have determined that it is now time to whip us all into a frensy about star wars again, and we're all leaping onto that bandwagon and getting ready to empty our pockets for mr. lucas. The hype is everywhere now - wired has lucas on the cover, the tv ads are starting .... The crazy thing about this light saber posting (which I did read and which was cute) is I doubt that the folks who did it got paid to do it (except for the ads on their site). But I hate the fact that our collective love for star wars is manipulated in such a scheduled conscious and manipulative way.

By: rolypolyman

rolypolyman — Thu, 05 May 2005 21:21:28 -0800

Also good info on Wikipedia.

By: Hicksu

Hicksu — Thu, 05 May 2005 22:44:00 -0800

Yeah, but it feels so good being used

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 05 May 2005 22:58:05 -0800

Lightsabers do not truly exist, therefore there are no rules about building Lightsabers.

By: Chunder

Chunder — Fri, 06 May 2005 01:47:14 -0800

Heh - that's teh funni. The risk of personal injury is much higher with a double-bladed lightsaber, and their practical applications around the home are limited. Therefore, it is probably best to save your money and stick with the single-blade version. Er - yup :-) Shame about the lame picture on page 2 - the lightsaber shadow is coloured; surely the lightsaber is a lightsource, and hence (a) doesn't cast a shadow, and (b) will cause changes to the shadows of other objects... doh! Oh, and does the guy doing the hedge cutting (page 5) look rather like James Hetfield (of Metallica) in his post mop-chop era??

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Fri, 06 May 2005 04:33:17 -0800

Marshall Brain, the creator of HowStuffWorks, is an old frat buddy of mine. He's as nerdy as the next engineer; so he indulged himself a bit. Cut the guy a break.

By: UKnowForKids

UKnowForKids — Fri, 06 May 2005 10:42:17 -0800

Didn't Marshall Brain also write a book about how the darn kids are into the sex too much, and if young men would just buy suits their problems would be solved, and if men would assert their dominance over women, the world would be a better place? Yep, looks like he did.

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Mon, 09 May 2005 14:09:33 -0800

Heh.... that's a side of Marshall I didn't know about.