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Commandos To Use Plasma Knives For Field Surgery
5:20PM Rosa Golijan | Apparently plasma knives—surgical instruments which have glowing, ionised gas as a blade—have passed Special Operations Command’s field testing and evaluation stages. Great! Now how much longer until this tech can be used to make real lightsabers? More »
Toys
4:14PM Nick Broughall | Latestbuy’s announcement that they’re selling torches shaped like Lightsabers was met with a mixed response in my brain. On the one hand, they’re probably not the best torches to actually use, considering the light is actually blue or red. On the other hand, they’re LIGHTSABER TORCHES! More »
Latestbuy Selling Lightsaber Torches… Must… Not… Open… Wallet…
4:14PM Nick Broughall | Latestbuy’s announcement that they’re selling torches shaped like Lightsabers was met with a mixed response in my brain. On the one hand, they’re probably not the best torches to actually use, considering the light is actually blue or red. On the other hand, they’re LIGHTSABER TORCHES! More »
Random Stuff
The Definitive Star Wars Wedding
2:50AM Jesus Diaz | OK, we are done with the Star Wars weddings. Tiger and Issa win starting with her stormtrooper bustier. Unless the Darth Vader marries you in spectral form, no Star Wars wedding will surpass this one: More »
Entertainment
Light Saber Jousting With Segways
11:00AM John Mahoney | Vice TV, going where no other news outlets dare: This time, it’s Segway instruction from an NYC weirdo named Itsy, then stage combat light saber lessons with the NYC Jedi Academy in Brooklyn. Then, fight! More »
Entertainment
Art Peaks Forever as Two Chicks Lightsaber Battle in Their Underwear Without Irony
3:20AM Mark Wilson | If two women were to ever lightsaber dueled for my affection, I might need to slice myself in half to accommodate the needs of them both. (Ever so slightly NSFW). [Thanks Nick!] More »
Peripherals
TIE Fighter and Lightsaber Webcams Are Meticulously Detailed, Conceptually Strange
8:15PM John Herrman | If you’re in the market for these products, you probably have a powerful imagination. Where, then, would you prefer to stare? Into the laser cannons of the TIE, or directly into the lightsaber’s hilt? More »
Gadgets
Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber Sold for $US240,000, Doesn’t Work
6:40AM Adam Frucci | Some dumbass spent $US240,000 on Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from the first two Star Wars movies. Didn’t that guy realise that there’s no such thing as a lightsaber and that it doesn’t work?? More »
Toys
Colbert Brandishes Lightsaber Against Gadget Consumerism
10:40AM Jesus Diaz | After Jon Stewart trashed Black Friday, talking about his C-3PO and Lego Millennium Falcon, Stephen Colbert strikes back brandishing a lightsaber against the curator of the National Toy Hall of Fame. The reason: A wood stick. More »
Gadgets
Buy Luke’s Original Lightsaber for $US185,000, Gizmo Animatronic for $US5,000
11:40AM Jesus Diaz | This is it. The real McCoy: Luke Skywalker’s one and only lightsaber, used in the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. It can be yours for only $US185,000. If you don’t have $US185,000 handy, you can get the real fedora hat or the bullwhip used by Indiana Jones in Temple of Doom for $US61,000 each (reportedly, the ones from Indiana Jones and the Crappy Flying Saucers with the Stupid Kid will be $US20.84). These are only three of the original props that will be available in a December 11 auction, which will include one with our name on it: The original Gizmo, the animatronic puppet used in Gremlins, with control box and wires included. More »
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