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No matter how many times we watch this video – showing every single lightsabre ignition and retraction in the Star Wars movies – we can’t make the bloody Spyder III laser to ignite like that.
The International Robot Exhibition 2009 is underway in Tokyo, and Yasukawa is again showcasing its Motoman robots. We’ve seen how dexterous previous models were in robo chef demonstrations, but it seems they’ve now got a taste for the Force.
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:
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!
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!]
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?
