Lightsaber Build: Exact Star Wars Replicas, Totally Custom, And A Duel!
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 running time 26:08
Luke, Darth and Obi-Wan's Lightsabers were pieced out of junk piles. David shows you how to build exact replicas and an original design from The Custom Saber Shop. Then he picks a fight with Patrick.
Star Wars movie props and replicas are expensive memorabilia. Original pieces command a princely sum and replicas can cost anywhere from a $100 to a $1000 or more. For items like lightsabers, however, you can assemble your own replica using the exact same parts as the Star Wars prop makers. All you need is some time, an eBay account and a trip to the local hardware. Now if you want your lightsaber to be a bit more elegant and customizable check out The Custom Lightsaber Shop. Their Java tool will allow you to select and customize your lightsaber in almost any way imaginable.
If you wish to forgo the lightsaber in favor of something a bit more clumsy you can also build yourself a replica Stormtrooper or Han Solo's blaster. Since all those specific props were based on actual deactivated firearms you'll need to rummage through sites like Replica Weaponry.com and Aurora History Boutique to find decommissioned and replica firearms to base your blaster build on.
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" Light -- days or make it takes everybody's question period thirties or forties members Star Wars and everybody wanted a light Saber. I mean that you actually -- and so. It's it's good to have your guns but today we're gonna focus on papers plastered last it. So what most people who watch Star Wars don't realize is that it was a super vehement. -- budget. That means she. -- So what happened was was George basically comes up with concepts for originally lasers origin is actually Alec -- to change it to light -- because he thought that -- more elegant. And so. When Lucas shots you know -- them to fit some. It was so cheap that they didn't. I have seen some machines -- things like that they could afford to use so islanders went out and basically went through piles of old junk. To find out what you know it was a violent aspects of the the other the other -- so this was this was the first island movie and that was with Lucas. Smart businessman. Took the budget for special effects years that budget to start his own company. And then statement if that's up. Obama looks like sailors in fact where what are called flash done so for those are the familiar old movies. This is a flash. Right and so you can see where we're at this would be your little flash ball up here. I'm and yet break here would actually -- where you're pushed actually fire. The camera and the flash at the same time but by simply taking off. Our reflector you can early -- this Luke skywalker light Saber from episode four. Let's stop right here okay -- about building three it has lights and won the super cheap. Just -- obi -- The dean Moseley more expensive. But not as expensive as the expensive ones middle of the line model with totally customizable parts and that's the nice thing is is that its -- machine pretty much to expect so it'll fit well in your hand the middle of the road. And what you're holding your hand right now to see full on replica of the original being used in the original movie exactly like. Was used in the original so -- popped this that this this -- rappel off the top and a little reflector what's the next step and so yes. This one of these things where I'm sure a lot of hate mail like she can't possibly be that easy wired you're telling me all the details no no it -- just -- really so. If you can find it. If you can find a graph flex three's cell there at a couple different models they have be carefully monitors what -- On the Luke skywalker has three cell. You can -- an -- about a thousand bucks so this is the downside is if you can find one it's about a thousand bucks I got this one and eBay. Over ten years ago my guess is twelve years ago for 350 which it was it was the going rate back in the nineties nowadays they're much more rare and it. All the photo guys who scour you know garage sales and things like this. Know what these are and they know that this terrorist guys want the photo guys -- pay like ten bucks for -- they just don't care Serwer is scheduled 10000. If you can find one. This is just how easy it is so. Under this little so over strip here. It says -- flex which is the manufacturer of the camera graphics is a very popular. A frequently used medium format and large format camera costs to probably build at a fancy pieces stainless steel to cover that logo right. No they they used pieces fit. This is actually exactly the same kind of typically isn't movies it's that little piece of so overtaken -- at -- or any other top. Here is where the flash that would actually attached to the camera. So. What's it is they took eight mr. wizard calculator. If -- remember back in the old days calculators have little tiny displays -- what they do is they actually -- little bubbles to attempt to blow up crashed killing she this is eight mr. wizard."
" Bubble that for from the actual display. -- slid over that. And then you have your risks. And here grips are again I am not making this up real fancy custom. Windshield wipers. Your windshield wipers yes so if if you look at it from from from this angle. This is where you would slide in the windshield wipers and kind of -- is that like the dullest when you what partly that and yes so nowadays you can actually bite. Better than -- originally -- wipers from someplace like the custom tailor shop because the problem is that you're using the real windshield wipers they're there flats are going. To curb service with a with a flat surface -- attendance at. And some places like the custom tailor shop actually offer curb once it's a little bit easier to stick on in the bats and some better -- so. Technically cheating that this is not an actual windshield wipers it's the crunchy stuff sanded -- range. And then you just drill in a and even now -- have you're. Authentic. Luke skywalker in episode four. Light -- in episode five a perfect back state. That -- kept falling off because they were there -- attention so they actually riveted and in so you'll see that difference. And then if you want an empire strikes back version -- in the storage version that this was the bubble was replaced with a little strip. Broken off from any a computer card the little slot where overall the little copper lines are. That's delivered so offer so that a piece that ran for about. Ten bucks in the low end parts. And then whatever you confined to for a flash then 350000. Bucks you can make your own screen authentic. What's it."
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" Start there it is a Saber was just a different -- and of god this is actually call from a company called and PP. Although Highlander looks very close to that I'm. It must modification. All the they had was just you put on that ticket here and and that was it in action crooked from from above under under his belt clip so. That's all you need purveyors they -- Again though you're gonna have to find a highland -- and PP flash done on eBay or else. And again you're looking at a couple hundred bucks. Couple hundred. Couple hundred so basically it's less expensive it's less expensive because people want to live rather than an end the dark side to side. But if you place called the constant -- shop. Not only. Can you make your customers but it replica part so they are the authentic flash does what you can buy the same kinds of pieces from them so it looks pretty much identical. Order for our medium version light Saber. You can meet your theory -- Custom savers. So let's look at the software now what's really cool about the custom tailor shop dot com. He's you can buy -- replica parts they can make your own Darth Vader. War Luke skywalker -- they're not exactly authentic but they they look -- clips college tuition you're also not spending your college tuition or you know your mother's college tuition your -- college tuition. -- pretty -- its constitution which. So. The custom tailor shop if we bring up the website you can see that there's all sorts of different. -- application it's modular exit -- you can have the modular stuff or you can have the old stuff so in -- modular stuff but it really feel like. Is is if we go to the flash application flash application allows you to pick from all of the different possibilities. And so in doing so we can do what basically you do is you pay your case first the first portion. Your light Saber. And then and because and it's really cool flash app because now we can we can pick Extenders to the base in you can see there's a whole bunch of different extensions here on the base that we can pick from. What's your picture extension dragged it up now we pick are mere RR and cap you know we bring that up of something we like we put that on there. Com we finish it off with with the bottom knob and any other little doo dads and trinkets and -- you've optional buttons and on switches and and things like that -- badly then there you know. You've got a price freer custom machine shop saver right so this is your custom. Kilt so now we have our custom help and we can see. That you know once we wait we get back now we actually have all these -- and it's really good well designed modular system. That you can put together. Your English who don't have you know Sony's days on one of these days when he's like that it's getting into trouble but what you got. Here till now we need to decide -- plate. And so the customs cyber -- also offers you -- option you can either do electoral lemon essence like we did in her previous episode I mean. It's really taking EL two you know. -- nice even lightly across like exactly bomb but it's not as bright. As the super right LED option so. What I did is I ordered the super bright only the option so I went into the workshop. To build this and it's a very quick. Bill you -- gonna need to you know get -- get the soldering iron out. But basically what you go through is is you're just connecting them super bright LED to a grounding module. In internal circuit you know you have to -- that together and then on an off switch and of course the battery pack. Now it's a very good system as is is. Pretty good it's not as bright as I would've liked it to be for the super bright LE -- and there's no instructions really anywhere on the website so the sort of the downside is structures for building an electronics there's no good click here I'm how to build -- just bought. So play around with it a little bit there's a very comprehensive web forum on the -- shop dot com which -- can you can find stuff but. You're still gonna have to -- it to be careful before you actually start soldering because it it'll. You might have to cut some wires in and reading things on as far as that goes as."
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" Things like this okay and these are much bigger so here's actually the counter version. Start Peterson or she can actually see you know they're there they're fairly close but it is still significantly bigger and if it's obvious that it's bigger. What's inside of this is a really good little circuit board. And if you take that circuit board out. What that will do is is relatively sound effects and there's actually I just cut this out of this particular one."
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" Add sound effects to your light -- which is Wendy's offerings with -- pause for moment. What something like this gonna cost from the custom -- job. With just the -- with the -- with just the -- for the model what we have here it's about a 140 bucks with the -- and the blade and electronics for the only be behind it. It's about 240 bucks still fairly cheap still the -- authentic compared to this. -- there is a company that you can buy a masterpiece replicas which will allow you to buy you know screen -- stuff which is a little bit more expensive. But you don't have that -- yourself and actually building it yourself like you would with something like this but speaking of do it yourself let's get on to. Fit super dirt cheap. Haven't had a job and like a year and so you got your scrounging for money and things like that -- nobody cares so they don't want to -- indicators were things so we come we have what's called stop you know. -- yeah it. So I have the kitchen sink -- now you might -- ridiculous exhibits for one thing. We'll be opened one can -- light Saber for an episode for the one that he used to -- Darth -- with."
" It was manufactured from. Kitchen sink parts and hand grenade and that's always pictures of parts by hand grenade and actually extra clamp from a graphics so. This is as close as as I could find to what they used. On the shape it's called a shape its is that knob that you reviewed turned. It's if by a British company called -- anti sanctions of this is actually the the bottom not from -- life -- So we're gonna show you how to make a really quick and dirty -- if it actually looks pretty good and isn't too far off from something -- on -- it is. Now I bought this particular. Kitchen sink. Dream that Home Depot big box retailer in -- sepsis everyone's done for like twenty bucks. You can actually see so this is the pop up artist thinks that if he if you wanna like clogged drain like your shaving or something like that. This is what pops up what's interesting is that actually looks like like a sort of -- matters when it's closed. It's sort of see it like that wouldn't. You can see you can envision anyway is the light coming from -- that -- but if we take that out."
" This is really how it comes -- fresh out of the box so all I've done is they've -- some electrical tape around here. Basically to get a little more -- and adding a second to the for a little Margaret. Excellent bet. And now with a simple addition and let's let's say that we we can put inside here the electronics for four when of one of these players. Cure your -- which which conveniently. Fits right inside. They had the outlets in on the all the -- and now."
" You've got the kitchen sink sabor which is actually pretty close to the obi wan can be safer backpack that's amazing. This this particular light sabre which looks good and it people don't know it's mathematicians think nobody's gonna ask you about -- to happen in part of a bomber. This particular patients exhibit cost me about 25 bucks in terms of all cards. If you want to add two blades and things like that electronics behind him yesterday have to spend another hundred bucks you can meet. -- kitchen sink light -- for. Under forty bucks absolutely. They come in many different styles and qualities like this one is just brushed aluminum and they have brass ones you can go up in price and things like that. But basically you can just have enough -- and you base that program. So you know. To do something where you're putting in the -- take more effort but in the end it's you know it's pretty quick and jury coming months and six."
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" And it is not just limited to Star Wars a light sabers in terms of of how cheap the weapons are Han -- as blaster for instance was -- very common German broom handle and -- get replicas for under a hundred dollars from places like a -- history boutique dot com or replica weaponry dot com. And basically it's just a matter of cutting down the barrel adding a flash suppressor trick question press treasury is so so there's just tons buster for instance. I'm in this case we we just cut down the barrel I've added this. It's actually believe this is from a fire extinguisher briefly this has just -- future. You can be cut down on a rifle scope and I'm grateful that they have twelve this pisses us what's their dial. Three times magnification ago. -- Com and and this forward part here is from invisible -- eight engine one to one scale engine so -- up and down. They they -- the thing black and then you have behind facility after toys of the seventies early and what -- of the movie it was it was just all just you know off the shelf stuff you know people would see the movie and like if you user group ecologically movement looks weird. By storm trooper blaster for instance quick -- and blaster and -- even. If I think putting your pocket. -- A storm trooper blaster -- the primary component was a British sterling nine millimeters certain submachine gun. As he could buy replica props from from the other you know the same place he invited the criminal laws are running by sterling. With -- that's bad -- they're kind of the predecessor the AK forty says it super easy to make a lot of spare parts and and it's. Also really hard to buy -- these in California now it is actually technically it's illegal you have to have like a letter of authentication you're just using it for prop -- movie purposes. But again here's what's interesting is that normally. With a sterling which you would see here so late. The the fold -- stock has been unfolded the receivers yeah I've taken up the receiver just because it makes a lighter weight but. Here again our our windshield wipers to cover the event tables for for cooling and entity that keeping it cool. They added that take care scope site to the top. I'm not kidding and I know literature magazine I all of sort of a -- I want to remember when you could find stuff like this for like point five since the local watching TV store. You know its -- kind of hysterical girl remember you know second floor."
" Develop our -- giving it depending on the budget how much want to spend three different light sabers we didn't know -- Given you're always taking credit from Harvard on the show and really I'm really getting tired of TV David has given you. Three light -- you can build a home betting on your budget. Basketball he's actually taught us how to build a replica of -- by its weapon like the coolest character period end of discussion in the entire Star Wars saga. Console those blaster. -- started of the light -- is by far and away the coolest weapon. In the trilogy in you know I'm I'm I'm really getting tired of your attitude. About politics okay so you know we just mixed -- my fault you're like do -- quickly grew up seats. Yeah."
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" Light -- days or make it takes everybody's question period thirties or forties members Star Wars and everybody wanted a light Saber. I mean that you actually -- and so. It's it's good to have your guns but today we're gonna focus on papers plastered last it. So what most people who watch Star Wars don't realize is that it was a super vehement. -- budget. That means she. -- So what happened was was George basically comes up with concepts for originally lasers origin is actually Alec -- to change it to light -- because he thought that -- more elegant. And so. When Lucas shots you know -- them to fit some. It was so cheap that they didn't. I have seen some machines -- things like that they could afford to use so islanders went out and basically went through piles of old junk. To find out what you know it was a violent aspects of the the other the other -- so this was this was the first island movie and that was with Lucas. Smart businessman. Took the budget for special effects years that budget to start his own company. And then statement if that's up. Obama looks like sailors in fact where what are called flash done so for those are the familiar old movies. This is a flash. Right and so you can see where we're at this would be your little flash ball up here. I'm and yet break here would actually -- where you're pushed actually fire. The camera and the flash at the same time but by simply taking off. Our reflector you can early -- this Luke skywalker light Saber from episode four. Let's stop right here okay -- about building three it has lights and won the super cheap. Just -- obi -- The dean Moseley more expensive. But not as expensive as the expensive ones middle of the line model with totally customizable parts and that's the nice thing is is that its -- machine pretty much to expect so it'll fit well in your hand the middle of the road. And what you're holding your hand right now to see full on replica of the original being used in the original movie exactly like. Was used in the original so -- popped this that this this -- rappel off the top and a little reflector what's the next step and so yes. This one of these things where I'm sure a lot of hate mail like she can't possibly be that easy wired you're telling me all the details no no it -- just -- really so. If you can find it. If you can find a graph flex three's cell there at a couple different models they have be carefully monitors what -- On the Luke skywalker has three cell. You can -- an -- about a thousand bucks so this is the downside is if you can find one it's about a thousand bucks I got this one and eBay. Over ten years ago my guess is twelve years ago for 350 which it was it was the going rate back in the nineties nowadays they're much more rare and it. All the photo guys who scour you know garage sales and things like this. Know what these are and they know that this terrorist guys want the photo guys -- pay like ten bucks for -- they just don't care Serwer is scheduled 10000. If you can find one. This is just how easy it is so. Under this little so over strip here. It says -- flex which is the manufacturer of the camera graphics is a very popular. A frequently used medium format and large format camera costs to probably build at a fancy pieces stainless steel to cover that logo right. No they they used pieces fit. This is actually exactly the same kind of typically isn't movies it's that little piece of so overtaken -- at -- or any other top. Here is where the flash that would actually attached to the camera. So. What's it is they took eight mr. wizard calculator. If -- remember back in the old days calculators have little tiny displays -- what they do is they actually -- little bubbles to attempt to blow up crashed killing she this is eight mr. wizard."
" Bubble that for from the actual display. -- slid over that. And then you have your risks. And here grips are again I am not making this up real fancy custom. Windshield wipers. Your windshield wipers yes so if if you look at it from from from this angle. This is where you would slide in the windshield wipers and kind of -- is that like the dullest when you what partly that and yes so nowadays you can actually bite. Better than -- originally -- wipers from someplace like the custom tailor shop because the problem is that you're using the real windshield wipers they're there flats are going. To curb service with a with a flat surface -- attendance at. And some places like the custom tailor shop actually offer curb once it's a little bit easier to stick on in the bats and some better -- so. Technically cheating that this is not an actual windshield wipers it's the crunchy stuff sanded -- range. And then you just drill in a and even now -- have you're. Authentic. Luke skywalker in episode four. Light -- in episode five a perfect back state. That -- kept falling off because they were there -- attention so they actually riveted and in so you'll see that difference. And then if you want an empire strikes back version -- in the storage version that this was the bubble was replaced with a little strip. Broken off from any a computer card the little slot where overall the little copper lines are. That's delivered so offer so that a piece that ran for about. Ten bucks in the low end parts. And then whatever you confined to for a flash then 350000. Bucks you can make your own screen authentic. What's it."
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" Start there it is a Saber was just a different -- and of god this is actually call from a company called and PP. Although Highlander looks very close to that I'm. It must modification. All the they had was just you put on that ticket here and and that was it in action crooked from from above under under his belt clip so. That's all you need purveyors they -- Again though you're gonna have to find a highland -- and PP flash done on eBay or else. And again you're looking at a couple hundred bucks. Couple hundred. Couple hundred so basically it's less expensive it's less expensive because people want to live rather than an end the dark side to side. But if you place called the constant -- shop. Not only. Can you make your customers but it replica part so they are the authentic flash does what you can buy the same kinds of pieces from them so it looks pretty much identical. Order for our medium version light Saber. You can meet your theory -- Custom savers. So let's look at the software now what's really cool about the custom tailor shop dot com. He's you can buy -- replica parts they can make your own Darth Vader. War Luke skywalker -- they're not exactly authentic but they they look -- clips college tuition you're also not spending your college tuition or you know your mother's college tuition your -- college tuition. -- pretty -- its constitution which. So. The custom tailor shop if we bring up the website you can see that there's all sorts of different. -- application it's modular exit -- you can have the modular stuff or you can have the old stuff so in -- modular stuff but it really feel like. Is is if we go to the flash application flash application allows you to pick from all of the different possibilities. And so in doing so we can do what basically you do is you pay your case first the first portion. Your light Saber. And then and because and it's really cool flash app because now we can we can pick Extenders to the base in you can see there's a whole bunch of different extensions here on the base that we can pick from. What's your picture extension dragged it up now we pick are mere RR and cap you know we bring that up of something we like we put that on there. Com we finish it off with with the bottom knob and any other little doo dads and trinkets and -- you've optional buttons and on switches and and things like that -- badly then there you know. You've got a price freer custom machine shop saver right so this is your custom. Kilt so now we have our custom help and we can see. That you know once we wait we get back now we actually have all these -- and it's really good well designed modular system. That you can put together. Your English who don't have you know Sony's days on one of these days when he's like that it's getting into trouble but what you got. Here till now we need to decide -- plate. And so the customs cyber -- also offers you -- option you can either do electoral lemon essence like we did in her previous episode I mean. It's really taking EL two you know. -- nice even lightly across like exactly bomb but it's not as bright. As the super right LED option so. What I did is I ordered the super bright only the option so I went into the workshop. To build this and it's a very quick. Bill you -- gonna need to you know get -- get the soldering iron out. But basically what you go through is is you're just connecting them super bright LED to a grounding module. In internal circuit you know you have to -- that together and then on an off switch and of course the battery pack. Now it's a very good system as is is. Pretty good it's not as bright as I would've liked it to be for the super bright LE -- and there's no instructions really anywhere on the website so the sort of the downside is structures for building an electronics there's no good click here I'm how to build -- just bought. So play around with it a little bit there's a very comprehensive web forum on the -- shop dot com which -- can you can find stuff but. You're still gonna have to -- it to be careful before you actually start soldering because it it'll. You might have to cut some wires in and reading things on as far as that goes as."
" The resident Star Wars prop."
" One this is built this this this so much them construction on this is fantastic nothing eating away from. Indeed the originals but there's seems to be sort of a a division between building a hilt and building a built with a stick that lights up."
" Yes so let me so people just want to help for parties and you know -- displaying things like that which is actually three years I've just had these I've never modified them actually have you know some sort of glowing rod coming out of them. Where as you know making this modular system -- really good opportunity. To see the differences in the blades. On and remember. When your watching the movie all of those -- effects are are coming in after the actual. You know after initial ramp lights they're they're waiting around -- sticks and so you're never gonna get the quality of glow that you could get with those -- sticks. No one of the things you can do go for this sense that the white states into the thousands of hours thousands of hours of some sightings of yours Williams software and in the look modern movies soccer in the old movies actually it was I'm just clears cells and it was literally -- to oversell myself for different. In the bill pulled if you want it's it's awesome and I and because they have so many different options. You can might like what I really like is the ergonomics of being able to grab this and this is actually weighed more ergonomic and say. -- malls light Saber which is not at all. Good to -- war or Luke's light Saber and and Luke actually always fight like this rather and rather -- it touches -- yeah I think. I'm you know what's nice about this is this is really actually really ergonomic if you wanted but it actually use it as a --"
" If you want sound effects there's a really great sheet for the sound effects and that she is this if you get one of the really bad."
" Things like this okay and these are much bigger so here's actually the counter version. Start Peterson or she can actually see you know they're there they're fairly close but it is still significantly bigger and if it's obvious that it's bigger. What's inside of this is a really good little circuit board. And if you take that circuit board out. What that will do is is relatively sound effects and there's actually I just cut this out of this particular one."
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" Add sound effects to your light -- which is Wendy's offerings with -- pause for moment. What something like this gonna cost from the custom -- job. With just the -- with the -- with just the -- for the model what we have here it's about a 140 bucks with the -- and the blade and electronics for the only be behind it. It's about 240 bucks still fairly cheap still the -- authentic compared to this. -- there is a company that you can buy a masterpiece replicas which will allow you to buy you know screen -- stuff which is a little bit more expensive. But you don't have that -- yourself and actually building it yourself like you would with something like this but speaking of do it yourself let's get on to. Fit super dirt cheap. Haven't had a job and like a year and so you got your scrounging for money and things like that -- nobody cares so they don't want to -- indicators were things so we come we have what's called stop you know. -- yeah it. So I have the kitchen sink -- now you might -- ridiculous exhibits for one thing. We'll be opened one can -- light Saber for an episode for the one that he used to -- Darth -- with."
" It was manufactured from. Kitchen sink parts and hand grenade and that's always pictures of parts by hand grenade and actually extra clamp from a graphics so. This is as close as as I could find to what they used. On the shape it's called a shape its is that knob that you reviewed turned. It's if by a British company called -- anti sanctions of this is actually the the bottom not from -- life -- So we're gonna show you how to make a really quick and dirty -- if it actually looks pretty good and isn't too far off from something -- on -- it is. Now I bought this particular. Kitchen sink. Dream that Home Depot big box retailer in -- sepsis everyone's done for like twenty bucks. You can actually see so this is the pop up artist thinks that if he if you wanna like clogged drain like your shaving or something like that. This is what pops up what's interesting is that actually looks like like a sort of -- matters when it's closed. It's sort of see it like that wouldn't. You can see you can envision anyway is the light coming from -- that -- but if we take that out."
" This is really how it comes -- fresh out of the box so all I've done is they've -- some electrical tape around here. Basically to get a little more -- and adding a second to the for a little Margaret. Excellent bet. And now with a simple addition and let's let's say that we we can put inside here the electronics for four when of one of these players. Cure your -- which which conveniently. Fits right inside. They had the outlets in on the all the -- and now."
" You've got the kitchen sink sabor which is actually pretty close to the obi wan can be safer backpack that's amazing. This this particular light sabre which looks good and it people don't know it's mathematicians think nobody's gonna ask you about -- to happen in part of a bomber. This particular patients exhibit cost me about 25 bucks in terms of all cards. If you want to add two blades and things like that electronics behind him yesterday have to spend another hundred bucks you can meet. -- kitchen sink light -- for. Under forty bucks absolutely. They come in many different styles and qualities like this one is just brushed aluminum and they have brass ones you can go up in price and things like that. But basically you can just have enough -- and you base that program. So you know. To do something where you're putting in the -- take more effort but in the end it's you know it's pretty quick and jury coming months and six."
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" And it is not just limited to Star Wars a light sabers in terms of of how cheap the weapons are Han -- as blaster for instance was -- very common German broom handle and -- get replicas for under a hundred dollars from places like a -- history boutique dot com or replica weaponry dot com. And basically it's just a matter of cutting down the barrel adding a flash suppressor trick question press treasury is so so there's just tons buster for instance. I'm in this case we we just cut down the barrel I've added this. It's actually believe this is from a fire extinguisher briefly this has just -- future. You can be cut down on a rifle scope and I'm grateful that they have twelve this pisses us what's their dial. Three times magnification ago. -- Com and and this forward part here is from invisible -- eight engine one to one scale engine so -- up and down. They they -- the thing black and then you have behind facility after toys of the seventies early and what -- of the movie it was it was just all just you know off the shelf stuff you know people would see the movie and like if you user group ecologically movement looks weird. By storm trooper blaster for instance quick -- and blaster and -- even. If I think putting your pocket. -- A storm trooper blaster -- the primary component was a British sterling nine millimeters certain submachine gun. As he could buy replica props from from the other you know the same place he invited the criminal laws are running by sterling. With -- that's bad -- they're kind of the predecessor the AK forty says it super easy to make a lot of spare parts and and it's. Also really hard to buy -- these in California now it is actually technically it's illegal you have to have like a letter of authentication you're just using it for prop -- movie purposes. But again here's what's interesting is that normally. With a sterling which you would see here so late. The the fold -- stock has been unfolded the receivers yeah I've taken up the receiver just because it makes a lighter weight but. Here again our our windshield wipers to cover the event tables for for cooling and entity that keeping it cool. They added that take care scope site to the top. I'm not kidding and I know literature magazine I all of sort of a -- I want to remember when you could find stuff like this for like point five since the local watching TV store. You know its -- kind of hysterical girl remember you know second floor."
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Started discussion: February 23, 2009 @ 3:19pm GMT
Episode 92 - Lightsaber Build: Exact Star Wars Replicas, Totally Custom, And A Duel! [Discussion]
Luke, Darth and Obi-Wan's Lightsabers were pieced out of junk piles. David shows you how to build exact replicas and an original design from The Custom Saber Shop. Then he picks a fight with Patrick.
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dcalkins
9 months ago
Man.... 3 days of kendo choreography, 3 hours of shooting the fight, and 8 hours of rotoscoping in the blade efffect, and the final cut is over faster than stormtrooper basic training...
hardwire666
9 months ago
What I want to know is how hard can you beat those things together. Cus I can't see the point if you can't build it to take some abuse. I always thought having a light saber you can't actually use is like having a Ferrari with no wheels. If you can build them to take some really good hits. Then the next logical step is professional light saber fighting, and tell the WWE to go eat it.
Great episode BTW. I love the old special FX stuff. CG is great for the impossible. But, nothing beats putting a bunch of crap together, and calling it a what ever.
Great episode BTW. I love the old special FX stuff. CG is great for the impossible. But, nothing beats putting a bunch of crap together, and calling it a what ever.
crabcakes
9 months ago
That was the best thing I have seen on Systm so far. I LOVED the Wilhelm scream. Just heard it in the new Indiana Jones movie a couple days ago.
chuckley54494
9 months ago
amazing
i had to much fun watching. made me get in touch with my geeky sidehaku
9 months ago
David, from a viewers point of view all that effort was worth it, loved the buildup between you & Patrick (although I get the feeling not all of it was staged) and it was a nice touch having your R2 come in and try to scene steal at the very end.
hardwire666, the Master Replicas Force FX sabers can take quite a beating until the polycarbonate blade breaks, usually at the hilt where my friend found out and had to shorten his one a few times.
Here's a couple of examples with Force FX sabers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkLbN-GQQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjxW9MIYHhY
I like customizing/building things you can't buy or are too expensive, but I got my last two Force FX sabers for under £38 each new (about $55) and there's no way I could build such nice looking/working sabers so cheap.
hardwire666, the Master Replicas Force FX sabers can take quite a beating until the polycarbonate blade breaks, usually at the hilt where my friend found out and had to shorten his one a few times.
Here's a couple of examples with Force FX sabers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkLbN-GQQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjxW9MIYHhY
I like customizing/building things you can't buy or are too expensive, but I got my last two Force FX sabers for under £38 each new (about $55) and there's no way I could build such nice looking/working sabers so cheap.
winsucker
9 months ago
[CENTER]That was [SIZE="7"]EPIC[/SIZE]
(and i'm not even a fan of SW! (My core belong to Star Trek
(and i'm not even a fan of SW! (My core belong to Star Trek











I'd build a saber if I didn't have 3 of the Master Replicas ones.
Oh and I had a play with one of the behind-the-scenes pics: