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Bring Your Own Lightsaber.

So, how many people showed up to your viewing of Star Wars: ROTS toting a toy lightsaber? More than one? Was there a duel?

Did you bring yours? Or is that simply too geeky for you?

If you haven't gone yet, are you planning on bringing your lightsaber?

I'm going tomorrow. To an early matinee. So there will probably not be as many people(including the lightsaber-wielding ultrageek variety) present.

I'll have my lightsaber in the car just in case. :D

You see, there's this thing called bittorrent... ;)

I saw it earlier tonight.

No lightsaber, but I did wear a t-shirt with an AT-AT on it :p

i didn't have a lightsaber myself, but i did get to see a lovely duel between a full costumed, saber wielding darth vadar with a dressed up but difficult to distinguish jedi knight before the movie!

I don't own a lightsaber... *sniffles*

I need a shoulder to cry on...

I don't own a lightsaber... *sniffles*

I need a shoulder to cry on...

Egad! :eek: No self-respecting geek should be without one!

You can get a halfway decent toy one for $15-20

However...

For the true geeks in us:

Might I suggest Force FX lightsabers (http://masterreplicas.com/customer/starwars/starwars_product_list.php?cid=9)

or

Plasma and EL lightsabers and kits to build your own! (http://www.high-techmagic.com/cgi-bin/ez-catalog/cat_display.cgi?0X348591)

My Mace Windu Force FX lightsaber is ordered. I'll get it this summer. Until then, I'm making do with a plastic one.

Bring Your Own Lightsaber.

So, how many people showed up to your viewing of Star Wars: ROTS toting a toy lightsaber? More than one? Was there a duel?

Did you bring yours? Or is that simply too geeky for you?

If you haven't gone yet, are you planning on bringing your lightsaber?

I'm going tomorrow. To an early matinee. So there will probably not be as many people(including the lightsaber-wielding ultrageek variety) present.

I'll have my lightsaber in the car just in case. :D
I saw the last installment in the series today. It was very well done, IMHO, but I suspect I'm just a little old for a lightsaber, yes? :D

I saw the last installment in the series today. It was very well done, IMHO, but I suspect I'm just a little old for a lightsaber, yes? :D

Poppycock! Yoda is over 800! :D

I brought my saber-spoon (tm).

Poppycock! Yoda is over 800! :D
Oh, you're a regular laugh riot, LG. :rolleyes:

Oh, you're a regular laugh riot, LG. :rolleyes:

:D

http://www.gaijindesign.com/lawriemalen/jedi/jedimaster.jpg

I brought my saber-spoon (tm).

YAY! :D

:D

http://www.gaijindesign.com/lawriemalen/jedi/jedimaster.jpg
LOL! Kewl! :D

I brought my saber-spoon (tm).
Now at least we'll know who to come to the next time we're attacked by Darth Icecream. :D

Now at least we'll know who to come to the next time we're attacked by Darth Icecream. :D

You're just jealous of my spoon. Clicky (http://www.kelloggs.com/promotions/starwars/gg_saberspoon.shtml)

You're just jealous of my spoon. Clicky (http://www.kelloggs.com/promotions/starwars/gg_saberspoon.shtml)
Aieee! Run away! :D

Bring Your Own Lightsaber.
Damn... I was hoping this was a Bring Your Own Lesbian thread.

:p

Damn... I was hoping this was a Bring Your Own Lesbian thread.

:p
Or at the very least bi! :D

Kiss your lesbian bi bi? Heh!

Kiss your lesbian bi bi? Heh!
*groans*

You're fired.

:p

*groans*

You're fired.

:p
[ Clears out his desk, grabs his bi-bi-baby, and gives you the finger on the way out the door! ] :D

:D

Bring Your Own Lightsaber.


If I ever show up anywhere without my lightsaber, then there's something really wrong. How else would I use the force?

This sexual innuendo is brought to you by the letters D and K and by the number 11.

This sexual innuendo is brought to you by the letters D and K and by the number 11.
You're an 11 year old from Denmark? :eek:

You're an 11 year old from Denmark? :eek:

Sorry ... but ethics decrees that I must protect my prepubescent Danish source.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 1911 on your hip.

Egad! :eek: No self-respecting geek should be without one!

You can get a halfway decent toy one for $15-20

However...

For the true geeks in us:

Might I suggest Force FX lightsabers (http://masterreplicas.com/customer/starwars/starwars_product_list.php?cid=9)

or

Plasma and EL lightsabers and kits to build your own! (http://www.high-techmagic.com/cgi-bin/ez-catalog/cat_display.cgi?0X348591)

My Mace Windu Force FX lightsaber is ordered. I'll get it this summer. Until then, I'm making do with a plastic one.


Although not as high tech, i made my own.

The hilt was made with a hollow machined dark metal tube, with various washers etc attached to it to make it look very very nice. But to make it so i could really smack stuff with it, i had a piece of hickory a little thinner than the hilt, so painted it light blue and attached it with a 9 inch screw in the handle. Was pretty strong. Granted didn't look as good as a pro made one but it could take far more abuse.

Although not as high tech, i made my own.

The hilt was made with a hollow machined dark metal tube, with various washers etc attached to it to make it look very very nice. But to make it so i could really smack stuff with it, i had a piece of hickory a little thinner than the hilt, so painted it light blue and attached it with a 9 inch screw in the handle. Was pretty strong. Granted didn't look as good as a pro made one but it could take far more abuse.

Good man. :)

Sorry ... but ethics decrees that I must protect my prepubescent Danish source.

What was that? You steal pastries from little kids? :eek:

I'm going to watch Star Wars Episode 3 this afternoon...would it be a good idea to wrap my bokken in tinfoil and take it with me?

I'm going to watch Star Wars Episode 3 this afternoon...would it be a good idea to wrap my bokken in tinfoil and take it with me?

If I answer 'No', will you promise to do it anyway? :)

I'm going to watch Star Wars Episode 3 this afternoon...would it be a good idea to wrap my bokken in tinfoil and take it with me?

Ohhhh curved lightsaber...some big fans might go nuts :D

If I answer 'No', will you promise to do it anyway? :)

I'm tempted, but I suspect that there won't be many people there dressed as jedis or anything. I have a mental picture of loads of people in casual suits standing outside the cinema, staring at me waving a tinfoil bokken around...


Ohhhh curved lightsaber...some big fans might go nuts :D

There's probably people out there who would cream themselves at the very thought, considering how excited people got about the double-edged one.

Actually, tinsel might be a better choice. There's always the chance that it'll get mistaken for a real sword if I wrap it in tinfoil.

I'm still not sure if I want to look like an obsessive Star Wars fan, though...

There's probably people out there who would cream themselves at the very thought, considering how excited people got about the double-edged one.

Mmmmmm double ended light sabre mmmmmm :D

Otherwise known as a flourescent quarter staff. :D

Mmmmmm double ended light sabre mmmmmm :D

Otherwise known as a flourescent quarter staff. :D

A fluorescent plastic quarter staff. :)


Nobody has any comments about taking the bokken to the movie? No words of encouragement, no cries of "No Chicken pi, you might know somebody there!"?

Nobody has any comments about taking the bokken to the movie? No words of encouragement, no cries of "No Chicken pi, you might know somebody there!"?

Well considering its might be slightly illegal too, esp as your in England, as it is classed as a weapon i think. I mean I can't take my Bokken in a public place as it voids my Kendo insurence if i do.

Well considering its might be slightly illegal too, esp as your in England, as it is classed as a weapon i think. I mean I can't take my Bokken in a public place as it voids my Kendo insurence if i do.

Ah...I don't really want to go around checking stuff like that three hours before I go to the movie.

Hmm...maybe I'll just attempt to re-enact some of the lightsaber battles in the privacy of my own home when I get back from the movie, then (I'm joking, by the way).

Ah...I don't really want to go around checking stuff like that three hours before I go to the movie.

Yeah, I would ere to the side of caution on this one unfortunately, you don't want a policeman arresting you before you go in...

Bring Your Own Lightsaber.

So, how many people showed up to your viewing of Star Wars: ROTS toting a toy lightsaber? More than one? Was there a duel?

Did you bring yours? Or is that simply too geeky for you?

If you haven't gone yet, are you planning on bringing your lightsaber?

I hadn't thought of it, but now that you've suggested it, I will definitely take my cheap, plastic, Qui-Gon Jinn lightsabre when I see ROTS tomorrow!

Yeah, I would ere to the side of caution on this one unfortunately, you don't want a policeman arresting you before you go in...

*sigh*

I guess I'll just have to wear my Jar Jar Binks costume instead...

*sigh*

I guess I'll just have to wear my Jar Jar Binks costume instead...

Now thats just asking to be beaten to a pulp! :p

Now thats just asking to be beaten to a pulp! :p

I'll be mobbed by people wielding flimsy plastic lightsabers!

No, you're right. My Ewok outfit would be a much better choice.

I'll be mobbed by people wielding flimsy plastic lightsabers!

No, you're right. My Ewok outfit would be a much better choice.

:D YARRR Militant Teddy Bear!

Ah...it appears that I inadvertently booked tickets to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy rather than Star Wars, anyway. So it really would have been a bad idea to take my bokken...

Ah...it appears that I inadvertently booked tickets to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy rather than Star Wars, anyway. So it really would have been a bad idea to take my bokken...

At least you can take a towel...

I went with five other people and we brought three plastic lightsabers... sat outside the movie theater for half an hour beating the hell out of each other with them. One had a homemade hilt but still had the plastic blade... took a hollow steel tube and put little RC tires around it for a grip. The GhettoSaber.

At least you can take a towel...

Hmm...I think I'll just avoid taking any props at all, actually. Just in case I accidentally booked tickets for Kingdom of Heaven or something.

Ah...it appears that I inadvertently booked tickets to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy rather than Star Wars, anyway. So it really would have been a bad idea to take my bokken...

How on earth did you manage that? Alcohol, late night, or a combination of both? :p

How on earth did you manage that? Alcohol, late night, or a combination of both? :p

I think I did book tickets for the Hitchhiker's Guide intentionally. However, I've seen so many Star Wars threads and so much advertising, I just got the impression that I'd bought Star Wars tickets...

I was there on opening night at my local cinema - had to queue outside to actually get inside, never had to do that before!

We had stormtroopers and clone warriors fighting battles whilst we waited, Darth Vader turned up, and we had the occasional Jedi Knight using the force to ensure we all got enough popcorn and soda.

So many people had lightsabers - I wish I'd taken mine, but I left it at home so as not to appear like a 'geek' - lol, I'd have fitted in better if I'd taken it with me! Best film ever!

I hadn't thought of it, but now that you've suggested it, I will definitely take my cheap, plastic, Qui-Gon Jinn lightsabre when I see ROTS tomorrow!

YAY! :D

I was there on opening night at my local cinema - had to queue outside to actually get inside, never had to do that before!

We had stormtroopers and clone warriors fighting battles whilst we waited, Darth Vader turned up, and we had the occasional Jedi Knight using the force to ensure we all got enough popcorn and soda.

So many people had lightsabers - I wish I'd taken mine, but I left it at home so as not to appear like a 'geek' - lol, I'd have fitted in better if I'd taken it with me! Best film ever!

Let that be a lesson to you: If you're concerned about appearing to be too much of a geek, leave the lightsaber in the car where you can retrieve it if other geeks show up. :)

I just saw ROTS earlier today. Next time, I'm bringing the whole kit (lightsaber, Darth Vader outfit). I liked it that much.

I just saw ROTS earlier today. Next time, I'm bringing the whole kit (lightsaber, Darth Vader outfit). I liked it that much.

I see you have been seduced by temptation...

I see you have been seduced by temptation...

The force is strong in this one

The force is strong in this one

*Lightning plays along his finger tips*

Well it means i have a job for life with British Gas... :D

Taking my Force FX lightsaber to the cinema tomorrow night, a group of us are going to see it again - we all have lightsabers (yes, we have nothing better to do) - and we're going to have a contest. Two of us have Red sabers, so they're going to 'be' the Sith, and the rest have the blue - it should be fun. Got cloaks ready ;-)

I see you have been seduced by temptation...

I have failed you, master.

Taking my Force FX lightsaber to the cinema tomorrow night, a group of us are going to see it again - we all have lightsabers (yes, we have nothing better to do) - and we're going to have a contest. Two of us have Red sabers, so they're going to 'be' the Sith, and the rest have the blue - it should be fun. Got cloaks ready ;-)

YAY! :D

I was at the my theater's premeire with lightsaber and in Jedi Attire. A guy in full Vader costume showed up and there was a duel between the two of us. We appeared on the news for that one.

I was at the my theater's premeire with lightsaber and in Jedi Attire. A guy in full Vader costume showed up and there was a duel between the two of us. We appeared on the news for that one.

What kind of lightsaber?