Pre-order your Ahsoka Tano lightsaber Feb 1st!  EFX has announced that they will start taking orders next week for the new Ahsoka Tano lightsaber.  This is a very exciting release from the newest holder of the replica prop license.  We are expecting great things from eFX and it looks like they aim to please.
READ PRESS RELEASE HERE
https://www.efxcollectibles.com
Ahsoka Tano's LSA wiki page

efx has recently launched a new webpage and put up a new prop they will be releasing. It's the Ahsoka Tano lightsaber from the new clone wars movie! Check the website for more info: EFX

LSA received it's first major user contribution from JK! Lots of great images and new characters added to EU like Yaddle, Kyle Katarn, Luke Skywalker, and more! Check it out in the saberwiki under eu creators or check out latest changes here: CHANGES Thanks again JK!!

eFX has shown renderings of a new obi-wan lightsaber coming soon. It's exciting to see them add something new to the already huge number of lightsaber hilts available. Take a look for yourself and keep an eye on their webpage.
http://www.efxcollectibles.com/

The discussion code has some issues so I've decided to adopt the mediawiki way of doing discussions. At the top of every wiki page you'll notice a "talk" tab. Simply click this tab and either "edit this page" or "create this page" if one has not yet been created. Feel free to add whatever you like to the open discussion.

     A time not all that long ago on a campus not all that far, far away a new group has developed. A piece of Star Wars has come to MSU.
    The members of the MSU Order duel one another bathed in darkness - the only light is emitted from the LEDs of their lightsabers. The lights are extinguished one by one as members are eliminated during the round until only one remains.
    The MSU Order was formed by a group of students who wished to emulate the epic film, “Star Wars.”
    Freshman Drake Caudill describes the group as being “dedicated to the act of lightsaber dueling.”
    “We’re just Star Wars fans,” Caudill said. “Lightsabers are just part of the fun. Our goals is to ultimately stand together as a group of Star Wars fans to practice the art of lightsaber dueling.”
    A lightsaber is the weapon of a Jedi or Sith in George Lucas’ Star Wars saga, Caudill said. In the movies they are beams of focus energy that can sear through anything. The group uses LED replicas.
Caudill said the group originated after he and fellow freshman Aaron Anderson saw lightsabers on sale in a mall.
    “We just started messing around with them,” Caudill said. “Now, here we are.”
    What began as a battle between buddies evolved into an official MSU organization this semester with 10 student members, Caudill said.
    “Four of us used to do this as a hobby,” Caudill said. “More and more people came to us wanting to join and it started getting too cold to practice outside so we thought, ‘Why not become an official group?’ ”
    The organization has not done much recruiting, Caudill said.
    “Members have either seen us on campus and have come up wanting to join or were friends of other members,” Caudill said.
light saber 022.jpgThe group practices seven days a week for two or three hours a day, Caudill said.
    Sophomore Eric Sturgill said “trials” take place outside of practice.
    “They [trials] put what we learn to the test,” Sturgill said.
    Caudill said trials are part of the ranking system and consist of dueling someone of a desired rank in order to move up.
    Sturgill said lightsaber dueling is comparable to a dance.
    “It goes back and forth like a dance, until somebody messes up,” he said. “Then you take the opportunity to strike.”
    Crystal Gallagher said she has been a member for one-and-a-half months but does not currently practice because of a torn ligament received outside of practice.
    “I show up anyway,” she said. “It’s pretty fun.”
    Sturgill said he started out not knowing what was going on.
    “I always watched the movies but I met these guys and I learned a lot,” Sturgill said.
    Freshman Andy Baker joined the group for an opportunity to learn.
    “I’m a theater major,” he said. “I joined for stage combat purposes.”
    The lightsabers used by members of the group are not cheap: some lightsabers range from approximately $80-$130.
    Sturgill said his lightsaber “cost around $105.”
    Anderson said different lightsaber colors mark member’s rank.
    “Blue represents a Jedi Guardian and green represents a Jedi Counsular,” Anderson said. “White is the rarest of Jedi colors. Red represents Sith Lords and Apprentices.”
    Baker said, “We’re a very corrective group. We like to help one another when we see someone doing something wrong.”
    Sturgill said respect is very important among group members.
    “We look at each other with respect,” he said. “Respect opponents   don’t try to mindlessly attack them.”
    Caudill said next semester a similar group from a university in Virginia will be coming down to duel with the MSU Order.
    “We hope we can continue to grow as an organization,” Caudill said. “Hopefully it will remain here long after our founding members have left.”

http://www.trailblazeronline.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=55

Not too long from now, in front of a museum that looks like a Jawa Sandcrawler, a battle of epic luminescence will break out between warring factions of Jedi and Sith. Defend the galaxy from darkness with UV lightsabers! 1,600 blacklight-reactive, meter-long cardboard tubes will be distributed in front of the Royal Ontario Museum, where there will be six massive blacklight cannons aimed at the crowd :) Wear a costume! The battle will continue until every tube is destroyed!

FULL STORY HERE

One of the most legendary and debated authentic pieces went up for sale recently.  There is much debate about this particular hilt, but there's no denying that it's highly desirable.  Check out the article:

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The original film prop Lightsaber, made for and used by Luke Skywalker in the film, Return of the Jedi, is to go under the hammer with online auction specialist, SpecialistAuctions.com

Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom, October 18, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Star Wars fans everywhere will be clamouring to own the original Luke Skywalker Lightsaber made for the film, ‘The Return Of The Jedi’, now being auctioned by the son of the prop maker.

The auction is for the actual film prop that was made for Luke Skywalker to use in ‘Return of the Jedi’ for the scenes where he makes his own Lightsaber based on his master's, Obi Wan Kenobi.

Luke lost his own saber in the battle with Darth Vader at the end of ‘Empire Strikes Back’, and a whole sequence was shot in Obi Wan's cave showing Luke making a new one. This is why the colour suddenly changes from a blue Lightsaber to a green one.

The requirement for this scene was that Luke would be seen with the saber fully extended, then pick it up and compress it down and lock it with a twist. The saber still does this, and makes a lovely "hiss" as the mechanisms engage. This is a part of Star Wars folklore, many sites exist which ask what happened to his saber, why it suddenly changed, whether these scenes were actually shot etc.

The call sheets for the day's shooting show that Anthony Daniels remembers shooting outside the cave set, but whether the actual scenes exist no-one knows.

This is a fully functional saber, the emitter tip opens, the body unlocks and twists open, the control panel opens and the back also extends. There are other secrets too, that only the winning bidder will discover.

This piece will come in a custom built museum quality lockable display case with working LED lighting system, backdrop and plaque, a letter from the maker and a film studio Certificate of Authenticity accompany it.

Chris Duckworth, one of the Directors of SpecialistAuctions.com said, “We are both delighted and excited to be able to offer this amazing piece of history to our members,” he continued, “we have been told that there are a number of fabulous items still to be listed including the Golden Gun from the James Bond film, ‘The Man With The Golden Gun’ and many Walt Disney pieces.”

The item is listed on SpecialistAuctions.com under Film Props
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Here's the direct link: http://specialistauctions.com/auctiondetails.php?id=972099

Wow, this thing is interesting. Made by Nikko (the company that makes the r2d2 projector) has come up with an Anakin Skywalker lightsaber that acks as a skype phone and will control a small r2d2 with web cam. This company has always interested me. Anyway, the website is http://www.nikkor2d2.com/ and you can click on this article to see the pictures.  Also check out the engage review HERE
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NYJEDI has made it into wired magazine! Read the article below:

General sun wants coffee with a double shot of espresso. General Kalius A'dar will take a black iced tea. Cyran Oghma is all set, thanks. "Anything else, you guys?" Master Flynn asks the others assembled. As the founder of the New York Jedi, Master Flynn (no last name) knows mind tricks don't work in Starbucks. You can't order telepathically, and you still have to say "venti" when you really mean extra large.

On Tuesdays, Master Flynn and his Jedi posse squeeze into a few corner tables in this busy café before heading to lightsaber training at a dance studio down the street. Sessions can be grueling, starting with meditation and yoga poses before moving on to choreographed swordplay.

"Star Wars is all about the hero's journey," says General Sun, an intense, goateed red-head in a tight green T-shirt. He sips carefully on his supercharged coffee. "Get that lightsaber in your hands and suddenly you're like, ‘Hey, maybe I can be a hero, too!'"

In the Star Wars universe, a Jedi fashions a lightsaber by packing Adegan crystals into a handle with a power cell. In the New York Jedi galaxy, knights order them for $150 to $700 a pop from a guy upstate.[Probably referring to advanced light weaponry - LSA] Some Jedis arrive at Starbucks with their weapons slung across their backs, like mendicant samurai. Others, like Master Flynn, use a guitar case, gangster-style.

"Dude, I am soooo digging this new saber," Cyran Oghma says. He wields a 40-inch-long polycarbonate rod loaded with LEDs and sporting a hilt of welded carbon steel coated with plastic from a truck-bed liner, glass "jewels," and random electronic circuitry. "Sweet," he says. Cyran Oghma cuts the Starbucks air with practiced chops, then strikes a ready pose. The couple at the next table quietly close their laptops and leave.

"The thing is, when you hold a lightsaber, you want to use it!" says General Sun as he flips the switch on his lightsaber. It powers up with the signature hum of voltage, like an electric razor on mescaline, and the tube radiates solid white. "So the new ones have the noise chip, and they're thicker," he says. "They're made for dueling." Behind him, the other customers glance nervously at the growing circle of swordsmen and their blades.

"The nerd element of being a Jedi is pretty obvious," Cyran Oghma says. "We're all huge nerds. But it's more than that, more than Star Wars. If you base yourself on a character who has high personal ethics and a high level of skill and confidence, there is no way that's not going to influence who you really are."

By day, General Kalius A'dar is an unemployed technical director for theaters, Master Flynn installs home theater components, General Sun is a professional dancer and Monkey Kung Fu instructor, and Cyran Oghma teaches Western fencing and Philippine escrima style swordplay for actors. But on Tuesdays, they're Jedi Knights.

Cyran Oghma describes his persona as a sort of drunken poet Jedi. "Like Jack Sparrow meets Cyrano," he says. With his wild eyes, scraggly goatee, and long hair pulled back in an Anakin Skywalker meets Gene Simmons thing, he's rather convincing. Also, Cyran Oghma is actually acting a little drunk. "Most people, you know, saw the movie as kids," he grins. "And they saw that lightsaber, and they were like, ‘Yes. I want one!' It's just a cool, cool weapon. And then their dad had to explain that it wasn't real. But now..."

Cyran Oghma powers up his customized weapon. It glows brightly. It makes that whooshing noise. And at 6:15 pm in a Starbucks not so far away, a new hero is born.

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