Hello there! I remember the first time I watched Star Wars. I was a bit too young when they originally came out, being not even born, so I never watched them in a movie theater. But I did watch them in my home and instantly fell in love with them. In the ever-present battle between Trekkies and Star Wars fans I side with the Lightsabers over Phasers. And I mean, come on – warp speeds, USS Discovery and “beam me up, Scotty” are very cool. But a lightsaber? A LIGHTSABER? Who wouldn’t want one? At this moment in time we’re getting closer to it – Disney has made their own retractable Lighsaber that looks amazing, Hacksmith made their own plasma lightsaber that cuts through blast doors like butter and we have tons of other lightsaber variants for looks and duelling.

But this is now, and back then we had none of this. We had sticks on the playground and our own imagination. But those were so primitive. We needed something better. Something less clumsy and random than a stick.…