New Lightsaber Idea

[devil-man87]

Hey All,

Been trying to figure a way to construct a new type of more relistic looking.
I recently saw the new force action lightsabers...the ty ones. Well anyways, the blade breaksdown into the saber handl(hilt) and is spring loaded.

I was wondering if we could adapt this technology to a metal version. A more relistic lightsaber where the blade goes into the saber handle.

Heres a link to the new force action lightsabers:

http://www.toysrus.com/sm-star-wars-obi-wa...pi-2297750.html

ANY HELP

 

[Darth Lars]

Of course you could build a more accurate saber out of metal with the same type of mechanism, but you would have to make many trade-offs.

One different idea would be to use a solid one-piece blade hidden in the folds of the Jedi robe. When you "ignite" the saber, the blade would be fed forward by a motor in the hilt. You would need a special pocket in your robe or your sleeve that obscures the blade and blocks out the light. I think that the trickiest part would be the link between the circuitry in the blade and the circuitry in the hilt.
I believe that if you can pull it off, it would look increadibly convicing.

 

[Jedi-72]

The only problem with applying this idea to a more realistic, metal saber handle is that you would wind up with a great looking handle, but at the same time a @#$%.ty looking, piece of crap plastic blade. Would be sort of like putting a silk hat on a pig. I'm sure it could be done. I just think that the final result would fall short of what you see in your mind's eye.

 

[Obi_Don]

maybe something like this, in a new hilt.
http://www.amazon.com/Ippon-Supplies-Autom...n/dp/B000A143KM

 

[Darth Lars]

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maybe something like this, in a new hilt.
http://www.amazon.com/Ippon-Supplies-Autom...n/dp/B000A143KM
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These are also often too short, and it is illegal to carry a telescopic baton without a permit in some states.

 

[Trooper_trent]

I came up with an idea several years ago that I never went forward on. But perhaps it will help a little. The idea was to have a motorized or spring loaded telescoping thin, clear rod with LED's in it. Think jambox antena or older car antena, except clear with LED's At the end of it would be an acrylic dome like on the end of the MR FX sabers. Now the blade would actually be shear cloth, something like what would be on a white umbrella. Sewn in a tube and attached around the endcap/dome, the telescoping rod with LED's would be the support/lightsource and the material would glow. The material would be bunched up inside the hilt and some kind of retainer ring would keep the material taught as it unfolded as the rod excended inside it.
Does that make sense?
It would be pretty fragile and not for dueling but would look really cool if done right.
I'll try to make a diagram to explain what I mean.
Sorry for the crudeness, i suck at drawing.

 

[Darth Detori]

it could potentially look cool, however it'd make the blade look far too pointy and not quite the solid rod of a blade that it should look like. Plus the removal of any fightability would detract from it. I think the purpose of what's trying to be accomplished is to avoid having ANYTHING coming out of the hilt when it's not ignited. Now if you were to use the same general principal that you have here, however also have a telescopic acrylic tube, then it could work (however the LED's would have to be extremely bright to really eliminate the obviousness of the tube)

 

[Darth Lars]

When the blade is retracted, there is room for only one segment of LEDs ... unless you put the LEDs on a string that is coiled up inside the hilt.

One of the first guys to use high-power LEDs for lightsabers: PippMaster, made a telescopic blade out of sections of clear polycarbonate. He suspended a segment of LEDs at the beginning of each section. His largest problem was to prevent the blade from coming apart. He used steel wire, but that broke.