{"id":24365,"date":"2010-07-10T08:11:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T08:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/a-fully-armed-and-operational-lightsaber-earns-george-lucas%e2%80%99s-wrath-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-07-10T08:11:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T08:11:29","slug":"a-fully-armed-and-operational-lightsaber-earns-george-lucas%e2%80%99s-wrath-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/a-fully-armed-and-operational-lightsaber-earns-george-lucas%e2%80%99s-wrath-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"A Fully Armed and Operational Lightsaber Earns George Lucas\u2019s Wrath | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lightsaber\"Lightsabers have come a long way since the telescoping plastic toys of yesteryear. We’re not talking about realistic sound effects or iPhone apps<\/a>. We’re talking flesh-burning, eye-blinding lasers.<\/p>

Although this gadget is dangerous enough to require customers to fill out a “Class 4 Laser Hazard Acknowledgment Form,” the Spyder III Pro Arctic Laser looks like it might be found in a Toys-R-Us, next to rows of action figures and Yoda dolls.<\/p>

At least George Lucas thinks so; Lucasfilm is now threatening to sue the manufacturer. As reported<\/a> in DailyTech, where we first saw this story, Lucasfilm feels a great disturbance with the similarities.<\/p>

“It is apparent from the design of the Pro Arctic Laser that it was intended to resemble the hilts of our lightsaber swords, which are protected by copyright…”<\/p><\/blockquote>

These are no toys, counters the seriously-named manufacturer, WickedLasers<\/a>. They have added several security measures, including “training lenses,” but don’t appear to be willing to change their Jedi-like hilts anytime soon. Cue Duel of the Fates.<\/p>

Follow us on Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>

Related content:
Discoblog: Is the Force With Your iPhone? Find Out With the Lightsaber Duel App<\/a>
Discoblog: National Pork Board to Unicorn Meat Purveyor: Lay Off Our Slogan<\/a>
Discoblog: Scientists to Hollywood: Please Break Only 1 Law of Physics Per Movie<\/a>
DISCOVER: The Science and the Fiction<\/a>, in which Phil Plait critiques sci-fi science<\/p>

Image: flickr<\/em> \/ renfield<\/a><\/em><\/p>

<\/a>
<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lightsabers have come a long way since the telescoping plastic toys of yesteryear. We’re not talking about realistic sound effects or iPhone apps. We’re talking flesh-burning, eye-blinding lasers.Although this gadget is dangerous enough to require customers to fill out a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}