This Guy Just Made an Even More Realistic Star Wars Lightsaber in His Garage

Here in the real world, its easily evoked with an illuminated plastic tube or, in a pinch, a flashlight. The crew at , though, wanted to go a step further. Theyre well known for bringing famous comic book and science fiction artifacts to life, including and a re-creation of . (Despite being mere mortals, they were seemingly virtuous enough to lift it.) They also took a stab at the precursor to the lightsaber, the

As part of their Make it Real series, the Hacksmith crew wanted to build a working lightsaberor at least as close as they could in this galaxy. Its been a long-running project: the first attempt ended with fire trucks arriving, while the tending to fall apart under 2500-degree heat. For the , they used massive batteries to heat a rod made of titanium and tungsten to a scorching 3000 degrees.

Thats an extra 500 degrees over what was already a very dangerous piece of technology, so needless to say, this is not a project you want to duplicate on a lark. But if you want to see some nerds risking life and limb to create a real-life lightsaber, check out the video below.