CES 2019: Introducing a lightsaber that you can hit with the full Force

January 11, 2019

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CES 2019 is underway and French company Solaari demonstrate a lightsaber that you can use with gusto, and for up to six hours on one battery charge.

Lightsabers that can withstand high-impact clashes are on show at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.

The French company behind it hopes Star Wars fans will pay a high price for the toy, which is not officially endorsed by Disney.

Chris Fox challenged one of the engineers involved to a fight.

Not that I’d ever wish to tell Disney, Lucasfilm or Hasbro what to do, but you really need to have Solaari on speed dial right now because even at $250.00, these would fly off the shelves.

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Mark Newbold

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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CES 2019 is underway and French company Solaari demonstrate a lightsaber that you can use with gusto, and for up to six hours on one battery charge.

Lightsabers that can withstand high-impact clashes are on show at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.

The French company behind it hopes Star Wars fans will pay a high price for the toy, which is not officially endorsed by Disney.

Chris Fox challenged one of the engineers involved to a fight.

Not that I’d ever wish to tell Disney, Lucasfilm or Hasbro what to do, but you really need to have Solaari on speed dial right now because even at $250.00, these would fly off the shelves.