‘Flex’ is a common lightsaber related term that you’ll see tossed around the custom saber community, so it’s important to know what it means. ‘Flex’ stands for ‘Graflex’. Prop makers used a flashgun, manufactured by Graflex, to construct the Luke Skywalker lightsaber for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The Graflex lightsaber is an important … Read more
Star Wars fan and lightsaber enthusiast Peregrine Oxton has constructed a pair of functional, attention-grabbing lightsaber crutches out of Ultrasabers Brood Guard LE lightsabers. SaberSourcing interviewed her about the project. How did you decide to build lightsaber crutches?I decided to build my lightsaber crutches because as a twenty-year-old with a non-obvious disability – Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome … Read more
By Foozy Guest Contributor Growing up as a kid in the 80s and 90s watching Star Wars, the term “lightsaber” was awesome, coupled with the noises, visuals and battles that took place with the awe-inspiring cinematic weapon for the sci-fi imagination. (Unfortunately, we only had those slide-out sabers from the mid-90s to have lightsaber duels … Read more
