What is an Inquisitor lightsaber? | Lightsaber Terminology

Inquisitor lightsaber

An Inquisitor lightsaber is a specialized double-bladed spinning lightsaber used by Inquisitorius, a group of Jedi-hunting dark side adepts that serve the Empire. The Grand Inquisitor, along with other members of Inquisitorius, are the only known users of the double-bladed spinning lightsaber. A wielder could activate an Inquisitor lightsaber as a single-bladed lightsaber (called crescent … Read more

Red Five Customs: Lightsaber Stand and Prop Display Seller | Lightsaber Company Spotlight

Red Five Customs

Red Five Customs (affiliate link) is a United States based Etsy store that specializes in custom acrylic lightsaber stands. The store currently offers over 50 stand designs. The stands features a base and arms or prongs to hold the hilt. Red Five Customs (Etsy) https://www.etsy.com/shop/RedFiveCustoms affiliate link Most of the stands from Red Five Customs are … Read more

What is cortosis ore? | Lightsaber Terminology

cortosis ore

Cortosis ore is a rare lightsaber-resistant mineral in Star Wars canon. When a lightsaber comes in contact with the mineral, the cortosis forces the energy of the lightsaber blade back into itself, causing the lightsaber to temporarily short out. In addition to shorting out lightsabers, cortosis also dissipates the energy of a blaster bolt and … Read more

Master Replicas Darth Maul Lightsaber .45 Scale Battle Damaged Review

Master Replicas Darth Maul Lightsaber .45 scale

The Master Replicas Star Wars Darth Maul Battle Damaged Lightsaber is part of the .45 scale replica lightsaber prop line by Master Replicas. Master Replicas prop replica lightsabers, even the scaled-down “mini” lightsabers, exhibit great attention to detail. The Darth Maul battle damaged lightsaber replica is made of metal and is about 4.5 inches long. … Read more

What is an aux switch? | Lightsaber Terminology

aux switch on a lightsaber

An aux switch, or auxiliary switch, is a secondary switch on some custom lightsabers that activates an audio or visual effect. By comparison, the activation switch, or main switch on the lightsaber, turns on and turns off the lightsaber. The aux switch is commonly located below the activation switch on a lightsaber, but may be … Read more

Why Hasbro May NEVER Make a Dark Rey Folding Lightsaber

Dark Rey lightsaber

Disney released startling promotional footage of a seemingly Dark Side Rey wielding a double-bladed collapsible hilt lightsaber in August 2019. Two months later in October 2019, Hasbro has yet to release a Dark Rey collapsible hilt lightsaber or even a Dark Rey action figure. Here’s why toy giant Hasbro may NEVER release a Dark Side … Read more

Ki Sabers Slayer Lightsaber (Dueling Katana Saber) | New Saber Alert

Ki Sabers Slay lightsaber

The Ki Sabers Slayer lightsaber has been released. The tsuba (hand guard)-equipped custom saber is a katana-style lightsaber. The two-handed lightsaber is designed for cosplay or competitive lightsaber combat. Slayer comes in a stock finish (standard silver color) or weathered finish and is available configured as a stunt saber (no sound) or sound saber (Pico … Read more

What is a telescoping lightsaber? | Lightsaber Terminology

telescoping lightsaber

A telescoping lightsaber is a lightsaber with blade sections that extend out of the hilt, one section sliding out from another until the full blade length is reached. The extension of a telescoping lightsaber blade out of a lightsaber hilt imitates how an actual lightsaber blade extends out of the lightsaber hilt in Star Wars … Read more

The Pach Store ErgoFlex Lightsaber (Affordable Graflex) | New Saber Alert

The Pach Store ErgoFlex lightsaber

The Pach Store released the ErgoFlex lightsaber, an affordably-priced, slimmed-down custom saber loosely inspired by the design of the Graflex lightsaber. ErgoFlex, which is configured as a budget friendly sound saber, is available as a single color LED saber (with a V2 board) or as a 16-color RGB saber (with a V3 board). ErgoFlex comes … Read more

Star Wars DARKSABER Toy Review | Rubie’s Black Lightsaber

Rubie's Darksaber

The Star Wars Darksaber toy by Rubie’s is a rare officially licensed Darksaber product. Despite the popularity of the Darksaber, an ominous black-bladed lightsaber, very few officially licensed Darksaber products exist. Hasbro does not make a Darksaber toy or Force FX lightsaber Darksaber collectible, for example. UPDATE: Hasbro released the Mandalorian Darksaber Electronic Lightsaber Toy … Read more