Interviews

Designing SaberMount, a Series of Stylish Lightsaber Belt Clips: An Interview with Saberkraft’s Ismail Ozan Izci

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Saberkraft SaberMount IRIS

Saberkraft founder Ismail Ozan Izci, a sabersmith based in Turkey, is perhaps most well known in the custom lightsaber community for designing and manufacturing Big Boy, a popular Jacen Solo inspired lightsaber. Although the Big Boy lightsaber is now out of production, Saberkraft continues to manufacture SaberMount, a series of stylish, aluminum lightsaber belt clip … Read more

InstaSaber AR App Turns Paper into a Lightsaber: An Interview with Creator Hart Woolery

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InstaSaber lightsaber

Got a piece of paper and an iPhone? Then you just might be able to make a lightsaber. InstaSaber, a free and popular augmented reality app for iOS, allows the user to project a lightsaber onto a simple rolled up piece of paper. InstaSaber creator Hart Woolery, launched the lightsaber app in early January 2018. … Read more

Cutting Edge Smart Sabers: An Interview with Electrum Sabercrafts Founders Dave Benard and Curtis Bennett

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Electrum Sabercrafts Remnants lightsaber

Electrum Sabercrafts founders Dave Benard and Curtis Bennett don’t want to follow, they want to lead. That’s why the custom saber manufacturer developed groundbreaking Smart Saber™ technology, which allows users to customize lightsaber settings through their smartphones. That’s also why all Electrum Sabercrafts hilt models utilize distinctive touch switches rather than AV switches. Since the … Read more

Making Affordable Custom Lightsabers: An Interview with ACLightsabers Founder Alan Cheong

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ACLightsabers custom sabers with attached blades

Alan Cheong started ACLightsabers [AFFILIATE LINK] in 2015 with the goal of providing Malaysians an affordable lightsaber alternative to United States based custom saber manufacturers. Three years, and over 500 Etsy sales later, Cheong continues to expand the ACLightsaber product line as well as its global fan base (including many buyers from the United States, Europe, … Read more

Plecter Labs and the Evolution of Lightsaber Soundboards: An Interview with Erv Plecter

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Erv Plecter and Plecter Labs lightsaber soundboards

Erv Plecter, electronics engineer and founder of Plecter Labs, launched his eponymous prop electronics company in 2005. Based in France, Plecter is the brains behind some of the most popular custom lightsaber boards on the market, including: Nano Biscotte, Pico Crumble, Crystal Focus, PRIZM and more. Plecter Labs soundboards, especially the entry-level Nano Biscotte and … Read more

Lightsabers You Can Hug: An Interview with Softsabers Creator Michelle Sharp

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SoftSabers lightsaber pillow

When you think ‘soft’ and ‘cuddly’, lightsabers may not be the first things to come to mind. But that’s exactly what Michelle Sharp’s Softsabers are–plush lightsaber pillows for hugging and out of this world pillow fights.

How Bendu Armory Developed the Carbon Fiber Lightsaber: An Interview with Founder Andrew Woods

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Bendu Armory custom saber hilts

Although most custom lightsaber manufacturers produce metal lightsabers, newcomer Bendu Armory decided to develop a carbon fiber lightsaber instead. The company released its first carbon fiber lightsaber, The Obsidian, in July 2018 and plans to release two additional carbon fiber lightsaber designs in the near future. SaberSourcing interviewed Bendu Armory founder and CEO Andrew Woods about … Read more

Star Wars fan’s 13-month-old son MESMERIZED by morning ritual of turning on lightsabers [INTERVIEW]

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baby with lightsabers

Star Wars fan Ricky Borba posted a heart-warming photo on Reddit of his lightsaber-encircled 13-month-old son with the caption, “I work from home. Every morning my 13 month old son pulls all my lightsabers off the wall and sits mesmerized as I turn them on for him. Every. Morning. Man I love Star Wars”. Within … Read more

Lightsaber Crutches: Star Wars Fan Peregrine Oxton Constructs Attention-Grabbing Mobility Aid [INTERVIEW]

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lightsaber crutches

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