Last week a top dog at Disney whipped out a sick-looking ‘real’ lightsaber on stage, and now the internet has found out how it works.
Josh D’Amaro, Disney’s Parks and Experience Chairman, had the honor of wielding the legendary ‘Star Wars’ weapon when he was on stage at South by Southwest (SXSW).
During ‘The Art & Science of Disney Parks Storytelling’ presentation, D’Amaro held the hilt on stage, pressed the button, and boom - the blue blade of the lightsaber shot out. The audience gasped as it happened, as they should.
“I have the coolest job in the world - I’m holding a lightsaber,” D’Amaro said, which is pretty hard to argue against (if would you even want to argue with someone holding such a weapon).
“It’s a true wow moment for our guests, and for me as well,” he continues in another viral clip. “I love firing this thing up as much as I possibly can.”
“They told me only twice,” he shares before immediately firing that baby up again with a huge smile on his face.
Hate to break it to you but that lightsaber won’t actually cut a Sith lord’s head off, or even cut a piece of paper in half, as cool/scary as that would be.
Ben Ridout, a VR developer, broke down how Disney’s new toy works with an animation on his Twitter.
“Did Disney invent a real working lightsaber?” he started the tweet with. “Yes, they did. It won't melt through metal blast doors, or cut off your hand, but it does feature an illuminated blade that will extend and retract at the push of a button.”
When you push the button, two tape measures unwind a roll of LED lights. That’s it, simple but awesome.
Would like to see how it would go up against the plastic lightsaber I had when I was ten, I was a Jedi master with that thing.
