What's Inside Disney's Real Lightsaber?

[@matthewwyatt7912]

WOW.. 5minutes 29 seconds in and we FINALLY get to hear about the lightsaber..

[@RebelDrifter]

People milk videos... I hear ya.

[@Flinty88]

Thanks man. Instantly closed the video. Hate having my time wasted.

[@Soldier4USA2005]

Hero.

[@verdrin7107]

what video were you watching? He was talking about it for longer than that, that's when he finished describing the tech used to make it work

[@Nalpha]

If only there were timestamps, oh wait

[@CAOwens24]

You probably can't use it as a battle prop, if you notice in the clip showing "Rey" on the cruise ship, she drops to the ground and swaps sabers before starting her fight with "Kylo" I guess she didnt want to break the prototype she has or it can't be used in mock battles

[@COOLGAMER.4176]

It is way too fragile you can definitely tell when the Creator swings it around.

[@FindingTheForce]

Yeah, definitely not made to hit against other things. But who knows what kind of upgrades they can make it overtime 😉 👍🏻

[@thirdeyenz]

@@FindingTheForce Also as it's basically two tape measures if you swing it too hard it'll probably bend and collapse.

[@Gatz22]

Either way, if they put it into production, I would buy it day one

[@Gatz22]

Although it might be next to impossible if they did the same thing for the darksaber, omg, please take my money

[@Cool-fx3yg]

decorated engineer: develops ground breaking over engineered toy this guy: "The button is not red"

[@SpeedyGwen]

if its like a semi flexible metal strip and it somehow latch with the oposite one, it could have some serious strenght and rigidity, this is Verry intresting

[@RalphyDee]

I had all the Mater Replica sabers but ended up selling them all in 2016. Now? All I want it one, preferably Luke's blue saber. I was ready to buy another one until I saw this & now I'm like, holy crap! This is the one! The Master Replica versions were about $120 10 years ago & there are a few companies making their own version which are way more expensive so I can only imagine how much this Disney saber is going to cost...

[@finalbag858]

that thing looks as big as my mother's lightsaber she keeps by her bedside.

[@kevint1911]

Is it a shoto?

[@baymaxlala8189]

@@kevint1911I think it’s a dildo

[@dreamer1928]

@@kevint1911 Naaa, It's a Bad Dragon 😂😂😂😂😂

[@iilhares]

It's big enough to be an UltraSabers model. Which isn't necessarily bad.

[@FindingTheForce]

lol 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ …

[@Mysticinvestigations]

He invented the floor for future Star Trek Holodecks!

[@InfernoConqueror]

It's so much better than my old plastic extendable and retractable light up lightsaber I had as a child

[@FatGandaalf]

Lol it is also bigger than the ones you had as a kid

[@kevint1911]

The one I had as a kid (I was born in 1968) was basically a flashlight with an inflatable blade. It didn’t last long with that crappy blade, I can tell you that.

[@douglasashworth5214]

Mine didn’t even light up it was just blue plastic lol

[@jedi.master.j]

Did u also practice dueling everyday like me? 😂

[@FindingTheForce]

Definitely! I wonder if we will be able to buy something like this in the next few years? 🤷🏼‍♂️😃👍🏻

[@JudyHoppsProductions99]

I cannot believe this! He got the Retractable Lightsaber Right! Maybe, this will make it to Savi’s Workshop in the future! AWESOME JOB LANNY SMOOT!

[@fragglemark]

It's fitting that "Lanny Smoot" is also a perfect Star Wars name. What an amazing inventor and engineer!

[@MrLostMD]

Lanny is such a cool guy

[@seoulmandan]

The best engineers are the ones who remain a kid at heart.

[@DatFunnyPerson]

this video isnt providing any real information really

[@theatomcbucket7700]

What do you mean? 😂

[@DarkKingSolaris2011]

It's just more shills shilling for shillperor Kennedy. Disney is a joke that's beating the dead decaying Star Wars horse with their retractable stick saber. They took Kylo's "Let the past die. Kill it if you have to" line a little too seriously. BUT, just like Icarus flying too close to the sun under up with him falling to his death, so too will Disney die on their "truth". And I hope I'll still be alive when that happens!

[@SawyerSpainhoward]

It’s all about the vibes

[@jonathanturner6004]

Thank you for saving my time

[@soku330]

its basically a super bright measuring tape

[@jmd1980]

Just read today that Disney has plans to actually sell these! Likely limited availability and quite expensive, but the fact they're turning it into a consumer product I wasn't expecting. Pretty cool.

[@BTBEV3469]

I can only imagine sitting with Smoot and picking his brain for 30 min. Thankfully he's using his genius for good and not Evil. LOL!!

[@heeljoe7221]

I gotta say, since my comment to you on the other video, my viewership tripled, I thank you, you totally Rock, or The force is with you, Thank you again sincerely

[@MikahTheMan]

I find it crazy that Star Wars came out in the 70’s and we’re now just barely having retractable light sabers. Such a simple concept but requires a bunch of complex mechanics to make it happen

[@FindingTheForce]

That glowing lightsaber got me like… 😧😧😧

[@Adarkane325xi]

You’re easily impressed.

[@Justin.Danford]

100%, that is how I envision sabers. Even the shows now use what look like light battons, not sabers with this level of light blur.

[@Adarkane325xi]

@@Justin.Danford You imagine them cartoonishly oversized? What fckin’ betas, lol.

[@Adarkane325xi]

@@Justin.Danford You envision them cartoonishly oversized? You’re a Disney Kool-Aid chugging beta.

[@Adarkane325xi]

@@Justin.Danford You envision them cartoonishly oversized? You’re a Disney Kool-Aid chugging beta.

[@c.s.s.5326]

That “reflective light feature is actually only a feature from the generated beam source you’re deflecting and a sensor behind you that records the interception of the beam between the source and reception sensor.

[@Cyberdyne_research]

I’m the one who accurately predicted how it works first. In an earlier video, just 6 days after the Rey video went viral, and almost a year before the Star Wars hotel was even a thing. Thank you. I’ll take my props now.

[@ross-carlson]

You and thousands of others....

[@richarddutton1981]

it actually looks better to the eye than a CGI lightsaber. that's pretty crazy.

[@MrLostMD]

Lanny is my GOAT, by far one of the coolest people of our time

[@verdrin7107]

I love that this was invented by a guy named Lanny Smoot, that is such a Star Wars name

[@joshkeck6348]

even if you can't use it to play fight with, let's be honest many of us were never going to do that anyway. it would, however, be a game changer for certain shots of fan films!

[@xSharpW]

Okay so I'm not going to lie, while it's definitely a cool idea, I too am way more interested in that extra bright lightsaber he was working on, with the glow actually like, hovering around the outside of the blade? How'd he do that, that's incredible? Obviously there he was showing white and not a color that would wrap around the outside of the white blade, but still if he can make that work and look straight out of the movies, whether on camera or even somehow in real life? That's incredible. Again though, the retractable one is a cool idea, I think as it is right now it's way too bulky, and I like to fight with these lightsabers because it's fun. I feel like I probably can't fight with a tube that is just essentially 2 measuring tapes. But we'll see whenever they become commercially available.

[@JuanLopez-tq7zf]

Hopefully they start selling these to the general public in 5 to 10 years from now🙏🏻

[@Dragonaut72]

i hope in the future he makes a base version that can change colour, so cosplayers and other star wars fans can add stuff to it to make their own custom lightsaber

[@COOLGAMER.4176]

I figured out the difference between the two lightsabers, the one that Ray uses in the events has a tip on it that's rounded, and the one seen in the inventor's hands does not have a tip on it, you can slightly tell by him swinging it around.

[@FindingTheForce]

Interesting, I will have to take a closer look 👍🏻

[@YodatheHobbit]

That treadmil floor is EXACTLY what I've known would eventually be invented for immersive VR someday. Now we just need to wait for it to become affordable to everyone just like a headset has become.

[@KevyNova]

It’s so ridiculous how Rey squats to set the first lightsaber down and pick up the sturdy one before fighting. Like, they didn’t even try to hide the fact that she’s switching! They could’ve easily had her run behind a pillar or something that was hollowed out on the backside and holding the sabers.

[@Archivist1971]

The only thing that doesn't make sense is that the Red Button Fin uses isn't even the activation switch. The rectangle button is the activation switch.

[@Spike-ex5bp]

That's the one thing that drives me crazy about this lightsaber. I'm hoping they'll at least gives us an option to turn it on with the Real switch and not the button

[@FindingTheForce]

I think we are actually both correct. I believe changes depending on the movie.👍🏻

[@LRJ88]

@@FindingTheForce No, it's just wrong. As in, Padmé, Finn, and now these people are completely wrong. The top button is a blade length adjustment button and they should have known this while showing these things. The original visual dictionary even shows a cutaway and explanation for the different parts of this very lightsaber, and the top button is clearly marked as being a blade length adjuster. Regardless of it now counting as legends or canon it matched with what had been seen on-screen up until that time, which would make it the most accurate going forward too and these people just going "IT BIG RED BUTTON IT DO THINGS" rather than researching it. I will excuse Lanny in this, due to his being a prototype and it being hard to do more with what you have, but the movies and the show had no excuse.

[@timidwolf]

@@LRJ88 I'd excuse Lanny on this because he was probably ordered by higher-ups to do that, to help hide that the sequels got it wrong!

[@batmanvsuperman_]

@@LRJ88 I used to press the red button all the time as a kid until i learned. Doesn't help that the old retractable lightsabers all had red buttons for deployment regardless of saber hilt design

[@dreamer1928]

It's not "average sized or small." Compared to every other sabers in production or that has ever been produced, it's huge. The length is just a little larger, but the diameter is gigantic. Have actually seen one, held it, and ignited it. Its about the size of a Red Bull can and even bigger at the T track grips. It's also not sturdy. The first thing anyone wants to do when you hold a light saber is swing it. And that is exactly what "John Doe" told me not to do. When you move it around, you can see it give way a little. If you actually were to swing it, he confirmed that it will collapse. It is basically a stand still pose prop that they have considered using on actual "Rey" and "Luke" props in their parks. Other than that, it has and will have no uses. If you want to feel like a Jedi or Sith (yes they also have a working Vader) wielding your lightsaber, this will not be your saber. That's another reason they haven't released it. There will be no market for it.

[@NebMunb]

Can't wait till they inevitably make the pommel and body smaller, and allow them to really "ignite" like they do in the movies.

[@kaokenking3887]

The glow saber is using the background screen to give the glow effect. It’s not just the saber itself.

[@feynthefallen]

It never fails to amaze me how much energy and research people keep investing into bringing that admittedly fascinating, but still a bit silly concept of a force field sword to life. The desire to create realistic lightsabers has probably spawned more progress in light forming technology than LCD screens and LED car headlights, to name just one discipline.

[@slushy1522]

The lightsaber this video first shows looks like the retractable part is made from the pipe cleaning material plumbers use to line pipes, this obviously is a way smaller version and cosmetically covered with some sort of color to make it not look like a plumbers tool

[@elvinmah165]

This one is good. I made a retractable one at home but i would dream for this

[@DFYX]

9:00, I'm pretty sure that the Starcruiser lightsabers are completely passive. The emitter on the wall has a camera that tracks the blade and actually even corrects its aim to hit the blade so you feel like you can predict where it's shooting. I think Jenny Nicholson mentioned it directly in her video but it's also pretty visible in some others. This would work with any lightsaber as long as it's the right color and bright enough for the tracking system to distinguish it from the background.

[@dreamer1928]

Yes, its actually really old tech. Back in the 80's they used the same concept with the NES system for games like Duck Hunt.

[@silerthinprath4283]

It's cool to see more about this lightsaber but we still don't have any definite info on how this works.

[@Theengalu]

They need to come up with a ride concept, where we can use our lightsabres.

[@brandonkrolvoiceovers1694]

Unbelievable. So much better than my wrapping paper cardboard tube design from 1983.

[@Mrtfarrugia]

My dad used to let us use the plastic golf club liners from his golf bag.

[@FindingTheForce]

Hahaha and in your imagination that cardboard tube was so real! Lol

[@brandonkrolvoiceovers1694]

@@FindingTheForce Darn right. I put tin foil around the tube & then colored it with green markers. Had many "Return Of The Jedi" adventures with it. 😆 Oh, to be young again.

[@burngicebeyndinfnite9887]

what i did as a kid was look for tree branches that were long, thick and straight enough, carve and smoothen them out and color them with a crayon. we would then make a game out of it where whoevers wooden saber would break looses XD

[@steverino6954]

We would spraypaint a broomstick with neon paint and then jam it into a bicycle handle grip. ( lots of bruises)

[@legoman2313]

I’m glad they finally told us how it works!

[@quamifilms]

I had the opportunity to work with him! On some projects for overseas. He’s the absolute coolest and humble man that loves his job. Also the workshop you see is his 2nd shop his 1st one was flooded.. those who know.. know.

[@chickenporkadob0]

Let's be honest this video didn't answer anything new.

[@EthanGuevara781]

Oh good I thought it was just me

[@stephenandrew4186]

Rewatch ANH, Luke doesn't push the red button to activate the lightsaber like Finn did in TFA. He pressed the bubble strip in the clamp section to turn it on. Just watch the scene where he first activates it.

[@isaackim7675]

It makes me curious if they’ll incorporate that for Savi’s lightsabers? Also, they need to add a curved hilt quite like Count Dooku’s

[@Joseph-oo7pp]

Nah, its too fragile, and disney is too lazy to invest in making a more reliable and mass producable version. Also, the mechanism would be likely too expensive to be a reasonable price for a consumer product.

[@isaackim7675]

@@Joseph-oo7pp Fair point.

[@FindingTheForce]

That would be amazing! Any upgrades to those Sabers would drive fans bananas!

[@charleshadle9376]

This could be used for a level of practical effects in Star Wars content on television and in films. The cost of adding this in post is a big part of what has led to increases in cost of making films.

[@HynMayProductions]

Hey my friend ❤ Thank you for sharing this awesome video 🥰

[@FindingTheForce]

Thank you so much for watching bud, appreciate your comment.

[@mogdor]

0:21 Fuller, go easy on the Pepsi

[@saiyamang5397]

I don't care to see one of those lightsabers on a stage, I want one in my house!

[@Spike-ex5bp]

That button is NOT the activation switch! The Force awakens got that wrong behind the scenes because I guess nobody ever told them that the button is actually for adjusting the length of the blade.

[@maxmaham]

So we’re just not going to mention how he decked that kid with the lightsaber? 😂

[@blazedragongaming5365]

so they changed the activation? in the original new hope, when Luke gets the lightsaber from Kenobi he uses the side activation box not the button.

[@Archivist1971]

Yes! I just made a similar comment. The red button was Never the activation switch. That irked me when Fin turned it on like that.

[@FindingTheForce]

Yeah, I think it changes in the different movies. Just a little detailed to drive us Saber fans nuts lol 😉

[@nahjustaverage]

I've been working on my own prop that does the same thing for about 5 years now. I have everything set-up I just need to get my 3d- printer to start working.

[@Boyboyvoyiuu]

This was a great video I always wondered how they did it!

[@FindingTheForce]

Thank you so much bud, appreciate the kind words

[@lukekartavov2002]

Does everyone keep forgetting about The Hacksmith’s lightsaber. He has the world record certificate.

[@raider1284]

the hacksmith one is amazing, but its not a lightsaber, its a protosaber. aka it has a backpack and a long cable going to the hilt to power the blade. the hacksmith one also doesnt look good at all further up the "blade" as it becomes whisper flame like a candle further away. And you cant swing the hacksmith one quickly at all or the "blade" will get blown in the wind.

[@supaircoop1489]

@@raider1284 and this lightsaber cant cut through steel, they both have their reasons for being a lightsaber and for not being completely accurate

[@Chevelled]

@@raider1284 don’t forget about the light pike

[@RalseiGaming]

didn’t allen pan do it before i’m pretty sure and allen pan based it off another one i can’t remember plus a world record cert doesn’t mean anything if it’s for something with no meaning

[@mehmeh1234]

@raider1284 they do have a real lightsaber one that doesn't need a backpack

[@CChelen]

Im 80% in the video and still waiting for the video to start.

[@kingfish4575]

Love how rey hot swaps her light saber when she fights kylo.😂

[@FindingTheForce]

Quick upgrade! lol 🤣

[@edgarwhite9439]

I want one so bad I'm considering going back to school for engineering to learn how to make my own.

[@FindingTheForce]

Wow, that's awesome Edgar! I wish you the best of luck. 👍🏻

[@edgarwhite9439]

@@FindingTheForce It's funny what can inspire action in someone sometimes. Lol

[@beaumontboy]

We need a Disney character named after Lanny Smoot!

[@xena5151]

Wow!!! So fricken cool!!! I want one!!! 😍

[@FindingTheForce]

Right!?! Same Here!! 🤣👍🏻

[@aniclips2995]

holy yappington.

[@Kermwitaperm]

“Real” lightsaber better be cutting through everything

[@ronreno5702]

A real one that actually cats, burns and starts fires would be cool

[@kristinaF54]

That's so phat they started calling it a heavysaber.

[@cwaldrip]

Lanny is amazing!

[@FindingTheForce]

You got that right! He seems like a super nice and interesting guy.

[@jash6244]

Disney is finished the light saber doesn't matter.

[@Pawnband]

The saber actually works by utilizing lesbian witch magic.

[@corwinzelazney5312]

Cry some more of those copium tears. They're delicious.

[@icisz]

Gotta love comments from the SW toxic peanut gallery 😂🙄

[@KnightedSilverWolf]

does Star Wars Theory know of this?

[@BanazirGalpsi1968]

It is a cool prop, but I think it works best on film because in order to do fight choreography they have to swap it out for another lightsaber prop.

[@yetifive-oh2242]

Lanny is a beast! If you don't know about him, definitely look him up.

[@majeric]

If you've ever played with a measuring tape where you've put the tip of the tape back in where the tape comes out. I can see how that technology could work.

[@Jimmy_Moon]

I was thinking, why hasn't someone highlighted the blade being two separate parts. There's light passing through them and you can't see any seems. That's the real tech.... But then... @5:01

[@smokedog9677]

Someone else found a way. It was this young guy and girl that figured it out recently too! Now Star Wars isn't the only one......Nee-ner Nee-ner Neeeee-neeerrr!😁

[@AmazingAsian]

Theory sabers all the way !!!

[@TimmyTerminator8]

Hello! Love your vids!

[@alexflores-gu8zf]

alex flores

[@FindingTheForce]

Hey Timmy, thank you so much. That's so kind of you. I hope you have a great day!

[@watrebel9595]

They should sell it, but the only problem is that it would probably be like over $1000

[@money4385]

I would buy one.

[@jimbeaux89]

Finding the force is a pretty accurate channel name. Ever since Disney has purchased Star Wars, the force is nowhere to be found.

[@SpideyVids]

There's another light sabre that actually reacts like the ones in the films when it's dragged along a surface - it looks really authentic compared to this one.

[@paulnkiki68]

It is a great item but the technology used to make it work would make it very expensive to buy. I agree that it will most likely be used as a prop by one of the characters in Galaxy's Edge.

[@JR_Taylor]

notice how they're now swinging it around

[@Superherosolution]

Now do a saber battle with it. Yeah, I thought so. Got a way to go but good start.

[@hummarstraful]

Well, you gotta get to 10 mins to get that Google ad money.

[@nozyspy4967]

I was thinking it might just be a thin plastic tube inflated by compressed air with LEDs in the base. Interesting!

[@gserhardt]

"... small to average-sized hilt..." 🤔 Don't kid yourself. While cool and all, that thing is definitely the John Holmes of lightsaber hilts.

[@FindingTheForce]

hahaha.... yeah, you're right. It definitely has a "hefty" waistline. 🤣

[@mrwicked7]

Every one is holding it with two hands which makes me think it's probably really heavy.

[@ericgranata6664]

So cool!

[@FindingTheForce]

Right! 😃👍🏻

[@rickpontificates3406]

Something makes me believe the blade is inflatable. I know that Disney can't use the special saber for fight scenes

[@rickstraws92]

if they ever start selling them, it'll be ridiculously priced.

[@rrek88]

That is one fancy Pringles tube

[@JasonPruett]

remember when vader looks at luke's saber and says "your training is complete" there should be a story behind that. also his name is sky walker the name obviously means his ancestors understood how to travel space time without moving. ... stargate tech. "anywhere is within walking distance if you have the time" -Stephen wright Ever seen a quasar aka white hole? its the same thing only smaller that is what a light saber is. Only someone who has learned the secret of magnetism could build one. i have an idea for a movie i want to name it the first J.E.D.I about the how the first became enlightened and discovered the force long before the galaxy began to be populated. Soon AGI will allow anyone to make full fledged movies on their laptop.

[@10191927]

If they want a successful Star Wars themed hotel, don’t put it in a warehouse without windows, don’t price it so high that people won’t come back, and maybe don’t make it this larping experience where you’re in character 100% of the time, and have to be.

[@dannyadams5551]

Even better will there be a version available for purchase in the near future

[@jamesbrewer9969]

Matt been watching for a while and I've been wondering if you were going to do anything with that overhead crane anytime soon

[@吳承翰-c9b]

Hacksmith, in my opinion will be the only group to create a « real life » lightsaber

[@Walter21432]

They can make a real lightsaber but cant make a good movie

[@emuman09]

I guess it's fitting. All they care about now is key jangling stuff so it makes sense

[@Apuat]

😂🤣😂

[@avgeekskipper]

neopixel needs to collab with disney

[@YoungLion449]

inventors hall of fame I'm surprised he didn't get outright ganked

[@j.thrasher]

Cannot believe I watched 5 min to hear that drop

[@mwmsjuly19]

Lanny Smoot is a proper genius. What an amazing mind!

[@ilovelego638]

Damn the girth though, you would think with the technology and money Disney has they could have made the hilt slimmer

[@BesottedlyDialecticl]

It’s not a light saber. It doesn’t cut. It doesn’t burn. It’s a toy.

[@steel1973ss]

Thank you sir for bringing us one step closer to making our dreams come true.