: Exactly! But just people passing by - the reactions of strangers, lighting up when they would see the lightsaber, was awesome.
And it’s a little dinged up now, but that’s okay.Ĭhris Reiff: It’s more in-universe now! We are going to take this outside and test it out.”
: Usually with my collections, I take pretty good care of everything I have. Even ones that are painted, like parts of Darth Vader’s lightsaber, if we were going to do that, we’d want it to be metal to up that quality, working to get the textures and detail and feel of them, so that the experience of holding it is as much as the visual of it. Nice weight in your hand, all that sort of stuff. What can you say about the materials and the design process for where you’re at now with the Force FX Elite Lightsabers?Ĭhris Reiff: It’s something we’ve been always wanting to do with all this stuff - super high-end materials, like aluminum when it’s aluminum. Taking the Revan lightsaber out of the box, I was just surprised at the build quality and how heavy it was. : I have not handled a high-end lightsaber in years. caught up with Hasbro’s Patrick Schneider, senior manager, global brand development and marketing for Star Wars, and Chris Reiff, product designer, to talk about metal hilts, why Star Wars inspires so many, and pushing our galaxy’s lightsaber tech forward. Hasbro sent the Darth Revan Force FX Elite Lightsaber, and all these years on from being that kid in Brooklyn playing Star Wars, it’s refreshing to say that a toy lightsaber can still make you feel like a Jedi. That’s not to mention the removable kyber crystal. Inspired by the lightsaber of the hugely popular character from the Star Wars: The Old Republicvideo game, the collectible features an LED-powered blade that can shine as purple or red (depending on your preferred Jedi/Sith affiliation), has a fun blaster-deflect effect, in which random parts of the blade flash, and even turns into a rainbow color for some wall-cutting action. Hasbro has continually advanced what’s possible in a roleplay lightsaber, from sounds to colors, and the recently released Darth Revan Force FX Elite Lightsaber reflects this. Well, at-home lightsabers have come a long way since then. I can still hear the distinct wurr they made - just utilizing the wind, no electronics - by waving them back and forth. I have memories of running around my backyard in Brooklyn (yes, a tree grows in Brooklyn) in the early ‘80s, dueling friends with Kenner’s Jedi weapons. Lightsaber toys have been part of the Star Wars story since the original trilogy.
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