Light-Rapier, Light-Cutlass, Light-Halberd, etc, etc

[4thofeleven]

You know, I have to say I'm pretty impressed by the new Star Wars trailer. I'd thought with the demise the old expanded universe, source of such wonders as the lightsaber-whip, the lightsaber-pike, the extendible lightsaber, and that guy with lightsabers in his knees, we'd never again see such absurd attempts to create 'cool' new lightsabers.

And then Disney/Abrams comes up with an all new lightsaber varient that's just as absurd as anything Bantam or Del Ray could have created! Well done! A lightsaber crossguard! It both looks ridiculous and is completly and utterly impractical when thought about for more than five seconds!

Yeah, I've got a good feeling about these movies.