The Original Light Saber c. 1977 Force Beam Flashlight Saber

[Darth Midian]

I remember some official sabers that I saw as a kid that had black hilts, did not light up, and the colored blades were fluted on the ends to make an interesting (but not particularly lightsaber-ish) sound when swung through the air.

I so remember those. I had the red one. You couldn't duel with then. The blades where too flimsy if I remember correctly. But they were still fun. I also had the flashlight saber. I never would've thought back then that I would be building lightsabers in my 30's.

[JulieP]

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The Force Beam
Yep, in fact I have one! In my closet since about 1978! In perfect condition except missing the decal that was on the side - must have fallen off a long time ago.


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[JulieP]

My apologies.

[amadeus768]

Well - at least I know there are two now. A red one and a green one.

[redeyejedi]

Man! I always wanted one of those when I was a kid. My first saber was the green "The Force" lightsaber from Kenner(still have it), but my friend had the force beam style flashlight saber...it was red and I wanted a light up saber soooo bad. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[psab keel]

My first lightsabers were pieces of construction paper rolled and taped into tubes. My first officially licensed saber was a gray hilted one I ordered from The Adventurer (LucasArts gaming) magazine in the early nineties. It was from the George Lucas Super Live Adventure Show, which was a stunt/ variety act that aired in Japan, celebrating Lucas' work. the blade had really rigid tubing that probably would have cracked, so I never dueled with it, though the bulb did strobe which gave a really cool flicker effect! Man, if I only knew back then what would be available today, I don't know if I would have believed it!

[Kevin Starwaster]

I remember that. Mine was blue. It was a Christmas present but I got it early. I slept with it nearby. Just in case....

[sparki79]

i own one of these in full working order

[Titoshi]

I had the hollow one in green, But I remember mine glowing in the dark. I also remember it stinging like a wiffle ball bat.

[ObiShawn]

I still have my Force Beam- the golf tube is a little crunchy, but serviceable. Mine has three color lenses under the pommel cap in Red, Blue and Green that I could swap out for different colors.

In the pic, L to R: Force Beam, MR, Hyperdyne

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