Being the dweeb fan that I am, I was always blown away by the idea and thoughts of an "actual" lightsaber and how one might work. Many folks have had the same thoughts about how one might work and a lot has been written about the potential...

What are YOUR thoughts on the best possible "reality" of what a "real" lightsaber might actually be?

To start it off, I offer two things, first, I highly doubt that anything remotely like an energy sword could really be possible - as most scientific thinkers have said, but they do not really offer another option...

The custom sabers here and other places offer "lightsabers" that have a removable blade. My initial thought - once I got back to it is that this would be an acceptable, slow, but acceptable option. Put the blade on and use it... difficult to be fast though, no doubt.

Then I recalled two things. First, when I started doing video fro a living in 1992, it was a tad slow, so I worked part time in the evening selling security devices and the like. One of the things they sold a lot of had been stun guns, but one type of stun gun in particular recently popped into my head, it was a baton that had a electric coil around it. The thing gave quite a zap too.

The other item was that when i worked security years before, we carried a night stick when we worked non armed positions. At some point, they made telescopic batons with a spring coil in them - which can be had in various lengths now...

So, what if the "real" lightsaber was really just a very advanced telescopic baton like device with an extreme kick to it?

Interesting. I don't know if they ever made a telescopic stun baton, I would think the coils might break at some point, but that baton carried a heck of a zap to it...

RayH