Disneyhave demonstrated a retractable lightsaber at technical school , film , and music festival South by Southwest ( SXSW ) . Videos from the talk show Chairperson of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Josh D’Amaro terminate up and then retract the equipment in front of the crowd .
“ I have the coolest chore in the humankind , ” D’Amarotold the hearing , adding “ I ’m holding a veridical lightsaber . ”
SeveralTwitter user pointedto a patent presumed to be for this variant of the equipment , register by Disney . According to the letters patent , the " sword twist with retractable , internally illuminated blade " expend motors to unfurl a " blade " fill with a strip of flexible light conceal within its handgrip .
" The gimmick includes two foresightful plastic semi - cylinders , and these two sword organic structure members are stray vertical to their length , which make compact cylinders of material of little volume that can be provided on a duo of spools in a hilt , " thepatent excuse , alongside designs for the equipment .
" To stretch the leaf blade , a motor supply in the hilt unwind the blade consistence members from the spools . Each blade consistence member passes through a blade form guideway that cuddle the semi - cylindrical blade soundbox members together as they forget the hilt . To shrink back the blade , the unconscious process is reversed . "
The lightsaber isused in shows at Disney World , but is not currently on sales event to the populace .
Due to safety concerns , and likely a whole host of other equally important business organization , the lightsaber will also not slice you through you like they do in theStar Warsmovies . However , one amateur YouTuber did make a retractable working lightsaber , entering theGuinness Book of World Records last year .
Alex Burkan , who runs the YouTube TV channel Alex Lab , created a machine which can produce a 1 - meter ( 3.28 - animal foot ) retentive plasma blade when initiate . The 2,800 degrees Celsius ( 5,072 degree Fahrenheit ) sword can even cut through brand .
" The key component part of my lightsaber is an electrolyser , " Burkanexplained to Guinness World Records . " An electrolyser is a gadget that can generate a huge amount of hydrogen and O and compress the gas to any pressure without a mechanical compressor . "
However , unlike a real lightsaber or the 1 shown off by Disney , the vane only works for about 30 seconds on full power , making lightsaber fight shortly - live on unless they take place near shoot points .
Also , Burkan contribute , " sometimes the lightsaber just blows up in your hand because of H flashback . "
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