Meaning of lightsaber | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy.
2. A real-world toy, prop, or device fashioned after the fictional lightsaber.

Examples

“[Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker] Your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.”

“Wielding his flashlight like a lightsaber, Kyle sent golden shafts slicing through the swirling vapors.”

“This was the era of Star Wars, the reinvention of science fiction with the homely Luke Skywalker. But even Luke had the Force and a tie-fighter. The Doctor was a humanist, and his spacecraft was an obsolete phone box redolent of bobbies with whistles. He would never resort to lightsabre against villains, preferring to confront them with jelly babies.”

“Poster Power / Get the scheme behind the scene with Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection. This boxed set includes five double-sided posters with blueprints of the Death Star, R2-D2, and C-3PO, lightsabers and blasters, Darth Vader and the Millennium Falcon.”

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