Exhibit No. 001
ExhibitThe Skywalker Graflex
Some slides in the original post were videos; still frames are shown here.
This exhibit was posted 3 times; photos from every post are combined here.
No introduction is needed for this iconic lightsaber. It was the first lightsaber to be lit on screen in A New Hope, paving the way for generations of lightsabers after it. Sometimes mistakenly called Luke’s lightsaber, it was in fact handed to Luke by Obi-Wan Kenobi as the lightsaber belonging to Luke’s father.
The original Skywalker Graflex lightsaber prop was built using parts of a vintage 3-cell Graflex flashgun and Texas Instruments Exactra calculator, among other things. (For accuracy references, see www.wannawanga.com.)
In this Exhibit, the lightsaber is a replica from Roman Props built in the configuration seen in A New Hope. The internal chassis of the lightsaber is designed by @mb_sabers and was the first MB assembled by Shane Craig of Dagobah Swamp back in 2020. Made of brass, steel, copper and aluminium, it features a dual crystal chamber and a Proffie 2.2 board controlling sound, light and a pixel blade.
From the archive
6 January 2022 post
In this Exhibit, the lightsaber is a replica from Roman Props built in the configuration seen in A New Hope. The internal chassis of the lightsaber is designed by Martin Beyer (https://www.mb-sabers.com) and was the first MB assembled by Shane Craig of Dagobah Swamp back in 2020. Made of brass, steel, copper and aluminium, it features a dual crystal chamber and a Proffie 2.2 board controlling sound, light and a pixel blade.
Credits
- Hilt
- Roman Props; Martin Beyer; @mb_sabers; Obiwan Kenobi
- Chassis / Install
- Martin Beyer; Shane Craig of Dagobah Swamp; @mb_sabers; Shane Craig of Dagobah
- Other credits
- electronics: Proffie