Via Gizmodo.com:

Soon Disney will begin lining its commercial Star Wars coffers with plastic action figures, T-shirts, and collapsible lightsabers. But one French 3D printing outfit took more of a “screw it, I’ll do it myself” approach by creating a 3D-printed version of the new Star Wars lightsaber.

One of the many things to love about widespread 3D printing is the technology’s ability to liberate us from the whims of toy manufacturers. Now with FabShop’s printed guidelines posted to Thingiverse, anyone can make their very own lightsaber, complete with that cross-guard that’s been already endlessly debated. The entire project is printed out on an FDM desktop printer using PLA filament.

Because we only see the controversial lightsaber for about 1.5 seconds, the FabShop team admits that some creative license was needed. However, the really neat thing about all of this is the design is customizable, so if you think the new lightsaber “is unrealistic and like…totally lame” then you can opt for the more conservative styles from the first two trilogies.

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