I can tell right now that you are wondering why I am talking about a glorified glow stick. So stop wondering and listen.
In this post I want to show how one movie changed every one's mindset. This is something films do, change mindsets, the more popular the movie, the more ingrained into society it is.
When Mr. Lucas had this crazy idea for "StarWars" he came up with the "sword made of light" he probably thought that it was pretty cool, but it was just an effect, he probably never thought it would become an icon. But now as we all know, Lightsabers have there own Wiki page, more people know about them than StarWars, and you can look in you dictionary and locate it.
People every now hide away in there rooms, away from the eyes of friends and family, swoosh their imaginary saber around the room, matching the sounds using their mouths only to change their woosh sounds into a scream of horror as a parent barges into the room.
Not only that but almost every kid's show, every sifi, and every youtube video has a lightsaber, or their own spin on it. And all of this because of just one film.
Now I wonder what if we stopped creating weapons and starting creating morals.
One of the most hit videos on youtube is a lightsaber fight called Ryan Vs. Dorkman
Kid's TV show character Jimmy Neutron wielding what looks like a sword made of light.
In a major videogame "Supersmash Bros. Melee" characters can use the item "LightSword"
Well said sir. I never gave it much thought. So true. One small imaginary weapon changed so much in both homes and Hollywood.
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