12. LIGHTSABERS

摘要

The lightsaber, Obi-Wan Kenobi informs us, is "an elegant weapon fora more civilized age." Sure, but it still cuts through bone like wampa butter. The weapon's mix of lethality and grace inspired a whole generation of kids to take up competitive fencing. "That scene where Luke and Darth Vader are inside Cloud City and they're crashing through a window-that was so cool," says Sean Buckley, an All-American in sabre for St. John's University. "My friends and I would get these $1 toy lightsabers, and we'd do that fight in the backyard.