This can only end in tears.
Real lightsabers are an actual thing now, thanks to the efforts of a YouTube user who was tired of waiting for technology to catch up, so decided to make his own. And the device isn’t to be messed with.
The homemade lightsaber, created by “DIY Laser Guy” Drake Anthony, can burn through everything from paper to a ping-pong ball.
The heat emitted from the laser is enough to power a solar-energy toy car and set stuff on fire.
The science boffin said he tried to refrain from referring to his laser as a light saber (presumably due to copyright concerns), “but there really isn’t much else out there to describe this laser,” he wrote on his YouTube channel.
“To be honest I don’t even like handheld lasers this strong, but I knew my subscribers would like this! This laser is legal to own in the US, and I wore goggles while shooting this video.”