The Force

March 5, 2005

Build your own lightsaber resources:

Instructables— Build Your Own Lightsaber for $33 in 33 Minutes

You'll have to sign up to be a member (free) but it's worth it if you want to really have the most authentic Jedi weapon reproduction dangling from your tunic belt.

Build Your Own Lightsaber

No joke, right below some lightsaber clip art a line of text reads, "I've chopped this page into two pieces to improve the load times." At the bottom of the page you can, "Hyperspace Jump to Part 2." Awesome. Also contains a link to some thoughts about the veracity of The Force. As a person who has actually lost sleep contemplating the strength of my midichlorian count, I found this page especially enlightening.

Finally, you're no full fledged Jedi until you have your rotoscoping powers fully developed. Learn from Master Kin-Char Bamin:

Rotoscoping using FXhome Effectlab Pro

Believe me, there's nothing cooler than being a Jedi.

Scratched Negatives

• Take a glossy postcard and cut one frame sized window
• Put negative with scratch over window and tape edges of negatives down
• Dip q-tip in distilled water
• Blot it semi-dry on hand and then rub the scratch with it
• Blow dry the negative dry
• Then fill a steamer with distilled water and a teaspoon of salt
• Get is steamin' and put negative over it
• Then blow dry it dry and repeat a few times and. . .

BOOM! You're dead!

Just kidding. . . the scratch goes away.