Star Wars Vintage Lightsabers

The lightsaber is the traditional weapon of the Jedi. Because its use is not widespread outside the Jedi ranks, its intended use is for defense and utility, but all Jedi are trained for dueling as well.

The lightsaber's blade is pure energy or plasma and has no mass. The loop of energy ior plasma is contained in a strong magnetic field. Light sabers operate on the arc-wave principle and gain their energy from crystals: Jedi use natural crystals, whereas Sith use synthetic.

Each lightsaber is unique, and is constructed by hand by their Jedi owners.

Vintage lightsabers are hard to come by, so this list also includes current ones. I'm a bigger fan of the newer ones anyway. Mine from childhood has an inflatable saber end with a flashlight base. Impressive for an 8 year old, but less so now!

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Star Wars Vintage Blasters

Blasters come in mnay different shapes and sizes, including:

• DH-17 rebel blaster
• DL-21 blaster pistol
• A-280 blaster rifle
• Stormtrooper blaster
• Blastech DLT-20A laser rifle
• Scout trooper blaster
• Skiff guard blaster
• Ionization blaster
• SE-14C
• Hitman's blaster

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Star Wars Vintage Vader TIE Fighter

TIE fighters are the fast, fragile starfighters produced by Sienar Fleet Systems for the Galactic Empire, and Darth Vader has his own custom TIE fighter.  There are also several other variants, including the TIE advanced, TIE bomber, and TIE interceptor.

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Star Wars Vintage Imperial Star Destroyer

Star Destroyers are iconic vessels of the galactic empire. The Imperial Star Destroyer, which first appears at the beginning of Star Wars (Episode IV), is the vessel most commonly associated with the term.

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Star Wars Vintage Y-Wing Fighter

Whereas the rebels' X-wing fighters are maneuverable attack vessles, Y-wings are durable but slow fighter-bombers. The destruction of Y-wings tasked with destroying the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars leads to Luke firing the proton torpedoes that destroy the Empire's battle station.

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