Anyone have an old SW: Insider handy?

There was an ad that ran in old Star Wars Insiders, in the pre-Episode 1 days... It was for prop "lightsabers", but I think they weren't affiliated with Lucasfilm at all... I think they had a detatchable "blade" too, but I can't remember... But anywho, I can't figure out the name of the company or if they even exist anymore... anyone remember what I'm talking about? Thanks in advance

 

I don't have that Insider, but can I take a wild stab in the dark with ParkSabers

I never knew he advertised, maybe in the old days though...

 

Could the company be Icons, perhaps? I checked my old Insiders and found this in issue #30. I looked in further issues as well, and found a Darth Vader ligthsaber replica too. They didn't have removable blades, though.

Icons was an official licensee of LFL, though.

 

I highly doubt that Lucasfilm would allow a non-licensed product like Parksabers to ab advertised in SWInsider, especially since they sued Parksabers for copyright infringement (Lucas lost that court battle).

 

True. A fan asked about replica sabers and blasters in Steve Sansweet's column of issue #29. Steve acknowledged a lot of bootlegs existed, but stated that Icons were given the green light to make those replicas, using the archives of LFL. And in the next issue the Jawa Trader portrayed Luke's saber.

 

Do tell do tell.

 

Not sure what there is to tell, Parksabers was sued by Lucas for copyright infringement for making sabers that were similar to ones from the OT. The judge determined that since there was enough difference between the models made for the movies and the ones that Parksabers produced; as well as the fact that "lightsaber"-ish weapons had been used in various sci-fi movies, stories, etc.; that the lawsuit had no real basis.

I really think that Lucas is a lawsuit-happy kind of guy, did ya'll know that he sued to stop production of the original Battlestar Galactica series because it was too similar to SW?!? I can't really see where that one came from!

 

Well just looking at the sabers he sells I can easily pick out Obi-Wan's, Anakin's and Vader's. Silly judge.

He tried to stop BSG? Uh, yeah that makes no sense. Speaking of, when does the new season start?

 

At the time I don't think Parksabers had those models for sale.

I think the new ones start showing on Sci-fi Channel in January with the new episodes of SG-1 and Atlantis.