/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9147314
>>9147317
Got bored and tried to figure this out. The concept of the lightsaber itself seems to be Lucas', though the concept of a light beam sword was around much earlier. The design doesn't seem to be his either- the actual props were primary tubes from old camera flash handles, made by John Stears. Ben Burtt did the famous lightsaber sounds. The only thing I can find about him and the lightsaber is that he tried to do it with practical effects, but the only thing that really worked was rotoscoping. >http://www.propstore.com/john-dykstra-intergalactic-man-of-magic-part-2/ Even then, I'm finding a lot of sources that are saying someone named Nelson Shin figured out the effects.

Not to say he isn't a great effects artist, but I can't find any evidence he invented the lightsaber like she claims. She could really just say "My dad was the SFX lead on the original Star Wars" and that would be cool as shit