/lit/ - Literature

Give me one good reason not to put lightsabers in my space fantasy novel?

Why should Lucas have the sole right to the lightsaber just because he was born before me?

We don't say "you cannot use that lazer gun because it first appeared in the 1920's", so why do assholes keep telling me to take lightsabers out of my novel?

Fuck 'em, it's here to stay.