Lightsabers and Lollipops

the other night we had some people over and i was showing off my Darth Vader Lightsaber replica. it's from Master Replicas. makes sounds, lights up, yada yada yada.

anyway, one of the guys noticed the handle was unwieldy and uncomfortable to hold
and he asked, "how are you supposed to kill a bunch of jedi with this thing?"

and one of the girls asked, "you guys do know that that's just a movie right?"

what i should have said was, "so the question is:how can david prowse, who's wearing 20 pounds plus of a costume (not including the helmet), run around swinging a handle for a camera flash bulb with a piece of reflective glass attached to it. while mark hamill only has to jump around in a tan jumpsuit and a belt. add that and the fact that he didn't even get to say his own lines, even the script read, 'luke, i KILLED your father.' no, i'm pretty sure i know it's only a movie...

but what i really said is, "i know."

and continued to swing around the lightsaber toy.