The New Lightsaber is Cool

I was going to talk about our cover story and delve a little into some of the more noteworthy articles but really this week's content doesn't need introduction. The articles are self-explanatory. Let's talk about something really important.

Star Wars. Episode VII. Fans worldwide are gushing about the teaser, and our writer is no exception. I will however point out that he is completely wrong about the new lightsaber being silly; look up longsword design. What at first glance appear to be a pair of dinky little mini-lightsabers poking out the sides of the handle is actually what weaponsmiths call a crossguard. They are designed to stop the enemy chopping the swordsman's hand off from above. Naturally this particular crossguard would need to be a pair of blade emitters itself, because only a lightsaber can block a lightsaber.

- Zoheb Mashiur, Sub-editor, SHOUT