Awaz Apni

The $200 Spyder III Pro Arctic is the world's most powerful portable laser. It's so powerful, in fact, that it can cause blindness, damage skin, even set things on fire. It can also damage a trademark, as a cease-and-desist order from Lucasfilm attests. Lucasfilm has sent a C-and-D letter to Wicked Lasers, creator the of Spyder III Pro Arctic. While Wicked Lasers has never referred to the device as a "lightsaber," it's pretty obvious from the promotional images on their site that it looks a heck of a lot like the Star Wars Jedi Knight weapon of choice. CNN has some of the text from the LucasFilm letter to Wicked Lasers. In it, the company notes that blogs and other media have referred to the device as a "real-life lightsaber," so despite what Wicked Lasers may say, the perception is still there: "It is apparent from the design of the Pro Arctic Laser that it was intended to resemble the hilts of our lightsaber swords, which are protected by co...