{"id":8084,"date":"2005-05-24T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T21:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/05\/24\/why-the-jedi-fell.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T08:35:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:35:02","slug":"why_the_jedi_fe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/05\/24\/why_the_jedi_fe.html","title":{"rendered":"Why the Jedi fell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because they tried taking shortcuts like this<\/a> to make their lightsabers:<\/p>\n

Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol.<\/p>\n

A man, aged 20, and a girl of 17 are believed to have been filming a mock duel when they poured fuel into two glass tubes and lit it.<\/p>\n

The pair were rushed to hospital after one of the devices exploded in woodland at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n

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Because they tried taking shortcuts like this to make their lightsabers: Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri","category-star-wars-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7764,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/17\/duel_controls.html","url_meta":{"origin":8084,"position":0},"title":"Duel Controls","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-Aug-05 9:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Though the author of this TheForce.net piece on how to make light saber duels look more realistic is explicitly addressing it toward Star Wars fan film producers, and explicitly not...","rel":"","context":"In "Movies"","block_context":{"text":"Movies","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-movies"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132050,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/15\/warwick-davis-finally-gets-a-blaster.html","url_meta":{"origin":8084,"position":1},"title":"Warwick Davis finally gets a blaster","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Nov-16 11:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Davis has appeared in a variety of roles in different Star Wars films over the years (he also got to star in George Lucas' fantasy Willow,), but he's never had the chance to wield a blaster.Apparently, he will in Rogue One. 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