Star Wars Lightsabers in USB Flash Drive Form

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By Marcus Yam
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The Force, powered by USB.

Novelty USB flash drives can be the perfect example of geeky utility. Aside from Transformers USB that actually transform, the next coolest thing could be USB Lightsabers that actually light up.

These official Lucasfilm licensed USB products come in both Darth Vader's red design or Luke Skywalker's green design and measure five inches long. Capacity-wise, they're not much at only 1GB, but the appeal of this product isn't related to storage – it's about having a glowing Lightsaber protruding from your USB port. Sadly, they don't make any noise.

ThinkGeek is now selling these for $20 each.

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
31 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Socialdisorder
    Buy it you must!
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  • flea420
    Ghey
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  • romansky
    looks like its for "road warrior" woman... ;)
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  • icepick314
    no midichlorians?

    LAME!!!

    /s
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  • mikewong
    May the capacity be with you
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  • montyp2000
    Maybe bump up the capacity to something more common like 4gig or more and have it make the activation and deactivation sound sound when you plug it in and pull it out. I'd pay a little extra for that
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  • jeverson
    montyp2000Maybe bump up the capacity to something more common like 4gig or more and have it make the activation and deactivation sound sound when you plug it in and pull it out. I'd pay a little extra for that
    I know... am sick of all these "novelty" storage devices cheeping out on the storage and then charging you a premium just because it lights up... Wooooo... Why does it feel like these where inspired by episodes 1-3... :P
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  • JohnnyLucky
    Gimme a break. How about a price break instead!
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  • nforce4max
    Hmmmm is it the real thing? If it is the tax man has some thing new to worry about. :)
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  • babybeluga
    Is that a lightsaber in your pocket or were you just looking at porn?
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