For $500, you can buy the Third Sister’s 6.5-foot double-bladed lightsaber

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It measures 6.5 feet in length with both blades attached. | Image: Hasbro

Hasbro has designed a lifelike lightsaber just in time for the premiere of the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series, one that might be the toymaker’s most ambitious — and expensive — replica yet. The Black Series Reva Force FX Elite Lightsaber costs $499 and measures a total of 6.5 feet long with both blades attached. It’s modeled after the lightsaber wielded by the Third Sister, also known as Reva, a cold and callous Inquisitor set on hunting down Obi-Wan.

Just like the iconic lightsabers we’ve seen held by Inquisitors in past Star Wars series, you can take off one of the blades, as well as remove half of the circle in the center of the lightsaber. There are a number of cool lighting and sound effects that you can activate too, and they work...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/29/23146694/double-bladed-lightsaber-costs-500-star-wars-obi-wan-third-sister-reva

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