Great News Offensively Put

So in reading this article on the invention of the light saber, which, it seems, some hard working knuckleheads (The Den's affectionate term for Scientists) have designed away to force photons to interactively co-exist . . . as they don't normally do, being the freedom loving bastards that they are . . . which in turn has allowed them to control where that lights goes, how far it travels and contain it on one localized field.

In short they invented this:

But in the article HERE this reporter, or one of his kind, had this to say: "Luke Skywalker and his ilk" in referencing the invention and the movie.

"Ilk?" Surely you jest Mr. Ben Child