For many Star Wars fans, it’s been a lifelong dream to wield a lightsaber and master the combat of a more civilized age. Now, thanks to one determined fan, you can make those dreams a reality.
Alain Bloch, a 32-year-old San Francisco-based software engineer and lifelong devotee of the epic space saga, came up with the idea to start his very own combat choreography school designed around the Jedi and Sith weapon.
“There are a lot of really awesome costuming groups in the Bay Area, but there was no one that was doing reenactments of the lightsaber battles that you find in movies, which I find to be some of the most exciting parts of them,” Bloch told Hero Complex in a recent interview. “So I went around and was actually looking for somebody who could possibly teach me how to do this sort of choreography.”
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies