News

Here you’ll find all our news in chronological order since our homepage relaunch in 2019.

  • Our September of Events

    Our September of Events

    Every year, September in particular is all about events. botanika and the Science Fiction Days in Speyer have been in our calendar for years. With Hiro Con in Saarbrücken (okay, technically October), a completely new event joined the lineup. In Speyer we reached a special milestone: the 300th Saberproject show.… … read more

  • Trading Card Game Online

    Trading Card Game Online

    You know our trading card game from our events, and now you can play it online too. There’s at least one card for every team member, each with five stats: Jedi Power, Dark Side, Training Power, Stamina and Year of Birth. You play them against each other top trumps style, online against Huyang, on three difficulty levels. By the way, when the game starts you’ll hear a voice,… … read more

  • The Team Is Growing: Welcome, Sophie!

    The Team Is Growing: Welcome, Sophie!

    We’re happy to welcome our newest member, Sophie! She first met us in Speyer back in 2023 and went on to start a lightsaber club at her school. After Markus and Tim had already given her tips for it, she joined us at an event for the first time at Comic Con 2025. Then, just at the beginning of the month,… … read more

  • An Astronaut with a Lightsaber License

    An Astronaut with a Lightsaber License

    Last weekend we were guests at botanika goes space in Bremen for the eighth time. As always, the event was great; we met lots of familiar faces and thrilled the visitors with our shows. We had a very special guest at our booth: former ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter. On the advice of our friend Robert Vogel,… … read more

  • Off to Saarbrücken

    Off to Saarbrücken

    Just one week after our adventures at the Technik Museum Speyer, an event we’ve been part of since 2012, we’re heading to a completely new event for the first time: we’ll be at HiroCon in Saarbrücken, adding some lightsaber action to the event. HiroCon describes itself as… … read more

  • Back at gamescom: live with FYNG from GameStar

    Back at gamescom: live with FYNG from GameStar

    Update: We were very happy to be guests at GameStar; our report is now online and you can watch the whole stream on our YouTube channel. Original news: after eight years we’re back at gamescom! On August 27, some of our team members will spend the day at gamescom in Cologne… … read more

  • Ahsoka season 2 trailer – new lightsabers!

    Ahsoka season 2 trailer – new lightsabers!

    After a long wait, it’s finally happening: the second season of Ahsoka will be released on January 20, 2027, and after glimpses of the new trailer and incredibly detailed costume work at the D23 Disney fan event, expectations are high. New characters and new locations, as well as new choreographed fight scenes. The teaser offers a brief look at… … read more

  • For long-time fans: FX modding tutorials

    For long-time fans: FX modding tutorials

    At the end of Episode III, Yoda has a surprise for Obi-Wan Kenobi: his old master Qui-Gon Jinn has found his way back from the Netherworld of the Force. That’s a bit how it feels for us right now. Our old modding tutorials are back. In them we show you step by step how to turn a Hasbro FX lightsaber… … read more

  • 20 years of SP on video

    20 years of SP on video

    On April 11 we celebrated our anniversary at Outpost One, and besides our report there’s now also a video to go with it: thanks to everyone who joins us on our adventures! … read more

  • Bargain alert: Luke’s original lightsaber

    Bargain alert: Luke’s original lightsaber

    This July, Heritage Auctions is auctioning Mark Hamill’s screen-used lightsaber from The Empire Strikes Back. Starting bid: 1,000,000 dollars. The prop was developed by Stuart Freeborn’s makeup department: a Graflex-based lightsaber, a wrist dummy cast directly from Mark Hamill’s hand, and a release mechanism. So no CGI was used to cut off Luke’s hand. In this context, more… … read more

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