"BT Tower" Transformed Into World's Biggest Lightsaber To Promote Star Wars Blu-Ray's!

"BT Tower" Transformed Into World's Biggest Lightsaber To Promote Star Wars Blu-Ray's!

Thought that the 3D projections for X-Men: First Class were good? Then you'll want to check this out! A gigantic 200m beam of blue light was shot into the air from London's BT Tower to create a HUGE lightsaber...

By JoshWilding - Sep 16, 2011 12:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Digital Spy

Digital Spy have a full report from London's "BT Tower", where the release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray. To mark the event, Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) was there to turn on what they describe as, "a beam of light 200m into the air from the top of the 189 metre tower. More than 60 4,500W lights - standing 1.3m high and weighing 124kg - combined to produce a parallel blue ray of light." Be sure to click on the link below to head on over to the site, where you view a full gallery of fantastic images from the event.












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