--- description: The silly lawsuit filed against Hong Kong-based laser manufacturer Wicked Lasers has been dropped by Lucasfilm, reports CNN. "We are aware that, during this time... title: Lucasfilm Drops Lightsaber Lawsuit image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) # Lucasfilm Drops Lightsaber Lawsuit by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Aug 3, 2010 2:15 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Aug 3, 2010 2:15 PM CUT The [silly lawsuit](http://techland.com/2010/07/14/wtf-cd-letter-sent-to-wicked-lasers-from-lucasfilm-now-on-ebay/ "undefined") filed against Hong Kong-based laser manufacturer Wicked Lasers has been dropped by Lucasfilm, reports [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/08/02/light.saber.laser/index.html?hpt=C2 "undefined"). “We are aware that, during this time you have made several statements to the media insisting that your product is not intended to resemble a lightsaber and is not marketed by your company as either a lightsaber or as having any connection with ‘Star Wars’ or Lucasfilm,” reads a letter to CNN dated July 27. Apparently all the media are to blame because Wicked Lasers [never advertised or marketed the S3 Spyder Arctic as a lightsaber](http://techland.com/2010/07/01/is-wicked-lasers-s3-spyder-arctic-a-lightsaber/ "undefined"), whereas most tech blogs did bringing about confusion causing Lucasfilm’s David J. Anderman to drop the hammer. With all the hubbub over the lightsaber-esque laser, sales of the S3 tripled causing WL to hike the price up to $299 from $199, due to increased operating costs or some nonsense. The S3 was also updated with a safety switch and now fires up 20 percent below maximum strength by default. Lucasfilm Drops Lightsaber Lawsuit ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7247188/lucasfilm-drops-lightsaber-lawsuit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7247188/lucasfilm-drops-lightsaber-lawsuit/"},"headline":"Lucasfilm Drops Lightsaber Lawsuit","datePublished":"2010-08-03T14:15:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:59:18.069Z","description":"The silly lawsuit filed against Hong Kong-based laser manufacturer Wicked Lasers has been dropped by Lucasfilm, reports CNN. \"We are aware that, during this time...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7247188/lucasfilm-drops-lightsaber-lawsuit/","keywords":["Tech","Lawsuit","Lucasfilm"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7247188/lucasfilm-drops-lightsaber-lawsuit/","name":"Lucasfilm Drops Lightsaber Lawsuit"}}]}] ```