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How to make a light saber "come" to you?
Hopefully this is in the correct section, I am trying to think of a way to make a light saber come to your hand like a stage prop. I have thought about getting a black glove and putting metal magnetic rings underneath them, as well as putting superglue N52 magnets on to the light saber. I have tried to play around with the magnets but they do not work at a considerable length. Does any one have any ideas? This is for a stars wars theme day for children.
Also any star wars related props, would help.
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- PaulLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
Magnetic fields drop off in intensity over really short distances - this is why electromagnetic forces allow flies, spiders and even geckos to climb up walls but anything as large as a cat or dog or human can't - bigger things just don't have the surface area to weight/volume ratio to allow electromagnetic forces to dominate over gravity. This is why you can't use magnets over long distances.
Magicians use thin black wires and special lighting to make it appear that something is levitating and to control where it goes.
Another method used commonly on stage in theaters is to have people dressed from head to toe in black with a black face mask and black gloves sticking to the shadows picking the thing up since it's hard to see the people but the object is more brightly coloured and since we're not actively looking for the people but swept away in the story we tend to not notice them - that's what special effects experts rely on in theater.
Hope this helps.
