In a huge profile in The New Yorker last week, Apple design boss Jony Ive revealed that has gave-director J.J. Abrams some advice on how to design a better lightsaber for his upcoming film-Star Wars: The Force Awakens. As you’ll recall, the new lightsaber was the source of some contention among Star Wars fans who complained that it looked, well, a bit too ridiculous. As we have seen in more recent images from-The Force Awakens, it appears as though-Abrams and company definitely took some of Ive’s advice and made some key changes to the lightsaber’s new design. Even still, however, it’s clear that this device is not a Jony Ive creation… so what might a lightsaber look like if it-was

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