10 Dumbest Criticisms Of Star Wars

10. "The Force Awakens Lightsaber Makes No Sense!"

Let's get this one out of the way early. Very little is known about the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens - it's not out for another 11 months, and all fans have to go on so far is a trailer lasting just over a minute. And yet, that hasn't stopped the internet exploding in a rage at the fact that lead villain Kylo Ren appears to wield a lightsaber in the film with two smaller energy beams emanating from the handle, just above where his hand rests. It's a lightsaber of a kind never seen before - nobody knows anything about how it works, who or what the figure holding it is, or what safety precautions are required in order to not slice your own hand off with it. Still, fans have gone meme crazy over ridiculing this new lightsaber, which is seen briefly activated in the trailer for a total of two seconds. It's a case of Star Wars groupies judging something they know next to nothing about before they've even seen the movie. Speaking of which...
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