10 Worst Times Star Wars Appeared In Other Movies
6. A Lightsaber Knife That Toasts Bread Whilst You Slice It! - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Sticking with dodgy lightsaber tributes, 2005's big-screen instalment from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series introduced yet another soul-crushing take on the sacred Jedi/Sith weapon.
As Zooey Deschanel's Trillian gives Martin Freeman's Arthur a little tour of the Heart of Gold's kitchen, a brief exploration of a machine that "detects what you're craving and makes it for you" is soon followed up by a revolutionary toasting device: that being the entirely inspired Bread-Toasting Knife.
Outside of this pointless tool likely leaving one side of the toast a touch stale if you were to take a break in-between spreading butter, the fact it sports both the exact same physical characteristics as the iconic Star Wars laser sword and very same sounds felt like a lazy and not exactly side-splitting way to capitalise on the buzz and attention surrounding Lucas' Prequel Trilogy at the time.
The brief but still jarring brandishing of the Sith-coloured blade as a throwaway visual gag didn't do much to keep this particular sci-fi entry from stuttering at the box office, though, and just feels a little bit desperate and out of place upon a rewatch.