Hey, do you remember the awesome lightsaber that Disney revealed that what looked like a laser blade was actually igniting and extending? Like a parent with a child reaching for a sharp pair of scissors, Disney said, "Only dad can touch it." This means that the company will not provide them to the public, even if you are going to the stupid and expensive Galaxy Star Cruiser Star Wars LARP hotel.
In fact, the only way you can get in touch is to be hired as actors in the galactic fringe part of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida—especially as Jedi—because they will become creative executives based on the Disney Fantasy Engineering portfolio. In an interview with Gamespot, T. Thornbridge made a statement that only them are allowed to be carried. This means that in the lightsaber training experience that Galactic Starcruiser guests can get, they will be holding traditional toy lightsabers with non-retractable blades.
Although Disney is not obligated to provide "real" lightsabers for purchase, and it never technically announced that they would do so, is this still bad? Earlier this year, when they were exposed, everyone lost their minds, because every Star Wars fan dreamed of waving a hand that could work from the moment they saw their first movie. Lightsaber. It's really cruel to make fun of fans like this without notifying people that they will not be purchased at the same time. Maybe Disney didn't know that it could not sell them at the time, but the company was cunning enough that it deliberately misled people to prompt people to book Galaxy's Edge and room reservations were completely reasonable. Hotel (currently there is a waiting list for four months).
The real question is, why doesn't Disney, which is always hungry for money, sell them? They cannot be dangerous, otherwise the actors in the park will not be allowed to carry them around park visitors. Perhaps their production costs are prohibitively high, but it is almost certain that many fans are willing to pay more than $1,000 to have a working lightsaber. Or, when Disney finally does sell lightsabers, it may be stirring up consumer enthusiasm to drive demand. I mean, I can't imagine the company leaving this huge sum of money on the table.
Time will prove everything, but now? Only dad touched.
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These are expensive and delicate prototypes used as part of the costumes for live performances. They are likely to be delicate and picky things, and no one with a right mind should buy them for $500.
Because who wants to spend so much money on a toy lightsaber that has a 30% chance of being damaged every time it is used?
A few years later, after more adjustments and refinements-when the props are finished, they can mass produce parts and solve the defects-they will undoubtedly be sold as toys. Because of course they are good. Disney is not stupid enough to put money on the table.