'STAR WARS' ORIGAMI LIGHTSABER
!['Star Wars' Origami Lightsaber](https://s3.amazonaws.com/craftfoxes-assets/how_to_images/images/000/000/722/horizontal.jpeg?1403092027)
Learn how to fold a basic Star Wars origami lightsaber.
Step 1
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Download the PDF of the Star Wars origami lightsaber and print on paper. Fold in half and unfold.
Step 2
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Valley fold and unfold.
Step 3
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Cut along the creases formed in step 2.
Step 4
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Valley fold just enough to form a thin flap.
Step 5
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Valley fold and unfold.
Step 6
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Again, valley fold and unfold.
Step 7
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Mark fold. Turn the model over. Optional Step: To make a hilt with an angled emitter like Luke’s, valley fold the corners to touch the creases formed in step 6.
Step 8
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Valley fold.
Step 9
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Mountain fold the corners A into the pockets B. This will turn the model into a triangular tube.
Step 10
This Star Wars origami project is excerpted with permission from Star Wars Origami: 36 Amazing Paper-folding Projects from a Galaxy Far, Far Away....
by Chris Alexander