#StarWarsDay: May the 4th Be With You

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Happy Star Wars Day! Not only has the Star Wars universe brought us massive amounts of joy, fun, and cultural content, it’s also been an incredible source of inspiration for makers over the years (including us!) We’re celebrating May the 4th over here by reviewing some of our favorite Star Wars themed projects, plus searching the web for ideas and builds from makers around the world.

We hope you’re celebrating in style! (And, of course, May the 4th be with you)

Here’s a round-up of some cool stuff/resources for this year:

And, last but not least, here’s a list of some of our favorite Star-Wars-themed Adafruit projects:

Construct your own Star Wars​ lightsaber using 3D printed parts and the Prop Maker Feather Wing!

3D Printing Mandalorian Helmets on a Small Printer #StarWars

In this I Like to Make Stuff video, Bob prints out and finishes two Mandalorian helmets, one for him and one for his son. Because he’s using small-bed printers, he had to print the helmet in sections.

Bob is a master at 3D print finishing and this video is a great class in things like using PETG filament (easier to sand), glazing putty, filler primer, and lots of priming coats and sanding. As you can see from the results, all of that time and effort pays off.

Split Saberstaff #3DThursday #3DPrinting

You probably know about Darth Maul’s dual-bladed light saber, but what about Asajj Ventress? She had a dual-bladed lightsaber designed to be split. Saber staff or dual weild, very cool. Here’s a saberstaff design shared by Elijah_Moore  on Thingiverse:

My own take on a saberstaff that can split into two separate lightsabers as exhibited by Asajj Ventress and Cal Kestis. I have not tested the belt clip yet, but I will edit this once I do

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

Interview: Andrew Ainsworth – the man behind the Original Stormtrooper design

The year is 1972, and British industrial designer Andrew Ainsworth has just set up Shepperton Design Studios where he manufactures his own motor cars. Four years into his business, he meets Star Wars creator George Lucas through a next-door neighbor in Twickenham, UK. Impressed with the Brit’s work, Lucas commissioned Ainsworth to design and manufacture […]

Students make Star Wars themed 3D printing and electronics projects #3Dprinting #CircuitPython #Feather #CircuitPlaygroundExpress

In the Adafruit Discord, middle school/high school teacher Daniel writes:

I’d like to show some Star Wars projects my students made for this semester. I’m finding it difficult to make the Wednesday night Show and Tell show due to family life, so forgive the forthcoming dump of photos. I teach high school 3D modeling and Middle School programming. I had a combined theme of Star Wars this semester. High School designed lightsaber hilts and 3D printed them. Middle School programmed the electronics (M4 Feather + Propwing) that went inside.

Middle School also made a bunch of Circuit Playground based Star Wars projects as well. (Everything is CircuitPython). We then showed everything off to the 3rd to 5th graders in a big Star Wars showcase.

Lightsabers designed in Blender. I wrote a Python script in Blender to form the base pommel, hilt, and blade holder. Students then designed their own lightsaber from there. Time of fun. Used both CP Express and some alpha CP Bluetooth.

Pictures from the post are below. Great job folks!! You too can join the Adafruit Discord – go to adafru.it/discord for more details.

 

Lightsaber Hilt With Cap, and Hanging Ring #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi #3DThursday #3DPrinting

by SparkBibo on Thingverse (translated from the French):

These are some additions I made to @3DPRINTINGWORLD ‘s awesome lightsaber. I love to cosplay and needed these items to complete the saber for a prop I so I can wear it at a con.

The end cap is the same as his, but two holes have been added. One for the Key Ring and one as an air hole. I find the blades extend much better if there is an air inlet to relieve air pressure.

The Key Ring has a slight break in one side so you can slide it in the hole. Then superglue the two ends.

The cap has a thumb tab to help you get the cap off and inside the cap are small tabs that latch to hold the cap on. This was necessary addition to keep the blade in the hilt while wearing the saber on your belt. I printed it at 100% and had no trouble popping it on and off. Depending on how you printed your saber, you may have to increase/decrease the size in your slicer.

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

Star Wars MX Cherry Keycaps #3DThursday #3DPrinting

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These excellent keycaps were shared by FedorSosnin on Thingiverse:

Loved printing the Low Poly Space Toys by @Flowalistik and @Hatsyflatsy. Enough to turn them into keycaps for my office mechanical keyboard. Now I want to share them with you.

Enjoy and post your makes!

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!