Today we are happy to announce that we are working on a special project exclusively for the Star Wars Shop. The new project is our Darth Vader Bookends. These bookends will depict Vader’s lightsaber burning through the wall on a ship with metal melting down the front and back of the bookends. The blade of the lightsaber lights up and makes a really cool night light for any room.

The concept is loosely based on the scene in The Phantom Menace when Qui-Gon melts through the doors on a ship. We thought that Vader must have been in a similar situation and it would be cool to depict this as bookends.

Our Inspiration

When we first started, we drew up some basic concept art showing the basic idea behind the bookends.

Symbiote Studios Lightsaber Concept Art

We then looked at the original lightsaber used by Vader as reference for our sculpture. Lucas Films was very generous in allowing us multiple looks at the actual weapon used during the films.

Lucas Film Darth Vader's Lightsaber

Finally, we have begun sculpting and below is a small sneak peek at what you can expect when the statue is finished. We will have more photos as the sculpt progresses.

Symbiote Studios Darth Vader Saber