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{{cquote|''This is an item of great power. It also has the longest range of all Clobbering Items when thrown.|cite=''Super Smash Bros.'' instruction manual.''}}
{{cquote|''This is an item of great power. It also has the longest range of all Clobbering Items when thrown.|cite=''Super Smash Bros.'' instruction manual.''}}
The '''Beam Sword''' ({{ja|ビームソード|Bīmu Sōdo}}, ''Beam Sword'') is a long-range battering [[item]], similar in appearance to a [[wikipedia:Lightsaber|lightsaber]]. Available in all five games, it can be wielded and charged for melee attacks or can be thrown, like all other [[battering]] items.
The '''Beam Sword''' ({{ja|ビームソード|Bīmu Sōdo}}, ''Beam Sword'') is a long-range battering [[item]], similar in appearance to a [[wikipedia:Lightsaber|lightsaber]]. Available in all five games, it can be wielded and charged for melee attacks or can be thrown, like all other [[battering]] items.
==Origin==
[[File:RealLifeBeamSword.jpg|thumb|left|[[wikipedia:Darth Vader|Darth Vader]] and [[wikipedia:Obi-Wan Kenobi|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] square off using lightsabers; the weapons are a distinctive pop culture icon.]]
The Beam Sword acts as a reference to the [[wikipedia:Lightsaber|lightsaber]] from the ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars (series)|Star Wars]]'' film series since 1977, though multiple literary works prior to the series had similar weapons, such as [[wikipedia:Fritz Leiber|Fritz Leiber's]] ''Gather, Darkness'' from the 1940s. In the original ''Super Smash Bros.'', the weapon would make sound effects similar to those found in the actual films, including the famous, distinctive, and sharp crackling noise when two swords [[Priority|collided]]. While the sound effects were removed in the PAL and American releases of the games, the Japanese release of ''Melee'' continued this tradition, and in ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'', all regions now contain the famous sound effects from the film series. Furthermore, in the latter two games, the Beam Sword's blade could shrink in some animations, furthering the connection between the item and its source.
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==Operation==
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==Origin==
[[File:RealLifeBeamSword.jpg|thumb|left|[[wikipedia:Darth Vader|Darth Vader]] and [[wikipedia:Obi-Wan Kenobi|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] square off using lightsabers; the weapons are a distinctive pop culture icon.]]
The Beam Sword acts as a reference to the [[wikipedia:Lightsaber|lightsaber]] from the ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars (series)|Star Wars]]'' film series since 1977, though multiple literary works prior to the series had similar weapons, such as [[wikipedia:Fritz Leiber|Fritz Leiber's]] ''Gather, Darkness'' from the 1940s. In the original ''Super Smash Bros.'', the weapon would make sound effects similar to those found in the actual films, including the famous, distinctive, and sharp crackling noise when two swords [[Priority|collided]]. While the sound effects were removed in the PAL and American releases of the games, the Japanese release of ''Melee'' continued this tradition, and in ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'', all regions now contain the famous sound effects from the film series. Furthermore, in the latter two games, the Beam Sword's blade could shrink in some animations, furthering the connection between the item and its source.
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