Do you live in or near the Toronto area? Do you enjoy beating on people with blunt objects? Are you a massive geek with nothing better to do on a Friday night? Well then head on over to the front steps of the Royal Ontario Museum this Friday November 16th at 9:30 pm and take part in an epic lightsaber battle courtesy of the folks from Newmindspace! Apparently they organize all sorts of quirky events like subway parties and public pillow fights, and this is their latest brainchild. I don’t really understand how it works, all I know is that they hand out large cardboard tubes that are painted so that they glow under black lights, and then people go at it, until all the lightsabers are destroyed. It’s free, although donations are requested so that they can eventually afford to buy better quality lightsabers!

I haven’t decided yet if I actually want to make the trip to T Dot to witness this hilarious scene. I mean, I want to go just to take pictures and cover it for Film Junk, but I’m afraid of what it might do for my image! Clearly it would be worth it just to see the hardcore Star Wars fans who really get into it, suiting up in their Jedi or Sith outfits, and possibly attempting to use actual martial arts moves. It’s one step away from live action roleplaying I suppose, although on a massive scale (depending on how many geeks turn up).

Apparently this has been done before with a much bigger crowd at Burning Man 2007, although from the videos I’ve seen, all the participants were a bunch of wusses. I had better see some dismembered limbs in Toronto, otherwise I’m asking for my money back.

Datarock are also playing at the after party, which is kind of cool.

For more info visit the Newmindspace Event Page.