Turning a broomstick into a light saber sounds easy on paper and it kinda sorta is. However, there is a lot of time that goes into it. The technique we used is rotoscoping, we created a bounding polygon that outlines the broomstick. Next we moved and molded the outline to fit the stick in just about every frame. After a few other tricks you got yourself a light saber.
If you look hard enough, past the poor quality, you can see that I did not add a light saber effect to the portion of the stick that sticks out of my shoulder after I fully swung the light saber. I didn't feel it was necessary for two reasons:
1. I was lazy
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2. I thought it did not need it. It easily passes for a portion of a light saber.
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