There's nary a Star Wars fan alive who hasn't at some point swung a makeshift lightsaber around while making their own "vwing" noises. While the Star Wars Trials on Tatooine VR game offers a nice little slice of fantasy fulfillment, a new patent awarded to Disney suggests that future visitors to Disneyland may get a more hands-on experience, using a physical lightsaber to deflect lasers fired at them by animatronic bad guys.

Rather than just watching a performance, the patent describes a complex "audience interaction projection system" which would be fitted into a venue to get the audience up and about, zapping animatronic performers on stage with lasers, thanks to objects handed out on their way into the theater.