If you're reading this, you probably know that Miles Gray and his family lost their home to the 2025 LA wildfires. The weird nature of the para-social relationships created by podcasting immediately made me want to do something to help this man who has given us so many hours of entertainment.

Sadly, if I rebuilt his home it would almost certainly start another wildfire. But I can build prop-quality lightsabers! So here's what I'm offering. I will design a custom chassis (that's the part that holds the electronics and stuff), install, and configure a lightsaber for the winner of this auction. This includes the proffieboard-based saber, stand, battery, custom-length blade, configuration with sound fonts and blade styles of your choice, etc.

This website is weird and it also wants to make a donation page. Click here to go right to the auction, or keep reading to get the full skinny on how this is going to work.

The cover photo is an example hilt I have built in the past. These lightsabers are very different from the sort you might find at disney parks or the more inexpensive ones online. Disney's hilts are larger than they should be to accomodate their twist-lock blade system. The blades themselves have far fewer LEDs, poor diffusion, and just in general look like toys. The motion sound is completely disconnected from actual motion. The inexpensive sabers are generally sold by dropshippers, are poorly constructed, much less screen accurate, and tend to have poorly installed electronic components. These are prop quality, bright, responsive hilts that draw tons of comments and compliments! Here's a quick video demo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgEyhRXuiA

The winner will be able to choose from one of the empty hilts below, or can provide their own hilt for chassis design and install. Suggested switch style options, where applicable, are in the photo with each hilt, though more are available than what is pictured. Some hilts are better for hitting things with, some are fantastic cosplay hilts, some are both - it really depends on the design and how it's made. Don't worry - I'll guide you through the entire process. You're buying a complete custom experience, everything will be tailored to what you want. As such, please expect this process to take some time depending on what you're looking for. Winning this auction will not get you a lightsaber a few days later, but I promise, it'll be worth it.

If you would prefer to simply donate to the family, feel free to click the donate button above. You're also welcome to donate after the auction ends.

If you'd like to donate to a general fund, please consider World Central Kitchen and Ktown for All.

https://wck.org
https://www.ktownforall.org/

Thank you for reading!

Available hilts:

Creepy Uncle Gen2 by Lukyanov

Saberforge Hilt (I don't remember the name)

Saberforge Arbiter (Shoto)

Saberforge Arbiter

KR Sabers Flagship (various wrap and switch styles available)

Saberforge Hilt (I don't remember the name, but it's a clan style hilt.)

Saberforge Arbiter (Red Wrap)

Prior Work (Footnotes!)

Below are photos of some of my prior work to give you a sense of how your saber might look. These are sabers I have designed and built for customers in the past. These photos are for reference only.

Creepy Uncle Gen 1

KR Flagship with Saber Merchant 3-way Rotary Switch and defconbird leather wrap

This switch style is available as well, it's one of my favorites.

KR Fortis with cracked marble crystal chamber

Crystal Chassis for Saber Bay Master Sentinel v2

KR Sabers Princess LO

Lukyanov Oggdo Killer Gen 2

Lukyanov Scavenger

KR Sabers Flagship with Jawa's Junkyard shroud and wood wrap

Saberforge Something-or-other

The Custom Saber Shop Scrapflex-style build

KR Sabers Regiis

Shadowfoil Props "The Child" hilt

Lukyanov Heart of Siberia

Saberforge Something-or-other

Zeitgang Lightsaber Auction and Fundraiser

By Sabers for Good

Zeitgang Lightsaber Auction and Fundraiser

All proceeds to benefit the family of The Daily Zeitgeist co-host Miles Gray whose house was lost to the 2025 LA wildfires.