Would have been badass if they'd actually put some muscle behind it. If you and a friend/sibling have never grabbed a pair of wiffle ball bats and bashed the crap out of each other while making lightsaber noises, you never had a childhood. But this barely tapping crap is bullshit. Also, will someone explain to that hack journalist that "spontaneous" and "organized ahead of time" are not only not synonymous, they're actually the opposite of synonymous.
Does anyone else think that these flash mobs in stores would make an awesome cover for some serious shoplifting? Not that I'd consider doing it or anything...
I feel like Star Wars is so ingrained in our culture that it's not even nerdy anymore. Everybody knows what lightsabers are even if they've never seen the movies. Thus, this was not nerdy or retarded. Just fun. And face it, there's nothing more fun than slapping a kid across the eyes with a plastic sword.