Lightsabers on hum, phasers set to stun … I wish I'd actually seen a movie; I could probably then have thought of a better intro. What I do know about the film franchise can best be summed up in the (sanitised) words of Malcolm Tucker, the foul-mouthed spin doctor in television series : "The one about the space hairdresser and the cowboy [with] a tin-foil pal and a peddle bin."

For those who do have an interest in - the latest instalment of which opened in cinemas across the mainland yesterday - and a few dollars to spend comes "a collection of writing instruments as powerful and precise as a lightsaber" from S.T. Dupont.

The piece de resistance, though, is the Star Wars Haute Creation collection, a pair of made-to-order levitating pens (limited to eight pieces each) inspired by the lightsabers of Yoda (mounted with a 2-carat green topaz) and Darth Vader (mounted with a 2-carat red topaz). The pens, fashioned from bronze with black lacquer, palladium and rhodium finishes, are held aloft by magnets.