Handle material only seems to affect durability. The recipe requires 2 wooden sticks or ingots of metal and a piece of redstone. The Star Wars Mod seeks to provide players with that very benefit.The Star Wars Mod for Minecraft adds several new recipes to the game so that you can make armor, weapons, and background elements directly inspired from the Star Wars multimedia universe.
While Minecraft is an awesome game, there are very titles that can't benefit from the addition of blasters, lightsabers, and other elements of the Star Wars universe.
