A handheld laser likened to a Star Wars lightsaber — and so powerful it can instantly blind and “set fire to skin and other body parts” — can be bought readily (and inexpensively) online.

The device — with a beam 1,000 times stronger than sunlight on the skin — is touted by makers as “the most dangerous laser ever created.” And Wicked Lasers’ Spyder III Pro Arctic lasers cost less than $200.

Trading standards chiefs in England said they were “seriously concerned” about the sale of the model in the country, and have warned against its use. As well as blinding, burning and causing cancer, its Hong Kong-based maker admits that “a split-second laser light in a plane cockpit (…) can be disastrous.”

Star Wars fans are among hundreds of people who have already shown an interest in buying the laser, for sale to the general public.