In this context, the lightsaber represents the all time opening weekend box office record, which is being passed from Star Wars: The Force Awakens to Avengers: Infinity War.
Later that year, Universal congratulated Star Wars: The Force Awakens for breaking its record, with a poster featuring a dinosaur placing a gold medal around the “neck” of the beloved ball droid BB-8.
When the official box office numbers came through yesterday, they confirmed that Avengers: Infinity War had set a new opening weekend record with $257.6 million, besting the $247.9 million record set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in December 2015.
The Star Wars franchise as a whole is at the heart of this endearing tradition, since it started when the very first Star Wars movie, A New Hope, surpassed Jaws as the highest-grossing movie of all time.