I am getting ready to start a similar build and had found the same swing sensor but the part I cant figure out is how to configure it to detect a swing and not a tilt as the data sheets show its primary a tilt sensor.
I had thought about mounting it vertical the hilt with ball contact down but then if you tilt the saber at the ground it would continually trigger a swing.
Do you just detect on change condition but then I would think a slow tilt would still trigger a swing event and the toy sabers don't seem to do that and I am sure the expensive sound boards don't.