Laser GUN effects FCE HD ((Universal Binary)

About to shoot the big laser (gun) battle.
Is there a good/popular way or effect to allow me to add the "shooting lasers" with FCE HD (Universal) ??
Sorry for the n00b questions.
Randy
MAcBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks for the help/info!
Actually I'm just trying to add simple beams from laser pistols (not a full light sabor fight). Let me ask this rephrased question:
So is there an FCE HD effect plug-in (currentley universal binary avaliable)to do this?
Randy
just another, happy FCE junkie
MAcBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)
MAcBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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