Since their appearance, lightsabers—elegant energy weapons from a more civilized era—have captured people’s attention. They ...

and when toy lightsabers first hit the shelves, fans rushed to buy one. And as dangerous as a real-life lightsaber would be for the average person to own, you would be hard-pressed to find someone ...

Life-sized Star Wars replica props ... Lewis] spent some serious time getting this [Obi-Wan Kenobi] lightsaber right. The seven-page build log provides plenty of eye-candy. We especially enjoyed ...

Lightsabers are a fantasy weapon, but the collective passion of nerds have made it as real as ever, and the Guinness folks give credibility to this build.

To restore the SabersPro hilt to its movie-accurate guise, you simply need to remove the plaque with a flat-head screwdriver.

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And, unlike previous attempts to create real-life lightsabers, which often use a metal rod as a core, it is fully retractable and can still cut through tough materials, such as sheet steel.

With that in mind, high-energy gamma ray beams would allow you to have your own "Star Wars" lightsaber fight. So to all who still don't believe a real-life lightsaber match is doable, I find your ...

But is it actually possible to create a real-life lightsaber or build a functioning Death Star laser? To answer these questions and more, Reactions explores the science behind the Star Wars franchise.