Movie magic has been brought to life with the world’s first retractable lightsaber. YouTuber Alex Burkan, from Russia, was recently recognized by Guinness World Records as the creator of the world’s ...

YouTuber and engineer, the Hacksmith, has created the world’s first retractable, “plasma-based” lightsaber, and it burns at 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. There’s been an endless number of real-life ...

Even for the most casual Star War fans like myself, the dream of one day owning a lightsaber that actually, you know, looks like a lightsaber is extremely alluring. Sure, existing lightsabers might ...

You've got to hand it to Disney. Despite a relative dearth of Star Wars content launched on May 4, which apparently we're still not tired of calling Star Wars Day, the company still managed to ...

Russian YouTuber Alex Burkan earned the Guinness Book of World Record’s first retractable lightsaber title. Burkan spent years developing his lightsaber, adapting an electrolyser to the shape and ...

Move over Peter Parker: Boston has its own super engineer turning science fiction into real life. Jacob Uy just graduated from Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts, where he spent the ...

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At a recent virtual press conference, Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro apparently whipped out a retractable lightsaber. According to people who were actually there, this drama queen ended a ...

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