When you think of Star Wars, you think of lightsabers. Right? What could be better, from a moviemaking standpoint, than a futuristic sword that lets you create awesome fencing duels like in old-time ...

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Just a few months after graduating college, Jacob Uy and his fellow engineers built a lightsaber. Now, plenty of companies will build you a custom saber, “whoosh” sound effects and all. Not to mention ...

Ever since Star Wars blew up into the stratosphere, the lightsaber has been its quintessential iconography. At one point or another, every fan has picked up a stick or a toy sword and pretended it was ...

Lightsabers are easily one of the coolest parts of the "Star Wars" franchise. The colorful light swords are unique to each person, allowing for customizations that show who they are as a fighter, and ...

Many Star Wars fans ridiculed Kylo Ren's crossguard lightsaber ahead of "The Force Awakens," but the design is safer than the ...