We’re pushing closer than ever to building a real, handheld lightsaber—but it comes with serious risks. Using liquid oxygen and advanced engineering, even the smallest mistake could be catastrophic.

Lightsabers are easily the most iconic and popular piece of tech from "Star Wars." Who wouldn't want to own a metallic wand that can produce a three-foot beam of plasma that can cut through almost ...

Nothing is quite as iconic of the Star Wars franchise as is the lightsaber. A weapon wielded by force-sensitive being of good and evil intent, the lightsaber symbolizes the transcendent nature of the ...