The dream of a real lightsaber has always sounded like a physics joke, not an engineering brief. Yet a retractable plasma blade that can slice through steel has forced a small Canadian workshop to ...

The first time a real retractable plasma blade flared to life on camera, it looked less like a fan project and more like a physics experiment that had slipped its leash. This was not a glowing plastic ...

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 ...

Every science fiction fan who grew up watching the "Star Wars" movies has only ever wanted one thing: a real-life lightsaber of their own design.