The dream of a real lightsaber has always sounded like a physics joke, not an engineering brief. Yet a retractable plasma ...

This is the closest thing to a real lightsaber yet! We engineered a 4,000-degree plasma lightsaber staff that’s completely cordless and fully functional. Can it cut through steel? Is it battle-ready?

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 ...