One of the most exciting features of the iconic beloved franchise is, for some reason, taking a backwards step, and the fans are not happy.

The very first Star Wars game to allow you to use a lightsaber at all was Star Wars: Jedi Arena (1983).Clunky, character-deprived, and altogether absurd, the title essentially allowed players to ...

Participants at the SF academy of LudoSport lightsaber combat academy class hold their lightsabers together at the end of their class at Studiomix in San Francisco. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGate.com.

Is lightsaber combat a martial art? It depends on what you mean by “martial art.” As a somewhat contested term, we’re still working out our definitions.

Lightsaber combat has evolved pretty dramatically over the last few decades. Starting with titles like 1991's Star Wars on the NES, and the Super Star Wars series on SNES, ...

Star Wars Star Wars fans bolster their lightsaber dueling skills at real-life Jedi academy in Mexico City Founded in 2019, the academy teaches lightsaber combat techniques inspired by Jedi and ...

Form II: Makashi is a style designed for lightsaber duels, fitted for agile and elegant combat against a single target. It focused on single enemies, avoiding disbarment, and precise strikes ...

Nothing quite captures the small pleasures of Fallen Order like how Cal Kestis (portrayed by Cameron Monaghan of Gotham) uses his lightsaber outside of combat. Fallen Order environments are loaded ...

They’ve seen all the “Star Wars” movies, studied the mythology, bought the cool merchandise. Now they want to move like Jedis. Lightsabers in hand, fans are meeting every other Saturday for ...

It’s much more than a Comic-con escapade: “Star Wars” enthusiasts are serious about the world of lightsaber combat, a sport growing in the U.S. and around the world.

It looks like they could be sword fighting, but they’re not. This is lightsaber practice. The group calls itself Magic City Jedi, and it’s one of just a handful of lightsaber combat groups in the ...