As much as we all like those PVC pipe-based lightsabers that can hit with enough force to break finger bones, there’s something pure about the old telescoping plastic lightsabers of our youth ...

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 ...

Photo: Kyle Barr/io9. But why lightsabers, and why have they proved so immediately popular to the NYCC crowd, and what makes them so appealing? The answer, based on the crowd, is obvious.

A Russian YouTuber is living out a "Star Wars" dream after creating the world's first retractable lightsaber. Alex Burkan, behind the YouTube channel Alex Lab, was recognized by Guinness World ...

World’s first real-life, retractable lightsaber created by Russian YouTuber. The lightsaber is one metre long and can reach a temperature of 2,800°C ...