Armed with extreme heat and sci-fi inspiration, we built a real-life lightsaber that reaches 2500 degrees. Watch it slice, scorch, and melt its way through everything in its path. This isn’t ...

Disney could be about to turn Star Wars lightsaber battles into reality - well, almost. A new patent describes plans to create a device which looks, feels and sounds like the real thing.

Star Wars creator George Lucas is trying to stop a company from making a high-powered laser that bloggers around the world have dubbed "a real-life lightsaber". His company, Lucasfilm, has ...