Watch out for that cloud, Rey! Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Lucasfilm Ltd. / Everett December 14, 2017 Here’s how a real lightsaber would fare in a Star Wars-style lightning attack Martin Archer, Queen Mary University of London In Star Wars, ‘force lightning’ is a lethal weapon that can only be tackled with a lightsaber. But would it work in real life?
You may want to be careful with that, Darth! Kenny Louie/Flickr April 4, 2016 Why lightsabers would be far more lethal than George Lucas envisioned Martin Archer, Queen Mary University of London Warning: you’ll never watch a lightsaber duel in the same way again after you read this …
© 2014 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM December 17, 2015 Star Wars inspired me to become an astrophysicist – and I wasn’t disappointed Martin Hendry, University of Glasgow Four decades later, I find myself surveying 13 billion years of cosmic history and mapping events that really did happen a long time ago in galaxies far, far away.
David James/Lucasfilm December 10, 2015 How to build a real lightsaber Gianluca Sarri, Queen's University Belfast It’s not easy – but we are moving in the right direction.