On April 8, Rochester will go to the dark side, briefly, during the total solar eclipse. But a long time ago (relatively), it worked for The Force. The makings of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber ...

In Star Wars, a lightsaber is the ultimate weapon. Despite this, the rules behind the laser swords, their science, and their meaning, are not always consistent. Many stories in the non-cinema canon ...

While the lightsaber is primarily a weapon meant to be used in battle, that’s not the only use it serves in the world of Star ...

One of the things to disappoint fans about with The Force Awakens was that Princess Leia was not a Jedi Knight. After the revelation of her Force-sensitive nature, we all expected to see Carrie Fisher ...

One of Star Wars’s most entertaining potential lightsaber duels with Luke Skywalker is, for better or worse, impossible, yet ...

Luke Skywalker lost his lightsaber when he faced Darth Vader in Cloud City. Just to clarify. It doesn’t matter that the JS had yellow lightsabers. It doesn’t matter that Ventress and Bastila had ...

Fans have long wondered how the lightsaber made its way to Maz, and the new Star Wars series from Marvel Comics is finally starting to provide answers. The book takes place immediately after the ...

You know how much we enjoy telling you about auctions with interesting items, and the current saga of Luke Skywalker's "hero" lightsaber from Star Wars: A New Hope. Almost as soon as the item was ...

Star Wars has resolved the mystery over Luke Skywalker's first lightsaber that he lost after his battle with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back. One of the enduring mysteries from the sequel ...