Watch as a $5 plastic Darth Vader lightsaber goes head-to-head with a $500 high-end replica in this ultimate Star Wars prop ...

Star Wars has always been a universe of infinite possibilities, and the Disney Galaxy’s Edge theme park and animated series ...

For many guests, getting to build your own lightsaber at Savi's Workshop is often a one-and-done experience, especially considering the price (upwards of $200 per lightsaber).

Three years after Disney jazzed the world with a self-retracting lightsaber prop that you’ll never get to touch, one that was exclusively used by a paid actor in its shuttered $6,000-per-stay ...

Not to mention, Disney itself sells its own Galaxy’s Edge blades for a premium. But Uy and his team’s DIY lightsaber can extend and retract with just the push of a button.

That’s easier said than done, considering the team wanted to keep the size of the hilt to just 2 inches in diameter, the same for most lightsabers you can build and buy at Disney World’s ...

Last year, Disney, which owns the Star Wars franchise, showed up at the SXSW Conference in Texas and demonstrated a retractable lightsaber that looks and works pretty much like every lightsaber ...

If you’ve ever seen a lightsaber at a Disney park or marveled at BB-8, you’ve seen Lanny Smoot’s work. Now, the man with over 100 patents wants you to be able to walk in VR.

Black Disney Imagineer Lanny Smoot, lightsaber inventor, discusses path to success. He will soon be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame ...

Smoot, who has more than 100 patents to his name, had previously created an extendable and retractable lightsaber from the Star Wars franchise, but was always more interested in another space ...

From an office building in Layton, the employees at T2 Engineering make T2-E Sabers, a high-end facsimile of the lightsabers from the "Star Wars" franchise, complete with light and sound effects.