There’s been an endless number of real-life “lightsabers” made as one-offs or props, but most of them don’t do the film’s civilized blade justice in terms of raw power. A new, fully retractable plasma ...

Witness the creation of a functional, cordless lightsaber staff by Hacksmith Industries. This innovative project achieves a 4,000°F plasma blade using a butane-oxygen mix, all housed within a 6-foot ...

In a country that’s not too far, far away, the first-ever retractable proto-lightsaber has been created. Guinness World Records recently announced that inventors at Hacksmith Industries in Ontario, ...

Hacksmith Industries is working on a real lightsaber. (Screenshot via YouTube) Is there any weapon more sophisticated and sought after than a lightsaber? It’s cool, compact, customizable and colorful.

The engineers behind the YouTube channel “The Hacksmith” have crafted a real-world “Star Wars”-style lightsaber that burns hot enough to cut through steel. Team lead James Hobson says it’s the ...

Popular YouTube content creator, The Hacksmith, successfully creates a retractable, real-life replica of the famous Jedi weapon Lightsaber, using plasma that heats up to 4,000°F. The Plasma Lightsaber ...

Hacksmith Industries created a retractable plasma lightsaber that burns at 4,000°, melting steel and glass. Though not yet as hot as Star Wars’ fictional blades, advancements hint at more portable, ...

How does one appropriately celebrate May the Fourth, the Star Wars-themed quasi-holiday? You could pop on a Darth Vader mask to do your grocery shopping, sure, but for people who take the day ...

In the latest episode of their 'Make It Real' series, Hacksmith Industries attempted to solve this problem once and for all, creating the world's first retractable, plasma-based lightsaber. "Even with ...

Even for the most casual Star War fans like myself, the dream of one day owning a lightsaber that actually, you know, looks like a lightsaber is extremely alluring. Sure, existing lightsabers might ...

Real-life lightsabers are technically possible. That’s not just something we’re trying to manifest into existence, but it’s actual science: according to the ‘saber experts at Hacksmith Industries, a ...

Dec. 4 (UPI) --A Canadian YouTuber earned a Guinness World Record by taking his engineering skills to a galaxy far, far away, and building the world's first retractable proto-lightsaber. James Hobson ...