In all of the annals of film and science fiction, you’d be hard pressed to find an object as singularly identifiable as the Star Wars lightsaber. Even if you don’t like science fiction, you can ...

When the conversation about the best movie series to ever exist begins, it’s hard to leave Star Wars out of it. George Lucas‘ prolific film franchise changed the movie world forever, and the original ...

Students [Berk Gokmen] and [Justin Green] developed an RP2040-based LED-illuminated lightsaber as a final project with a bit of a twist. It has two unusual sound-reactive modes: disco mode, and vowel ...

We've done the lightsaber video, now let's tackle the sound. The lightsaber sound from Star Wars was created by legendary sound designer Ben Burtt. He combined the sounds of a 35mm projector and a 70s ...

Update: It’s Christmas day and Ars staffers are enjoying a winter break (inevitably filled with series binge-watching and fancy egg preparations). As such, we’re resurfacing a few favorites from the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For example, the lightsaber turning on, what is that thing? We figured out that it was the sound ...

You’re looking at an officially licensed, Star Wars Darth Vader Lightsaber dog leash / lead that features a chargeable LED strip with three light settings and a Lightsaber sound effect when a button ...