A lightsaber in space

There are many children of the 70s and 80s who dreamt of being a Jedi Knight — going off into space, wielding a lightsaber, fighting the evil empire. Well we know at least today, the first 2 are possible.

One of the items brought on the Space Shuttle Discovery is a lightsaber. Not just any lightsaber, in fact, but Luke Skywalker’s own. Unfortunately, the astronauts won’t be able to play with the lightsaber since they have a pretty full schedule and the lightsaber is stored in an inaccessible location anyway.

Let’s hope Darth Vader doesn’t turn up in the meantime…

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