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791 Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?

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Rhett Allain @ Wired · 05/04/2026 07:00 EDT

Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?

On Star Wars Day, we put to rest a question that has bedeviled sci-fi nerds for years.

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