Star Wars has always been at least partially ... E-11s were based on the real-life British Sterling submachine gun and, as a result, carried a real weight to them that many prop weapons failed ...

A weapon prop used by Chewbacca in all three of the original Star Wars movies was sold ... used blasters that resembled guns. It was based on a real weapon model made by Horton Crossbows of ...

A real B-29, Bockscar ... and some in the towers,” the gunner replies. In Star Wars, Red Leader asks a Y-wing pilot, “How many guns do you think, Gold Five?” The reply: “Say about 20 ...

A spacecraft traveling at one-tenth of the speed of light could shave the trip down to a quick 40 years. Future engineers could use nuclear power to achieve that, says Scott Bailey, an engineer at ...

A Death Star is born. As if regular old star-gobbling black holes weren’t terrifying enough, scientists discovered that certain types swivel around and shoot beams at various objects in the ...

Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca and used the prop in all three original Star Wars films A weapon ... used blasters that resembled guns. It was based on a real weapon model made by Horton Crossbows ...