Luke's Lightsaber Goes To Space

[Jinsei]

This is pretty cool. Lucasarts handed over Luke's original lightsaber to NASA on the 28th and it'll be going up in the Discovery in October to the International Space Station. At least NASA recognizes the impact that Star Wars has had on society. ;D

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