How Lightsaber Color Tells Us What They’re Really Made of!

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Star Wars has one of the most legendary weapons in the lightsaber, but it’s not made of light or as George Lucas said “a laser sword.” But could their color tell us what it really is? Kyle uses Jedi science on this week’s Because Science!

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