Tue. 05/04 - The Closest to a Real Lightsaber We'll Probably Get

The physics of jumping to hyperspace, Disney teases their retractable lightsaber, and more Star Wars Day updates. Plus, in real space news: China launched the first module of the Chinese Space Station into orbit last week.

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Links:

• When You Jump to Hyperspace, Make Sure You Wear a Seatbelt (Wired)
• China Launches First Module of New Space Station Into Orbit (Smithsonian Magazine)
• China launches core module of new space station to orbit (Space.com)
• China Is Set to Launch First Module of Massive Space Station (Scientific American)
• Disney reveals its ‘real’ lightsaber, and it looks extremely cool (The Verge)
• Star Wars Hotel: It's Not a Hotel At All, It's a 2 Day Cruise (io9)
• How Disney’s ‘real’ lightsaber patent actually works (The Verge)
• "Ben" (Blue Milk Run, Bandcamp)
• Baby Yoda Day in the Life (Preeti Chhibber, Twitter)
• ‘I’m bursting with fiction’: Alan Moore announces five-volume fantasy epic (The Guardian)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter