Disney's theme parks may have been closed because of Covid-19 but that doesn't mean that some fantastic innovation hasn't been happening behind the scenes.
A few weeks ago, news got out that, at “A Special Look Inside Disney Parks” press conference, Chairman of Disney Parks Josh D’Amaro had pulled a lightsaber hilt out of a small box and then turned it on, with a thin, apparently movie-accurate blade (in appearance, at least) rising from it in a way that had never been pulled off before without special effects. Now, in a brief announcement video for Disney World’s coming “Galactic Starcruiser” attraction in their Galaxy’s Edge Star Wars park, they’ve finally shown it off to the public, and it’s just as impressive as it sounded.