ThermoLase is an oddity: by adapting star-wars laser technology for use in depilatories, it has taken Thermo into the consumer-services business for the first time.

ECONOMIST: Spinning it out at Thermo Electron

Moviegoers are in for one final go-around of space-going swashbucklers slashing at each other with laser swords as they rocket from star to star.

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With the French star Vincent Cassell, who, evading some laser beams, does a cross between gymnastics and Tai Chi Chuan, and, in general, performs with professional skill.

NEWYORKER: Ocean's Twelve

Star Wars is, of course, a mishmash of B-movie and sci-fi conventions: laser pistols, hyperdrive ships and funny little men.

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