--- title: Star Wars Game Turns Phone into Lightsaber description: May the Force be with you canonical: https://time.com/4151200/a-star-wars-web-game-lets-you-use-your-phone-as-a-lightsaber/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-16T13:44:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:47.973Z og:title: A 'Star Wars' Game Lets You Use Your Phone as a Lightsaber og:description: May the Force be with you og:url: https://time.com/4151200/a-star-wars-web-game-lets-you-use-your-phone-as-a-lightsaber/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A 'Star Wars' Game Lets You Use Your Phone as a Lightsaber twitter:description: May the Force be with you twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A _Star Wars_ Web Game Lets You Use Your Phone as a Lightsaber  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 16, 2015 1:44 PM UTC  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 16, 2015 1:44 PM UTC If you’re making lightsaber noises in your sleep ahead of _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_, a new video game will help you pass the time till Dec. 18. Disney, Google, Lucasfilm and George Lucas’ special-effects company Industrial Light & Magic teamed up to create [Lightsaber Escape](https://lightsaber.withgoogle.com/), which is pretty much what it sounds like. Once you visit the [desktop site](https://lightsaber.withgoogle.com/), you can calibrate your smartphone and use it as an intergalactic weapon. Waving your phone in front of your screen to fight off stormtroopers sounds like a lot of fun, but it also probably won’t go unnoticed by your boss if you’re playing at work—_especially_ if you’re making lightsaber sounds. Star Wars Game Turns Phone into Lightsaber ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4151200/a-star-wars-web-game-lets-you-use-your-phone-as-a-lightsaber/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4151200/a-star-wars-web-game-lets-you-use-your-phone-as-a-lightsaber/"},"headline":"A Star Wars Web Game Lets You Use Your Phone as a Lightsaber","datePublished":"2015-12-16T13:44:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:47.973Z","description":"May the Force be with you","url":"https://time.com/4151200/a-star-wars-web-game-lets-you-use-your-phone-as-a-lightsaber/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Video Games","Star Wars topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4151200/a-star-wars-web-game-lets-you-use-your-phone-as-a-lightsaber/","name":"A Star Wars Web Game Lets You Use Your Phone as a Lightsaber"}}]}] ```