--- title: Prince William, Prince Harry Lightsaber Duel Star Wars Set description: Prince William and Prince Harry visited the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII on Tuesday and got to live out every fan's dream. canonical: https://time.com/4298965/prince-william-prince-harry-lightsaber-star-wars/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-19T14:52:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:40.620Z og:title: See Prince William and Prince Harry Face Off in a Lightsaber Duel og:description: In a monarchy far, far away og:url: https://time.com/4298965/prince-william-prince-harry-lightsaber-star-wars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83344fd47a4d7f2c/69888fafe20a8729f8a9079a/prince-william-star-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Britain's Prince William holds a light sabre during a visit to the Star Wars film set at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, west of London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Prince William and Prince Harry Face Off in a Lightsaber Duel twitter:description: In a monarchy far, far away twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83344fd47a4d7f2c/69888fafe20a8729f8a9079a/prince-william-star-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Prince William and Prince Harry Face Off in a Lightsaber Duel  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 19, 2016 2:52 PM UTC  Britain's Prince William holds a light saber during a visit to the Star Wars film set at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, west of London, April 19, 2016. Britain's Prince William holds a light saber during a visit to the Star Wars film set at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, west of London, April 19, 2016.Adrian Dennis—Reuters  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 19, 2016 2:52 PM UTC Prince William and Prince Harry visited the set of [_Star Wars: Episode VIII_](http://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/)on Tuesday and got to live out every fan’s dream—[dueling with lightsabers](http://time.com/4276149/luke-skywalker-lightsaber-journey/). > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/722400218378084352) But that wasn’t the only exciting moment. The royal brothers were also spotted hanging out with [Rey (Daisy Ridley)](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/722395129705861120), [Finn (John Boyega)](http://time.com/4282080/star-wars-rap-daisy-ridley-john-boyega/), [Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/722411151670263812), Chewbacca and even BB-8 during their tour of Buckinghamshire’s Pinewood Studios. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/722429181167054850) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/722408624212066304) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/722408785411760128) **Read More:** [Here’s Why Prince William and Princess Kate Almost Never Hold Hands in Public](http://time.com/4298415/prince-william-princess-kate-never-hold-hands/) The trip was part of an initiative to recognize “the wealth of British creative talent involved in producing the _Star Wars_ films,” [according to Kensington Palace.](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/722395489166082048) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4298965/prince-william-prince-harry-lightsaber-star-wars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4298965/prince-william-prince-harry-lightsaber-star-wars/"},"headline":"See Prince William and Prince Harry Face Off in a Lightsaber Duel","datePublished":"2016-04-19T14:52:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:40.620Z","description":"In a monarchy far, far away","url":"https://time.com/4298965/prince-william-prince-harry-lightsaber-star-wars/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Royal Family","movies","celebrities","Star Wars topic","Prince William","Prince Harry","Star Wars Episode VIII","british royal family"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83344fd47a4d7f2c/69888fafe20a8729f8a9079a/prince-william-star-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83344fd47a4d7f2c/69888fafe20a8729f8a9079a/prince-william-star-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Britain's Prince William holds a light sabre during a visit to the Star Wars film set at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, west of London","caption":"Britain's Prince William holds a light saber during a visit to the Star Wars film set at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, west of London, April 19, 2016.","creditText":"Adrian Dennis—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4298965/prince-william-prince-harry-lightsaber-star-wars/","name":"See Prince William and Prince Harry Face Off in a Lightsaber Duel"}}]}] ```