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Inside Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — What it's like to build your own custom lightsaber

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Don't ask about lightsabers at Savi's Workshop: The mysterious proprietor of the Black Spire Outpost establishment is not an arms dealer; he's in the scrap metal business.

Playing along with this backstory to help protect Savi's secret is part of the experience of procuring a hand-built lightsaber at Disneyland's newest land, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, which opens to the public on Friday. And depending on how willing you are to step into that narrative, it will be these details that

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