Space Shuttle Discovery with Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber Blast Off!

cnn.com — Discovery blasted off at 11:38am. It carried a giant Tinkertoy-type link that must be installed at the space station before European and Japanese laboratories can arrive. Packed aboard Discovery is the lightsaber used by the character Luke Skywalker in 1983's "Return of the Jedi" to mark the 30th anniversary of the first "Star Wars" movie.