The wars between the Separatists ... the "Star Wars" franchise. The original trilogy showed us even less of the ship than the bounty hunter, but the prequels greatly expanded on the vehicle's ...

Star Wars has brought tons of cool vehicles to the screen over the decades, and the sci-fi franchise’s inventive starships and land vessels have become iconic cornerstones of the galaxy.

A spacecraft traveling at one-tenth of the speed of light could shave the trip down to a quick 40 years. Future engineers could use nuclear power to achieve that, says Scott Bailey, an engineer at ...