Description: Real-world science not good enough for you? Need a lightsaber, hyperdrive, sonic screwdriver, or flying Delorean? Star Wars author (and failed PhD physics candidate) Timothy Zahn will offer some pointers on how to create your own science and technology and make it look real (or close enough). Topics will include how science works, how technology works, internal consistency, and a spot-the-flaw competition with unique yet lame prizes.