We'll look at all the different shades of lightsaber, and the characters who wield them. Blue is the color of the very first lightsaber we see, and it's by far the most common hue. Since Luke wields it, one might easily assume that blue corresponds with younger Jedi.
However, Obi-Wan used a blue blade throughout his career, and Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber, which passed between the central characters of the saga from Anakin to Luke to Rey, via Finn , was blue. This weapon's kyber crystal can be seen as Rey examines the split hilt at the end of The Last Jedi. She repaired it between that movie and The Rise of Skywalker , when she used it and General Leia Organa's blue-bladed saber to destroy Emperor Palpatine once and for all.
Then she retired the two lightsabers in the sands of Tatooine. Leia's lightsaber hilt was inspired by Luke's second one, according to The Lightsaber Collection reference book. An experienced Luke Skywalker uses a green blade when he faces his father and the Emperor on the second Death Star.
We first saw a green lightsaber in Return of the Jedi , when Luke ignited his new blade on Jabba the Hutt's sail barge. This blade was blue in the initial edit and early posters , but it was changed to green so it would stand out against Tatooine's blue sky in the final cut.
The Star Wars YouTube channel's description for the movie's teaser trailer, in which the blue blade can be seen , confirms this. Luke can also be seen finishing off the construction of his new lightsaber in a deleted scene from the movie. This lightsaber's fate is unknown -- we see Luke using it in flashbacks during The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, but it likely remains hidden in his hut on Ahch-To. The notion of green as the choice of more-experienced Jedi was reinforced by the prequels, in which green blades were used by Qui-Gon Jinn Obi-Wan's master and Yoda the order's grand master.
On the other hand, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin's Padawan, swung a green lightsaber at the beginning of her career -- adding a second, shorter green blade as she became more experienced during the Clone Wars.
He uses it to decapitate the deadly bounty hunter Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones and to deflect Darth Sidious' Force Lightning with it -- disfiguring his face -- in Revenge of the Sith. It later falls to the streets of Coruscant after Windu is betrayed by Anakin. In reality, actor Samuel L. Instead, you give him a sweet curved lightsaber, make him and his stunt double move as little as possible, and do some hand-waving about his graceful Makashi Technique. Lightsaber crossguards were canon in the expanded universe for years , guys.
The less said about the light-whip, the better. And if it breaks, it just turns into a normal lightsaber. Already a subscriber? Log in or link your magazine subscription. Account Profile. Sign Out. Spoiler alert: Neither of these is the best one. Red is the lightsaber color that iconically and unquestionably represents the Sith.
Unlike the Jedi, who share a connection with their Kyber crystals, the Sith are unable to forge this unseen bond and thus have to steal their Kybers or employ other methods to build their lightsabers. The black lightsaber or Darksaber is a one-of-a-kind blade created by Tarre Vizsla, the first Mandalorian. The Darksaber has a unique blade, shorter than that of most lightsabers and shaped like a traditional sword.
This weapon became a symbol of leadership for Mandalorians, and according to Mandalorian custom, the only way to obtain it was by defeating the previous owner in combat. In this canon, other crystals aside from Kybers are used to build lightsabers, and the color of the blade depends on the crystal. Because of this, the Star Wars EU has seen a variety of lightsaber colors, such as silver, cyan, gold, viridian, bronze, and more. With many elements from the EU jumping to canon recently, it is not inconceivable that some of these lightsaber colors will also join the Star Wars canon in the near future.
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Please help Wookieepedia by editing this article. Once you have fixed an issue, you may remove it from the list of issues. See this article's talk page for more information. The lightsaber , also referred to as a laser sword by those who were unfamiliar with it, was a weapon usually used by the Jedi , the Sith , and other Force-sensitives. Lightsabers consisted of a plasma blade, powered by a kyber crystal , that was emitted from a usually metal hilt and could be shut off at will.
It was a weapon that required skill and training, and was greatly enhanced when used in conjunction with the Force. Though also used by the Sith, the lightsaber was synonymous with the Jedi, with some in the galaxy believing only Jedi could use lightsabers. Lightsabers were generally used for both offense and defense. A lightsaber could cut through virtually anything, from flesh to blast doors.
The only ways to block the incoming attack of a lightsaber was with a weapon made with material that conducted energy, such as an electrostaff , a Z6 riot control baton , some rare metals, or another lightsaber.
When used defensively, a Force-sensitive could deflect blaster bolts with a lightsaber, and with skill, could even reflect the shots back toward the shooter or some other target. Experienced Jedi could even employ their lightsabers to absorb Force lightning. Most practitioners used one single-bladed lightsaber, though some used double-bladed lightsabers or even multiple lightsabers at once. Sounding like no other weapon in the galaxy , [13] lightsabers were used thousands of years before the age of the Galactic Republic , seeing use in the Great Scourge of Malachor.
Lightsabers took on a more prominent role in galactic affairs as the Clone Wars came to pass. Jedi , previously peacekeepers, became Jedi Generals of the Grand Army of the Republic , and thus began using their lightsabers more often than they had in their role of peacekeeping.
For the majority of the reign of the Empire, the only lightsaber that was prominently used was that of Darth Vader , and, in its waning years, that of the exiled Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker. After the Empire was defeated, Luke began training a new generation of Jedi. These, however, were killed during the destruction of his Jedi , once again leading to a time where the only prominent lightsaber user was a darksider , Kylo Ren.
That all changed when a scavenger, Rey, discovered the Skywalker lightsaber [12] and ultimately came to train with Luke Skywalker and his twin sister, Leia Organa to combat Kylo Ren and the First Order during a war against the Imperial Remains. A lightsaber drew power from an appropriately-sized power cell.
Ones that were necessary include a blade emitter shroud, the emitter matrix and some type of activator to turn the weapon on and off. Other parts that could be added include handgrip ridges and a blade length adjuster.
Specially designed lightsabers could even use unstable crystals , such as Kylo Ren's lightsaber , which featured two laterally facing vents designed to divert excess energy away from the cracked crystal and keep the lightsaber stable.
During assembly, it was important to not accidentally invert the emitter matrix; when activated the lightsaber's power grid would backfire. At best this could cause the blade to quickly short out, but if it was left on, the faulty weapon would violently explode, potentially killing those in close proximity.
Hilts were made up of multiple parts that enveloped and protected the internal components. Metal ranging from simple alloys to Haysian smelt [26] was usually chosen to make up the hilt, but a casing carved from the Brylark tree , wood that was strong as metal, would also work.
Various types of lightsabers were in use during the High Republic Era. Another style, Protection and Defense, was favored by the earliest Force users in ancient times. It featured designs and inscriptions with meanings that have become shrouded in mystery, but the style itself was believed to have been created with the intent of conferring anonymity upon and symbolizing the emotional detachment of the wielder, who would use their lightsaber strictly for personal protection.
Qui-Gon Jinn using his lightsaber to cut through one of the Saak'ak 's blast doors. The power of the energy blade was so great that it could cut through almost anything. One important note about lightsaber wounds was that they rarely bled profusely, even when a limb had been severed.
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