The white lightsaber makes its first appearance in Star Wars canon as the preferred armament of Ahsoka Tano, the one-time Jedi who left the Order under a cloud of controversy. During the Clone Wars, she was falsely accused of participating in the sabotage of the Jedi Temple, but was eventually found to be innocent of […]
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The black lightsaber is so rare that, as far as current Star Wars canon is concerned, only one is known to exist anywhere in the galaxy: the legendary Darksaber. It is arguably the most intimidating of all lightsabers, due to its thin, curved black plasma blade, which looks radically different from the brightly colored red […]
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Most fans were delighted when Disney, in the aftermath of the Lucasfilm acquisition, declared that the Clone Wars saga as it was revealed in the 2008 animated feature film and its subsequent TV series would retain canonical status in Star Wars lore. Further celebrations erupted when it was announced that the series would be returning […]
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Yellow lightsabers have always been linked to the Jedi, whether you’re talking about accepted canon or about the non-canon Legends. It is true, however, that a yellow lightsaber has been occasionally seen in the hands of individuals outside the Jedi Order, specifically in the case of Asajj Ventress, the notorious bounty hunter. But it’s worth […]
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The blue lightsaber is easily one of the most common in the Star Wars universe. There is a simple reason for this: It is the standard color of the lightsabers used by the Jedi, the stalwart guardians of peace and order. Only the red lightsaber of the Sith—the Jedi Order’s eternal enemies—rivals the blue saber […]
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The white lightsaber has a singularly eye-catching look. That can be attributed partly to the dazzling effect produced by its glowing silvery blade, and partly to the scarcity of this specific lightsaber color. It appears rarely in the Star Wars universe—so rarely, in fact, that the current canon recognizes only one carrier of a white […]
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Among all the lightsaber colors in the known Star Wars universe, yellow is one of the most uncommon—but it recently became less uncommon with the release of The Rise of Skywalker. The ending of TROS features the first sighting of an actual yellow lightsaber in the entire nine-episode theatrical series that began back in 1977. […]
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At first glance, the lightsaber seems like a fairly simple piece of equipment. You have a handle where your hand goes. The handle is situated at one end of a blade-like protrusion that is used to strike your opponent. As novice fans soon learn, however, the lightsaber is more complicated than that—and here’s where a […]
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In Star Wars canon, the lightsaber is not a mass-produced accessory—far from it. Every lightsaber is constructed by, and thereafter closely linked to, a specific individual. Even in those cases when the saber eventually falls into the hands of another person, it tends to retain its association with its first owner if their identity is […]
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Lightsabers in the Star Wars universe exist in a wide variety of types. They tend to reflect the characteristics of their wielders: their combat preferences, their relationship to the Force, and maybe their plain old personal taste. Every aspect of the lightsaber has significance, in much the same way an individual’s tattoos aren’t just random […]
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