Will Rey Repair Anakin's Lightsaber?

"That lightsaber was Luke's. And his father'south before him. And now information technology calls to y'all."

―Maz Kanata, to Rey ^[10]

The Skywalker lightsaber, as well known at various times as Anakin's, Luke'south, and Rey'due south lightsaber, was a blue-bladed Jedi lightsaber constructed by Anakin Skywalker—Jedi Knight and prophesied Chosen I of the Forcefulness—during the final years of the Republic Era. Built as a replacement for his kickoff lightsaber, Anakin wielded his new weapon as a Jedi Full general of the Grand Army of the Republic, leading clone troopers confronting the Separatist Droid Army on numerous battlefronts across the galaxy-broad conflict known as the Clone Wars. He fought a multifariousness of opponents from boxing droids to Force-sensitive combatants such as Asajj Ventress, Savage Opress, Barriss Offee, and Count Dooku.

Though an instrument of the Jedi Order, the Skywalker lightsaber was used to kill Jedi in the siege of the Jedi Temple during Social club 66 and the Great Jedi Purge. Darth Vader, the dark side persona of Anakin Skywalker, slaughtered a group of Jedi younglings on Coruscant earlier journeying to Mustafar, where he executed the Separatist Quango on behalf of his new Sith Main, the Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious. Vader subsequently lost his weapon as a result of his defeat by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who kept the Skywalker lightsaber for almost 2 decades during the Majestic Era. Kenobi ultimately gave the lightsaber to Anakin'due south son, Luke Skywalker, who wielded it while training equally a Jedi apprentice, and during his involvement with the Rebel Alliance. During the war, the saber was used to fight several individuals, including Kreel and Boba Fett, but was after lost on Bespin when Luke confronted his male parent.

The Skywalker lightsaber eventually fell into the possession of Maz Kanata, a friend of the Skywalker family who kept the Jedi weapon subconscious in her castle on Takodana during the New Republic Era. Through the Force, the lightsaber called to a Force-sensitive scavenger from Jakku, Rey, who rejected information technology later receiving a painful Forcefulness vision from touching it. During the Battle of Takodana, Kanata gave the lightsaber to Finn. Subsequently besting the rogue Stormtrooper on Starkiller Base of operations, Kylo Ren—the grandson of Darth Vader—tried to claim the weapon that in one case belonged to his grandfather. Instead, it was taken by Rey. Despite her earlier rejection of information technology, the scavenger took upward the Skywalker lightsaber and engaged Ren in their offset lightsaber duel. Following the Boxing of Starkiller Base, Rey tracked Luke Skywalker to Ahch-To, but the Jedi Principal refused to take back his old lightsaber. It was subsequently sheared in half by Ren and Rey, but the scavenger managed to repair the lightsaber. It remained in Rey'southward possession until her arrival on Exegol, where she relinquished it to a redeemed Ben Solo, placing the legendary bract back in the easily of a Skywalker, who used it to defeat the Knights of Ren. In the aftermath of the Boxing of Exegol, Rey buried the famed lightsaber alongside Leia Organa's saber, on Tatooine, the desert homeworld of Anakin and Luke.

one Description
ii History
- 2.1 Carried past Anakin Skywalker
  - ii.1.1 Weapon of a Jedi
  - ii.one.2 Weapon of a Sith
- two.2 Carried by Luke Skywalker
  - 2.2.1 From father to son
  - 2.ii.ii Usage on Cymoon 1
  - two.two.iii Usage on Tatooine
  - 2.two.4 Stolen on Nar Shaddaa
  - two.2.5 Usage on Vrogas Vas
  - ii.2.half-dozen Defending the Straw
  - ii.two.seven Mission to the Vagadarr system
  - two.2.8 Usage on Ktath'atn
  - 2.ii.9 Stranded
  - 2.2.10 Usage on Jedha
  - 2.2.eleven Mission on Monday Cala
  - 2.ii.12 Usage on Crait
  - 2.2.13 Usage on Hoth
  - ii.ii.xiv Usage on Dagobah
  - 2.ii.15 Usage on Bespin and loss
- 2.3 Carried past Finn
- 2.4 Carried by Rey
  - 2.iv.one Starkiller Base
  - 2.four.2 Ahch-To
  - 2.four.iii Aboard the Supremacy
  - 2.4.4 Destruction
  - two.4.5 Reconstruction
  - 2.4.6 The way of the Jedi
  - two.4.7 Mission to Pasaana
  - 2.4.8 Kijimi
  - 2.iv.ix The Final Duel
  - ii.4.10 Return to Ahch-To
  - two.4.11 Exegol
  - 2.four.12 Burial
three Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
- 4.i Non-canon appearances
5 Sources
six Notes and references
7 External links

Clarification [ ]

"It'southward a metal cylinder, about this long, with black grips and a few switches on the side."

―Luke Skywalker ^[17]

The Skywalker lightsaber was a Jedi weapon forged in the Clone Wars.

Like every lightsaber of the Jedi Gild,^[xiii] Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber was powered by a kyber crystal in the core of the hilt.^[xiii] Every bit with his previous lightsaber,^[18] the new ane emitted a blueish^[nineteen] high-energy^[twenty] plasma^[21] blade^[19] due to the crystal'southward connection with its kickoff possessor.^[13] The blade was contained in a "kyber-powered permeable interruption field."^[20]

The hilt was 20-eight centimeters long,^[12] cylindrical in shape,^[17] and made of blend metal and carbon composites.^[12] In add-on to the crystal, the Skywalker lightsaber possessed other components such as a power prison cell at the base of the hilt, an activation matrix,^[fourteen] black^[17] rubberized grip ribbing, a band tuning flange, a magnetic stabilizing ring and emitter, and a mechanism to suit the length of the blade. Based on its design, the Skywalker lightsaber was wielded with the upper hand gripping the hilt for support while the lower hand directed the blade.^[xx] It was also able to part underwater.^[22]

Rey's efforts to reconstruct the Skywalker lightsaber altered its appearance. The two halves of the hilt were welded dorsum together, creating weld marks on the weapon'south heart surface area. Additionally, Rey attached her leather wrist strap around the center of the hilt, including the refitted activation matrix, farther binding the once broken pieces together. The in one case broken kyber crystal remained within the hilt, having been repaired through a Jedi technique performed by Rey.^[20]

History [ ]

Carried by Anakin Skywalker [ ]

Weapon of a Jedi [ ]

"When I finished constructing my lightsaber, Obi-Wan said to me, 'Anakin, this weapon is your life.' This weapon is my life."

―Anakin Skywalker, to Padmé Amidala ^[9]

The Skywalker lightsaber was built by Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Knight and Full general of the Grand Ground forces of the Republic.

On Geonosis, Anakin Skywalker's get-go lightsaber was destroyed by a mechanical cut arm when he was fighting his way through Poggle the Bottom'southward battle droid foundries. During the First Battle of Geonosis, Anakin made use of a green-bladed lightsaber lent to him past another Jedi, but it was destroyed during a duel with Count Dooku.^[18]

At some point between his ordeal on Geonosis^[eighteen] and the mission to Benglor,^[23] Anakin Skywalker built himself a new lightsaber.^[3]

When Count Dooku was forced to crash land on Vanqor, Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi pursued him into a cave. Even so, Dooku then caused a cave in, which cached Skywalker and separated him from Kenobi. Dooku so took his lightsaber, hiding it alongside his then arranged for transportation with Hondo Ohnaka and his pirate gang aboard their ship to Florrum. However, Dooku lost both his and Skywalker's lightsaber to the pirates. When Kenobi and Skywalker came to check on their claim, Skywalker tried to take his lightsaber dorsum from Pilf Mukmuk to no avail.^[24] Skywalker was and then able to retrieve his weapon from Mukmuk, free himself and Kenobi and hold Ohnaka hostage until Jar Jar Binks arrived.^[25]

Anakin's lightsaber skills were considered impressive by other Jedi before and after the Social club roughshod.

At one bespeak, Anakin demonstrated his take on the 4th form of lightsaber combat by using his lightsaber to deflect several blaster bolts. He advised his students to heed his teachings every bit they proficient with his techniques, promising that information technology would serve them well in battle. The lesson was saved equally a holographic recording, and stored inside a Jedi holocron that came into the possession of former Padawan Kanan Jarrus. Ezra Bridger, who was Jarrus' apprentice, used the holocron'due south recording every bit a tool to refine his own lightsaber skills. In the process, Bridger became awed by the skills of Anakin, whom he considered to exist an amazing swordsman.^[26]

Skywalker after used this weapon to duel and defeat Dooku, too known every bit the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus, during the Boxing of Coruscant. Aslope Dooku's ain lightsaber, Anakin used it to kill the Sith Lord past cutting off his head. Anakin later on lost the weapon while effecting the rescue of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine and it was retrieved by one of Full general Grievous's IG-100 MagnaGuards. The weapon was then given by the MagnaGuard to Grievous, who briefly wielded it, but Obi-Wan used a flim-flam of the Force to recover it and returned it to Anakin. He would wield this weapon until he took the mantle of Vader.^[iii]

Weapon of a Sith [ ]

"Where is your lightsaber, Lord Vader? Utilise its power! Defend yourself!"
"Lost in the fight with… Obi-Wan. He… took it."
"That blade belonged to another. A Jedi. You lot are a Sith."

―Darth Sidious and Darth Vader ^[27]

The Sith Lord Darth Vader killed younglings with the Jedi lightsaber that he congenital as Anakin Skywalker.

Equally Darth Vader, he later used the weapon to murder many of his swain Jedi during the implementation of Order 66 and his Siege of the Jedi Temple; among those who fell to his bract were Cin Drallig, Whie Malreaux, Shaak Ti and an unabridged clan of younglings. Later on this, he used the saber to assassinate the entire Separatist Quango on his Mission to Mustafar. He would use the weapon to duel his former main on Mustafar. Nonetheless, Vader lost the weapon when he was defeated and crippled, the lightsaber falling from his paw to the ashy shores. Reluctantly leaving his sometime apprentice to burn in the lava, Kenobi retrieved the lightsaber and took it with him.^[3]

Carried by Luke Skywalker [ ]

From father to son [ ]

"Your begetter wanted you to take this when you were old plenty, just your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you lot might follow sometime Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic crusade like your father did."
"What is it?"
"Information technology'south your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age."

―Obi-Wan Kenobi presents Luke Skywalker Anakin's lightsaber ^[2]

Luke Skywalker inherited his father'southward lightsaber from Obi-Wan Kenobi, who took the weapon after defeating Vader.

Anakin's lightsaber remained in Obi-Wan's possession for nineteen years until he was given an opportunity to give the weapon to Luke, Anakin'southward son, afterwards rescuing the young Skywalker from a Tusken Raider set on. At his home, Kenobi presented Skywalker with his male parent'southward lightsaber stating that his father wanted him to have it when Skywalker was old enough merely his uncle Owen Lars wouldn't allow it as he idea Skywalker would follow in his male parent's footsteps and join Kenobi on some "damn fool idealistic crusade."^[2]

Following the expiry of his aunt and uncle, Skywalker became Kenobi's apprentice and started to learn the ways of the Jedi. During his voyage to Alderaan, Skywalker began preparation with the weapon onboard the Millennium Falcon where he used the Jedi grade of Grade I, to deflect blaster bolts from a training remote.^[2]

Usage on Cymoon i [ ]

"You hold that weapon like an untrained child. You have no correct to it."

―Darth Vader, to Luke Skywalker ^[28]

Post-obit Kenobi's untimely demise at the hands of Darth Vader and the subsequent Battle of Yavin, Skywalker began to teach himself how to wield his father'due south weapon. On the moon of Cymoon 1, Skywalker participated in an assault to infiltrate and destroy the Weapons Mill Alpha. After the Forcefulness guided Skywalker to a cage filled with Imperial slaves, he was confronted by a guard. Skywalker start attempted to use a Jedi heed trick to ward the guard off, only when that failed, Skywalker ignited his lightsaber and sliced the baby-sit'southward hand off, allowing Skywalker to interruption the slaves out of their cage and lead them to the other Rebels.^[15]

Vader briefly held the lightsaber he one time used as a Jedi.

When he found out that Darth Vader had arrived on the moon, Skywalker searched for him in the facility, as he still believed that Vader was the human being who killed his father. As Skywalker approached the Nighttime Lord, he had his lightsaber drawn and activated as he came face to face with his father's so-called killer.^[15]

Vader mocked Luke for his lack of preparation in lightsaber combat, and he easily pulled the lightsaber out of Luke's grasp through the Force. However, earlier Vader could strike the unarmed Luke down, he suddenly recognized Luke'southward lightsaber every bit his ain quondam weapon. Luke managed to escape from Vader afterwards Han Solo and Leia Organa broke through the wall with a stolen AT-AT, while Vader used Luke's lightsaber to kill several escaped slaves. Luke was able to recollect the weapon when Vader was shot at using the walker's guns,^[28] and continued to employ it, just the encounter left Vader eager to convert Luke to his side.^[29]

Usage on Tatooine [ ]

"You're running out of options. And blood. Put down the lightsaber."

―Boba Fett, to Luke Skywalker ^[xxx]

When Skywalker returned to Tatooine to learn more about the ways of the Jedi, Skywalker used his lightsaber to defend himself confronting Tusken Raiders that were raiding Kenobi's dwelling, managing to scare them off.^[31] He also used information technology against the compensation hunter Boba Fett, who was sent by Vader to capture and learn more near Skywalker. Though Luke managed to escape from Fett, the bounty hunter was still able to inform Vader of Luke's surname, which would brand Vader even more obsessed with finding young Skywalker.^[30]

Stolen on Nar Shaddaa [ ]

"You want the saber? Come and get i—wha?"
"Thanks. Don't listen if I do."

―Luke Skywalker and a thief ^[32]

After escaping Tatooine, Luke felt that he had to visit the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. To find someone that would take him safely to Coruscant, he traveled to Nar Shaddaa. Afterward entering a bar, the Zabrak bartender ordered the bar's patrons to kill him. As he was nigh to exist attacked by the mob of customers, Luke ignited his lightsaber in defense force. The bartender stopped, and offered to sneak him onto Coruscant in return for the lightsaber. Skywalker declined the offer, and so the bartender over again told his customers to kill him. Luke tried to defend himself, but the lightsaber was stolen past a thief, who ran off with information technology.^[32]

Luke chased after the thief, who leapt off a roof and grabbed onto a passing ship. Luke leapt after him, knocking both the thief and his lightsaber to the ground. After landing, Luke retrieved his lightsaber, but turned around to find Grakkus the Hutt backside him, declaring the lightsaber his property. Luke refused, and Grakkus sent 2 IG-100 MagnaGuards afterwards him. He tried to fight back, only one of the droids struck him with its electrostaff, knocking him to the ground. Grakkus knocked Skywalker out, taking both him and his lightsaber to his palace.^[33] Once at Grakkus' palace, Luke was sent to face off against a human being known as "the Gamemaster," who returned his lightsaber to him. At showtime, Luke was unsuccessful in defending himself confronting the Gamemaster, who managed to knock him down onto the ground. Luke connected to duel, both against the Gamemaster, and so against several more MagnaGuards.^[34] Grakkus so put Luke upward against "Kongo the Disembowler," just gave him a lightsaber that was non his own.^[35]

While Luke was fighting against the roggwart, R2-D2 establish his lightsaber, and returned it to Luke, who was existence dragged abroad by several Necktie fighter pilots. Luke retrieved his weapon and cut the pilots down, but was confronted by the Gamemaster, who revealed that he was an Majestic stormtrooper. Before he could take Luke prisoner, he was grabbed by Grakkus, and Luke, who had escaped him, was rescued by his friends.^[36]

Usage on Vrogas Vas [ ]

"Really. This is getting to be rather monotonous with the artillery, don't you lot think?"

―0-0-0, later on Luke Skywalker slices his arm off ^[37]

Nevertheless seeking knowledge of the Jedi, Skywalker visited Vrogas Vas, learning that a Jedi Temple existed on the planet. With the help of Doctor Aphra, Vader tracked Luke there, but Luke collided his X-wing into Vader's TIE Advanced, causing them to both crash on the planet.^[38] Aphra, who had followed Vader to Vrogas Vas, managed to locate and kidnap Luke with the aid of the protocol droid 0-0-0.^[39] Han Solo and Chewbacca also arrived on the planet, and encountered Aphra. Chewbacca tore one of Triple-Zero'south arms off, allowing Luke to escape. Luke activated his lightsaber, cutting the droid'southward 2d arm off, earlier stabbing his lightsaber through Triple-Zero's trunk. Although Triple-Zero survived, the damage he sustained slowed him downwards, letting Luke, Han, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 escape.^[37]

Defending the Harbinger [ ]

"Surrender. I warn you, I know how to use this."
"Exercise yous? You sure didn't the last time we met."

―Luke Skywalker and Kreel ^[40]

During the Rebel Alliance's endeavor to hijack the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Straw,^[41] the Star Destroyer was boarded by SCAR Squadron, led past Sergeant Kreel, who Luke had encountered every bit the Gamemaster on Nar Shaddaa. Kreel and Luke met, and Luke dedicated himself with his lightsaber, dueling Kreel. Every bit they fought, Darth Vader arrived in a higher place Tureen VII,^[40] and ordered Kreel to keep Luke alive. Kreel managed to knock Luke down while he was distracted by Vader's presence, but Luke pushed him back, trapping him nether a pile of debris.^[42]

Mission to the Vagadarr system [ ]

"Become behind me! And don't be afraid!"

―Luke Skywalker defends stone creatures ^[43]

Afterward reading a periodical entry written past Kenobi,^[44] Luke ventured to a planet in the Vagadarr organization, where he met Garro, a former Rockhawker who had taught Yoda in the ways of the stonepower.^[45] Garro, who needed Luke's life force to kill what was left of the giants who once inhabited the planet, attacked him with several knives made of blue rock. Luke drew his lightsaber, telling Garro that he would rather let the creatures alive. He deflected several knives that Garro aimed at him, and Garro realized what he had to practise, sacrificing himself to bring life to the planet over again. Luke and then used his lightsaber as a source of light when entering the caves of the great mountain.^[43]

Usage on Ktath'atn [ ]

Doctor Aphra, wishing to get the Queen of Ktath'atn to activate her Rur crystal, went to Ktath'atn with Luke Skywalker, hoping that the Queen would merchandise him for the crystal's activation.^[46] However, the Queen did non intend to provide anything in return, setting Abersyn symbiotes loose on them.^[47] Equally Luke and Aphra escaped through the Citadel of Ktath'atn, Luke stopped, drawing his lightsaber to concur off a horde of possessed zombies. Before he could do so, Han Solo crashed Aphra's ship, the Ark Angel Two, nearby. Sana Starros, who had been on the send, shot at Aphra, but Luke blocked information technology with his lightsaber. They were then forced to run from the Queen's servants, and Luke continued to utilise his lightsaber to deflect the shots they were firing.^[48]

Afterwards Luke was taken prisoner by the Queen,^[48] who wished to feed on his Jedi energy, his lightsaber was taken from him and placed on a tabular array nearby. Luke managed to break complimentary of the car he was held in, and retrieved his weapon, brandishing it at the Queen. The Queen disappeared in front of him, reappearing nearby. Before the Queen could assault, Aphra triggered an explosion, breaking through the wall. One of the Abersyn symbiotes infected Luke,^[49] and he faced off against the Queen. With the help of Eternal Rur, Luke broke free from the parasite, and struck the Queen downwards with his lightsaber.^[50]

Stranded [ ]

"Look out, he'south got a—"

―A shoretrooper, presently earlier being killed past Luke Skywalker ^[51]

Later he and Leia crashed on an sea planet, Luke was forced to employ his lightsaber in combat confronting the native wildlife, such equally the spikeshark. Three weeks after they had crashed, they discovered the beingness of an aquatic species native to the planet. When offset encountering the species, Luke ignited his lightsaber, but put it away when he realized the creatures were harmless. Knowing their presence on the planet endangered the species, they drew the Empire, who had been searching the planet for them, onto the island they were stranded on. The Imperials attacked the island with walkers and shoretroopers, and Luke used his lightsaber to kill several troopers. Luke and Leia managed to defeat the Imperial forces, and escaped the planet.^[51]

Usage on Jedha [ ]

"You have a lightsaber! Are you…Jedi?"
"Well…I'm trying!"

―Chulco Gi and Luke Skywalker ^[52]

On the moon of Jedha, Luke used his lightsaber to defend several members of the Partisans from a grouping of snowtroopers. Equally they escaped on a spamel, Luke deflected shots from a patrol send, assuasive them to achieve the Millennium Falcon unharmed.^[52] While in the settlement of Ai-jed, Luke noticed several stormtroopers incinerating the residents. Before anyone could programme a counterattack, Luke drew his lightsaber and attacked the stormtroopers, killing the entire grouping. The incident made Luke understand what was at pale on Jedha, and he wished to do more to assistance.^[53]

Benthic took him to destroy a drill citadel that the Empire had dropped onto the moon. Luke used his lightsaber to carve a hole in the drill, allowing them to enter. After the drill citadel had been destroyed, Luke went with Chulco Gi to visit the shrine of the Central Isopter. On their fashion to the shrine, they were attacked by a sand slug, and Luke killed it with his lightsaber. They were met past several cultists,^[54] who spoke to them. Gi was corrupted by the dark side of the Strength, attacking Luke. With no other choice, Luke killed Gi with his lightsaber.^[55] Luke later used his lightsaber to pause out of a storage crate on the Leviathan. Once aboard the crawler, he confronted Kanchar,^[56] and fought with him. Kanchar used his cybernetic arm to defend himself, knocking Luke back using a flamethrower. Luke disabled Kanchar's cybernetics with an ion torpedo, allowing him to knock the officer unconscious.^[57]

Mission on Monday Cala [ ]

"Seriously, Chewie, I—"
"Turn off the damn saber!"

―Luke Skywalker and Han Solo ^[58]

Every bit part of the Rebel Brotherhood's mission to recruit the Mon Cala Mercantile Fleet,^[59] Leia led a squad to rescue the changeling Tunga Arpagion from the Dex Acquisitions Depot on Meor Own. When R2-D2 was unable to open the door to the prison cell, Luke used his lightsaber to cut the panel out of the door so that Chewbacca could knock information technology downward.^[60]

Their mission later took them to Strokill Prime, where the Mon Calamari king, Lee-Char, had been imprisoned. In one case they were under the surface of the planet's bounding main, their submersible was attacked by an opee sea killer.^[61] Luke exited the craft, telling Han to disable its lights. After swimming abroad, Luke ignited his lightsaber, drawing the fauna away from the arts and crafts. Every bit the creature moved to set on Luke, he was saved by Chewbacca, who tried to tell him to plough his lightsaber off. Unable to sympathise him, Luke kept the lightsaber on, and Han had to interrupt and translate the words Chewbacca was maxim. Luke switched off his lightsaber, causing the opee bounding main killer to crash into a stone wall nearby.^[58]

Usage on Crait [ ]

"Where I come from--when someone pushes you--yous push button dorsum harder!"

―Luke Skywalker to Kreel ^[62]

In an try to detect a new base of operations of operations for the Rebellion, Luke visited the planet of Crait with Leia, Han, Chewbacca, and several other rebels. Their guide, Trusk Berinato betrayed them, and had signaled the Empire, who sent Kreel's SCAR Squadron to fight the rebels. While fighting the stormtroopers on Five-4X-D ski speeders, Luke was shot down, and his speeder crashed. Kreel confronted him, drawing his lightsaber. Luke ignited his own lightsaber, defending himself from Kreel. As they fought, several vicious worms emerged from beneath the basis. The worms grabbed onto Kreel, trapping him. While Kreel was distracted by the worms, Luke swung his lightsaber at Kreel'southward, destroying it. Kreel managed to survive the duel, nevertheless, and fled the planet.^[62]

Usage on Hoth [ ]

"This may smell bad, kid…only information technology will keep you warm…til I go the shelter built."

―Han Solo cut open up a tauntaun to keep Skywalker from freezing ^[16]

When Skywalker was captured by a wampa, a creature native to the ice planet of Hoth, he found himself hanging upside down from the ceiling of a cavern that the wampa resided in. Seeing his lightsaber on the ground, he used the Force to call the weapon to him, cutting himself free and slicing off ane of the wampa'southward artillery allowing him to escape.^[16]

When Solo plant Skywalker nigh frozen to death, he used the lightsaber to cut open his dead tauntaun and keep Skywalker warm while he put up shelter.^[16]

During the Battle of Hoth, Skywalker used the combined ability of a grappling device and his lightsaber to cut open up a hatch on the lesser of an Imperial AT-AT walker prior to throwing in an explosive to destroy the enemy vehicle.^[16]

Usage on Dagobah [ ]

"Your weapons. Y'all will non need them."

―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker ^[16]

Skywalker wielded his male parent's lightsaber confronting an bogeyman of Vader.

During his grooming with Jedi Main Yoda on the planet Dagobah, Skywalker entered a cave that was potent with the nighttime side as a test given past Yoda. In the hollow, Skywalker had a vision in which he faced Darth Vader, the Dark Lord of the Sith. Every bit Skywalker used his lightsaber to decapitate Vader with a high lightsaber blow, the illusory Sith Lord'due south helmeted head rolled on the flooring, and the face shield cracked open up to reveal the young Jedi's own eyebrow backside the mask.^[sixteen]

Usage on Bespin and loss [ ]

"Skywalker… follow your destiny."

―Verla in a vision to Skywalker, property his lightsaber after its loss on Bespin ^[63]

Skywalker was defeated by Vader, resulting in the loss of his lightsaber and right hand.

Following his duel in the dark side cavern, Skywalker received a Force vision of his friends beingness in danger on the Deject City on Bespin. At that place, he faced Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel, where Skywalker demonstrated his new found skills with the weapon that impressed fifty-fifty the former wielder. However, Vader ultimately won the duel when he sliced Skywalker's hand off that was belongings his lightsaber and it brutal, along with the lightsaber information technology carried, into the depths of Cloud City, leaving Luke caught.^[16]

Shortly after recovering from his injuries and replacing his severed hand with a synthetic i, Luke returned to Deject City in an effort to retrieve his weapon. Journey to ane of the smelting chambers located at the station,^[64] Luke enlisted the help of the station's Ugnaught population in club to find his lost weapon in the vast corporeality of garbage the chamber had nerveless. In his first effort, Luke gave a clarification to the Ugnaught workers, but ultimately resulted in failure as not ane of them recognized his description. Not knowing what else to do, Luke reached out with the Force and received a vision of many events he had or would see, simply ultimately realized that Leia was in trouble and rushed off to rescue her. The vision also helped him realize that a Jedi was more than ane's weapon and that a lightsaber was only a tool which a Jedi used, resulting in him catastrophe his search for the lightsaber. Withal, before long afterwards, one of the Ugnaught workers stumbled across the weapon.^[17]

A yr later,^[65] Skywalker built himself a new lightsaber to replace the 1 he lost, which he later used to win his rematch confronting Vader.^[66]

Carried past Finn [ ]

"That lightsaber… It belongs to me."
"Come up become it."

―Kylo Ren and Finn ^[10]

Although the Skywalker lightsaber called to Rey, Finn wielded information technology for a brief fourth dimension.

While thought to have been lost in Cloud City, the lightsaber was salvaged from the mining colony's industrial depths and somewhen constitute its way to Maz Kanata.^[20] All the same, the old spacer was very secretive regarding exactly how she got information technology. The lightsaber resurfaced some xxx years later on on the planet Takodana when Rey, Finn, BB-eight, and Han Solo visited Takodana Castle, the lightsaber awoke and called out to Rey, who ventured into the castle's basement and found the lightsaber within Maz's curio box. Upon touching it, she received a serial of visions.^[ten] The lightsaber acted like a vergence, granting her insights into past events.^[20] She recoiled in horror, rejecting Kanata'due south attempt to give her the lightsaber. Han, who had been a close friend of Luke's, asked Maz where she got the weapon, but she dismissed him, saying it was a story for another time. Finn afterward took it for safekeeping. Shortly after, the Outset Order attacked afterward having been informed of the presence of BB-8. Finn used the lightsaber in the battle, killing at least one trooper past running him through with the blade and so fought against the shock-baton wielding FN-2199, who near defeated him before getting blown away by Han Solo. Later on the attack on Takodana, the Resistance moved to assault Starkiller Base in an attempt to stop the First Society from firing its primary weapon at the Resistance base on D'Qar. Finn used the lightsaber again in a confrontation with Kylo Ren while on Starkiller Base, taunting the dark knight to "Come become it" after Ren demanded he handed the lightsaber over. Though Finn put up a decent fight despite his lack of lightsaber combat training and the inherent dangers of wielding a lightsaber, he was ultimately bested and struck across the back, only not before hitting Ren'due south shoulder.^[x]

Carried by Rey [ ]

Starkiller Base [ ]

"You need a teacher! I can testify you lot the ways of the Force!"
"The Force...?"

―Kylo Ren and Rey duel ^[10]

Rey took upwards the Skywalker lightsaber in order to fight Kylo Ren.

After incapacitating Finn, Ren attempted to summon the lightsaber to him, regarding it as his own property due to its history. However, much to the surprise of both of them, it instead flew past him and into Rey's outstretched hand, the girl having instinctively used her powers to call information technology to her. Armed with the legendary lightsaber, Rey dueled and overpowered Ren with the assistance of the Strength. Rey and Finn were and then rescued past Chewbacca aboard the Millennium Falcon. After discovering the planet where Luke Skywalker was hiding, Rey, accompanied by Chewbacca and R2-D2, ventured to the planet aboard the Millennium Falcon, eventually finding Luke and presenting him with his father's lightsaber.^[ten]

Ahch-To [ ]

"You call back what? I'g gonna walk out with a laser sword and face down the whole First Lodge?"

―Luke Skywalker, to Rey ^[half-dozen]

The Skywalker lightsaber was reunited with Luke until he threw it away, wanting aught to do with it.

Luke took the weapon from Rey and examined it for a moment, then discarded information technology with an offhand throw over his shoulder. The lightsaber was examined by some curious porgs, avians native to Ahch-To, who came dangerously shut to switching it on simply Rey shooed them away and retrieved it before they could, and kept it with her for the duration of her stay on Ahch-To. She briefly used it to train and hone her skills while she was with Luke,^[6] with a porg even snatching it and attempting to escape with into the ocean with it before Rey used the Force to pull the fleeing bird dorsum to her and retrieve the weapon.^[67] Her attacks became faster and more aggressive until she sliced apart a rock colonnade with information technology. The pillar then rolled down the hill and smashed a wheelbarrow beingness pushed by native Lanai Caretakers, who were quite miffed.^[vi]

After a fateful connection with Kylo Ren, Rey attacked Luke with her quarterstaff, demanding to know the truth of what transpired between the Jedi Main and his apprentice, Ben Solo, on the night of the Jedi temple's destruction. When Luke disarmed Rey of her melee weapon, she summoned the Skywalker lightsaber through telekinesis. Luke gave ground when Rey moved into an assail position, and the scavenger lowered the lightsaber while all the same enervating to hear the truth. After his confession, Rey offered Luke his quondam lightsaber again, entreating him for the terminal time to join the fight confronting the First Guild.^[6]

Aboard the Supremacy [ ]

"I'll have that. It belongs to me."
"Strange, and so, that it called to me at the castle… And not to y'all."

―Kylo Ren and Rey, referring to the Skywalker lightsaber ^[68]

Disillusioned by Luke's inaction,^[69] Rey departed from Ahch-To without him. She kept the Skywalker lightsaber and brought it with her to the Supremacy, flagship of Supreme Leader Snoke, where she confronted Kylo Ren in person. He ordered Rey to surrender the lightsaber to him upon seeing it in her hands, stating that information technology belonged to him. Though she sniped at the dark warrior, recalling how the weapon chosen to her instead of him, she gave it to him before his stormtroopers secured her as a prisoner of the First Gild.^[6]

Under Ren'south control, the Skywalker lightsaber killed Supreme Leader Snoke.

Ren carried the lightsaber while escorting Rey to Snoke's throne room. Post-obit their arrival, the Supreme Leader willed information technology from Ren's grasp to his own and examined it briefly, admiring its craftsmanship, and then rested the Jedi weapon on the arm of his throne. Failing to stop the dark side master from searching her mind for Luke's location, Rey tried to retake the lightsaber with the Force, simply Snoke overrode her control over it, causing the weapon to smack Rey in the back of her head earlier returning to the Supreme Leader's side. Using his powers to incapacitate Rey, Snoke ordered his dark apprentice to execute the scavenger. Merely while he used the Strength to sense Ren'south intentions, he did non see the Skywalker lightsaber turning to his side due to Ren'southward subtle influence over it. Instead of killing Rey with his own lightsaber, Ren activated the lightsaber by Snoke's side, bisecting his torso at the waist. Snoke lost his concur on Rey, and in his concluding moments he could but stare at the blue plasma blade cutting through him earlier taking a terminal wait at his amateur.^[6]

Ren pulled the lightsaber forward with the Forcefulness; as it levitated into Rey's hand, the upper half of Snoke'due south body fell to the floor while the lower half remained seated on his throne. Armed with their lightsabers, they fought together to defeat the Elite Praetorian Guards. When all but one of the guards were slain, Rey threw the Skywalker lightsaber to Ren, who killed the final watch by igniting the plasma bract through the Praetorian'southward face-plate.^[6]

Destruction [ ]

Kylo Ren and Rey engaged in a Forcefulness tug of war over the Skywalker lightsaber.

After the boxing, Ren offered Rey a place at his side as the new Supreme Leader of the Start Order, which she refused and attempted to accept her lightsaber back by way of the Strength. The two simultaneously pulled at the weapon, trapping information technology betwixt them as they expended powerful Force free energy to reclaim it. The strain eventually acquired the kyber crystal within to crack and release a surge of energy that knocked the 2 combatants back, rendering Ren unconscious and sundering the lightsaber in one-half. Rey escaped with the pieces of the more than l-year-old relic and took them with her when she joined the Battle of Crait.

The lightsaber was cleaved by the combined power of Ren and Rey.

During the boxing, Luke Skywalker stepped onto the battlefield, appearing to wield his father's lightsaber against Kylo Ren, though this was actually an illusion brought about by a Force projection sent by Skywalker from Ahch-To through the power of the Force. The shards of the bodily lightsaber remained on the Falcon with Rey. After Leia spoke with Rey telling her that "They had all they needed," this inspired her as the concluding of the Jedi to repair the lightsaber.^[6]

Reconstruction [ ]

Eventually, Rey was able to repair the lightsaber onetime after the Battle of Crait.^[7] To exercise so, Rey bound the two broken halves together with a leather strap and used healing techniques she gleaned from the sacred Jedi texts to restore its cleaved kyber crystal.^[xx]

The way of the Jedi [ ]

"I will earn your blood brother's saber. One day."

―Rey, to Leia Organa ^[six]

A typical training regime concocted by Organa involved Rey capturing colored ribbons tied to copse that were defended by a trio of color-coded remotes. These training remotes tested Rey's evasion and deflection skills by flying nigh her on repulsorfields, firing sting-beams to distract her. The red remote was the virtually persistent, and therefore the most challenging to Rey's temper.^[seven]

Mission to Pasaana [ ]

Rey took the lightsaber with her to Pasaana to find the Sith wayfinder and used it when she was attacked by Kylo Ren in his TIE/wi modified interceptor, leaping up and over his fighter before using the lightsaber to slice off one of its wings in passing, causing it to crash.^[7]

Kijimi [ ]

Rey used her saber again on Kijimi to pivot downwardly Zorii Bliss by the throat. Later on the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Steadfast, Rey used her lightsaber to duel Kylo Ren through their bond while Ren was on the planet'south surface.^[vii]

The Concluding Duel [ ]

Rey used the lightsaber on Kef Bir and battled against a nighttime side version of herself. She then used the weapon in battle against Kylo Ren for the last fourth dimension amongst the ruins of the Death Star Ii on the ocean moon of Endor.^[7]

Return to Ahch-To [ ]

"A Jedi'southward weapon deserves more respect."

―Luke Skywalker's spirit rescues his former weapon from a peppery grave ^{[half dozen]}

Luke's spirit saved the Skywalker lightsaber later Rey attempted to destroy information technology.

Following her confrontation against Ren and the revelation that the resurrected Darth Sidious was her grandfather, fearing that she would fall to the nighttime side of the Forcefulness, Rey fled to Ahch-To and intended to live out the balance of her days at that place in self-imposed exile every bit Skywalker had previously washed. During her exile, Rey destroyed Kylo Ren'due south Necktie whisper, called-for it on the shores of Ahch-To, where she besides planned to throw her saber into, but was defenseless past the spirit Luke Skywalker, who gave information technology dorsum to her, reminding her of the respect the weapon deserved. Rey then took the lightsaber, forth with Leia'south saber, to Exegol in his old X-wing.^[7]

Exegol [ ]

"The ritual begins. She will strike me downward and pledge herself every bit a Sith. She will draw her weapon. She will come to me. She will have her revenge, and with a stroke of her saber, the Sith are reborn. The Jedi are dead!"

―Darth Sidious ^[6]

During the Boxing of Exegol, the Skywalker lightsaber was wielded by Ben Solo, who was the last of Anakin Skywalker's bloodline.

Rey and Sidious confronted each other during the Boxing of Exegol. His spirit confined to an imperfect clone of his original body,^[11] the fallen Emperor urged his granddaughter to kill him with her Jedi lightsaber, taking his place on the Throne of the Sith as "Empress Palpatine."^[7] Hit him downwards in anger would allow Sidious' essence to pass into Rey, merging them into a single entity and completing Rey's path to the dark side of the Force.^[eleven] Rey rejected her granddad's offer at beginning, holding fast to the Jedi manner, until her resolve broke when Sidious threatened to demolish the Resistance. The ritual commenced with Sidious proclaiming the death of the Jedi Society as Rey raised her saber at him. Instead of delivering the killing blow, however, the lightsaber disappeared from her mitt and reappeared in that of Ben Solo.^[7]

Rejecting the dark side, the former Kylo Ren returned to Exegol to fight the Emperor at Rey'due south side. Having discarded his Sith lightsaber on Kef Bir, he was armed with simply a equalizer and his strength with the Force. He charged into the depths of Sidious' lair, killing several Sovereign Protectors with haste until he found his path blocked past the Knights of Ren. They surrounded their former master, attacking him with their weapons until Solo unveiled the Skywalker lightsaber in his hand. Rey gave the lightsaber to Solo upon sensing his presence, which no longer reflected the dark side but but pure light. Solo spared a moment to relish the feel of the lightsaber in his palm, instantly recognizing it every bit his own weapon.^[11] Once more, a Skywalker wielded the lightsaber built by Anakin Skywalker.^[7]

Darth Sidious was confronted by Ben Solo and Rey, both of whom carried a lightsaber that belonged to a fellow member of the Skywalker family.

Solo struck downwardly the Knights of Ren quickly; unlike Ren, who was merciless on the battlefield, Solo sought to evidence mercy to his former followers by giving each of them a quick decease.^[11] Subsequently the last Knight fell to the Skywalker blade, Solo entered the Emperor's throne room where he reunited with Rey. They stood side-by-side against Sidious, their lightsabers raised in tandem as the Sith Lord proclaimed that they would dice together. He overpowered both Jedi through his use of the night side; disarmed of their weapons, Solo and Rey savage to their knees as Sidious began draining the life forcefulness of their bond to revitalize his body.^[7]

Armed with the lightsabers of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, Rey succeeded in destroying her grandfather.

The restored Emperor cast Solo into a chasm, intending for the terminal Skywalker to die in the way as his outset death. Nonetheless, the spirits of the Jedi were able to heighten Rey, re-energizing her weakened body long enough for her to brand a concluding stand against her grandfather. using both Skywalker lightsabers as a shield confronting Sidious' Forcefulness lightning, Rey used all of her remaining strength to redirect the Emperor's assail towards him, destroying his trunk in the process. Although the endeavour killed Rey, Solo sacrificed his life to revive her, an human activity which ended in his own death as the last Skywalker. After Solo became one with the Force, Rey retrieved the Skywalker lightsabers earlier leaving Exegol.^[7]

Burial [ ]

Following the defeat of the Final Order, Rey constructed a yellow-bladed lightsaber of her own utilizing components from her quarterstaff. Rey and then traveled to the Lars homestead on Tatooine where she laid the two Skywalker lightsabers to rest at the old moisture subcontract, wrapping them in cloth and burying them alongside the grave of Shmi Skywalker.^[7]

Behind the scenes [ ]

A Graflex flash similar to the one used for the lightsaber in the movies.

Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber in Star Wars: Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith was machined to look like Luke Skywalker'due south lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode Four A New Promise and Star Wars: Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Dorsum equally they are canonically one and the same.

The original hilt carried past Marker Hamill in A New Hope was made from the wink attachment of a Graflex 3 cell flash unit, a flash tube attachment used on forties-era press cameras, with the ridged grips made by gluing portions of difficult plastic T-runway used for chiffonier sliding doors (frequently mistaken for wiper blades) onto the blank cylinder, and the switch plate fashioned from the LED display of an Exactra xix or 20 calculator. A D-ring assembly was also added to the bottom.^[70] The lightsaber used in The Empire Strikes Back was once more based on a Graflex, but the 'T' tracks were instead screwed on and were just 6 instead of 7, the switch plate was replaced with part of a circuit board, the Graflex logo was covered with mylar record, and part of a Kobold camera flash was used to create the D-band assembly.^[71]

For Star Wars: Episode Seven The Force Awakens, 18-carat Graflex flash units were used to make the lightsaber props. They were based on a hybrid of the A New Promise and The Empire Strikes Back versions, every bit they feature the "glass eye" and "beer tab" height one-half parts from A New Promise, and circuit boards and 'T' tracks attached via screws lesser half from The Empire Strikes Back. To hide the Graflex logo, a "wrap" was created that covers about of the flash unit of measurement'south clamp. The clamp appears more golden colored in The Strength Awakens.

In the original script for The Strength Awakens, information technology was originally intended to begin the film with the lightsaber falling through space, tracing the history of where the lightsaber had been and explained how Maz Kanata acquired it, but managing director J.J. Abrams discarded the idea, teasing that it was a story which could be told later on.

On the lesser of the lightsaber the words "Made by the Former Graflex Corp" "Rochester, New York, United states of america" tin be seen.^[73]

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