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SPECULATION Lightsaber Crystals

Discussion in 'Star Wars: Rebels' started by Kyber, Oct 20, 2016.

  1. GingerByte

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    Technically it does considering Ian McDiarmind uses Anakin's saber in the fight with Mace Windu :D. I thought you'd know that my lord :p.

    They need to fix that with CG.
     
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    That was because the movie was filmed with the intention that Anakin was talking to Palpatine when Windu arrives and Anakin tosses his saber to Palpatine.
     
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    You know what's funny about partially what you said in this post? Earlier in 2015, I had written a short story that takes place in the star wars universe about Mace Windu and Quinlan Vos as Jedi Younglings doing their trials together. In the story, a side storyline about them during the main story is that Mace steals a corrupted, purple crystal from the hutts while rescuing a non-fs who is working with them on a mission.
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    Wait when :confused:?
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    ?
    Yep, sort of like how anakin and obi wan look like theyre using each other's sabers on Mustafar...right?
     
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  4. GingerByte

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    Pay attention to the Palpatine/ Windu duel. After he ignites his saber, he uses Anakin's the rest of the fight. It is grey with black instead of black and gold like the one that came out of his sleeve.
     
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    You mean the handle, right?
     
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    Yes, the handle.
     
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    I don't mind the new canon explanation of Kyber Crystals. I do have two questions though:

    1> If the Death Star was powered buy Kyber Crystals, why is the beam GREEN?

    2> How can the Darksaber be BLACK?
     
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    Possibly a intimidating colour & the darksaber powered back a black kyber crystal, here read about on it.
    http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darksaber_(lightsaber)
     
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    OK, here a question to you all: What would be the color of a lightsaber if a balanced force being such as the Bendu would build one (just a hypothetical question)?

    I personally would use a malachor type, longer cross guard lightsaber as that’s the type of melee weapon I’m familiar with in usage. For the color, put me in camp green, same as the Death Star.
     
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    Having read the first post and not the rest of the thread, I wanted to give my reply without the context of discussions or other tangents that might be in the thread and answer some of the questions in @Kyber's post, though not in order and in a less organized manner.

    In the new canon we now know that all lightsaber crystals are Kyber Crystals. Knowing this, and how the younglings make a pilgrimage to find their crystal, I would say that the color ends up not meaning anything, other than that each Jedi has some mystical force connection to it. This differs from legend where the crystal could denote you job or specialization in the Jedi Order.

    So, because of what we know, I would speculate that when you see a Jedi or other force user with a lighstaber that is a color other than red, blue or green, that that force user found a peculiar and rare crystal the same way a youngling might find theirs, a force connection. To tell you the truth, I think the hilt of the lightsaber tells you more about the personality traits of a particular jedi more than the color of the blade. The hilt can also tell you other things. When Luke built his green saber, it was under very austere circumstances, and the utilitarian design derived from Obi-Wan's journals tell that story.
     
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    Nobody said there was a force user involved or needed it could be just a technical design. What is the color of the beam;)?
    [​IMG]
     
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    Lucas told Filoni once "don't let canon be in your way of telling a great story."
     
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    If I remember correctly, kyber crystals don't generate energy, they only amplify it. A power source is still required to feed energy into the crystal. The colour of the Death Star's laser is most likely that of the energy source, as kyber is transparent.
    Yes, but Yoda was receiving a glimpse of his future. It's very clear that other Skywalker line is that of Yoda in ROTJ, which refers to Leia.
     
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    Of course the "other" is our beloved fallen princess!(leia)
     
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