SPECULATION Rey's Lightsaber?

I think it's about time we get something like that. The episodes in TCW and Rebels are great, but I think it's an important enough part of the mythos to come up in a film, too. Plus, each experience is pretty personally tailored to the Jedi, so even though we've seen crystal hunts before, we haven't seen Rey's crystal hunt, which is sure to be rife with prophecy and insight on the ST itself.

 

Cool, thanks for that. I probably should have just read the wookiepedia article instead of throwing out a random question in a thread though. Silly me.

Yeah, there’s a lot about Jedi ceremony and training that has only ever been eluded to that we haven’t actually seen. Something I had expected TCW to cover in greater detail, that Rebels may still. Getting it realized on the big screen would be way more gratifying though.

 

i'm wiping away the dribble here lol. yeah that would do for me

 

That would be so cool!

I also wouldn't mind it going darker, too. We could have visions of all sorts of sith and Dark Side users- Maul, Greivous, Palpatine, Vader, Ren... maybe even a vision of Revan, or more ancient sith (though, I'd still want it to somehow be personal).

 

Not necessarily as Force Ghosts, but other force illusions. There's a scene in Rebels that I won't spoil, but it's kind of similar to that. Also, there's been some speculation that the Dagobah Cave scene was also reminiscent of crystals causing force illusions.

 

That spot on Dagobah was said to be strong with the darkside. It would be odd for a Jedi temple to have a darkside presence. Although the one on Coruscant was built over a Sith shrine, so not unprecedented. Maybe wherever the Force resides, there's always light and dark together in some way?

 

Well she uses Darth Plagueis Saber as a staff. I say put crystals back in the Staff.

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Kylo should end up with one of Vader's Red Crystals/Sabers.

 

I think in TLJ she will definitely use the blue Skywalker saber. I do think there is a good chance in IX she has her own.

 

"This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight.Not as clumsy or random as a blaster (staff) .An elegant weapon for a more civilized age." Obi Wan Kenobi

 

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Look at those arms. It looks like she could kick 19 year old Luke's ass.

 

Ominous arms!!!

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For Rey, definitely Satele Shan's double bladed lightsaber. I watched that old republic game movie a million times, and non Star Wars fans ask me did you see that video?!? A million times...

 

Luke's single-bladed blue saber for sure. Not only as a weapon, but also sort of a symbol of her training. Anakin used it during his training, the Luke used it on his path to become a Jedi Knight, and now Rey is going to use it also when becoming a Jedi herself. The saber, just like the opening crawl, and the opening shot of a ship in each movie, will now likely become a tradition. Each main character will use it on their path to become a Jedi.

That being said, the single bladed saber is the only logical option. The poll choice " Rey remaster her staff and build her own double bladed lightsaber " makes no sense as a saberstaff/ doublesaber and regular staffs are two extremely different weapons, and here is why:

> The advantage of a staff over a main-hand only weapon is its length and the ability to 1) Hold it at the end, making it a spear-like weapon with further reach and 2) no sharp edges / blades, increasing its manoeuvrability and agility, as well as making complicated manoeuvres easier, as there is nothing you can cut yourself with, and hitting yourself in the side, which would be quite common due to the hind part most likely interfering with your manoeuvres, would not be lethal
>However, when using a saberstaff, advantage 1) of a staff ( i.e. using it as a spear, doubling its length) is completely gone, as you cannot hold it at its end without burning your hands off.
>Advantage 2) ( i.e. easier manoeuvrability due to no blades and therefore no risk of cutting yourself) also ceases to exist when using a saberstaff, as you can strike in less areas due to the fact that you have another blade dangling from the back, so if you try anything that results in you holding the blade perpendicular to your front ( e.g. striking downwards ), you will end up stabbing yourself. You also have to hold the blade to your side so that you have the secondary blade a safe distance from your own body.

 

She'll probably use Anakin's lightsaber for most if not all of the movie. Hopefully by IX she'll get her own unique one like a double bladed one based on her staff. And it sucks that we won't know what her own lightsaber looks like for another three years but imagine the feels when we've been waiting so long for a trailer for episode ix and we finally get one and the last scene of it is Rey igniting her new lightsaber. I think that would be pretty epic. Just like how it would be awesome if the first trailer/teaser for TLJ ends with Luke igniting his.

 

I would have to go back a reread his post but I believe he was arguing against turning the staff into a double bladed lightsaber not necessarily a traditional double bladed saber. Maul has already shown that to work but making her staff into a saber would be inefficient