SPECULATION Who Inherits Anakin's/Luke's lightsaber

I'm wondering if the blue saber, since it called to Rey, somehow precludes her having to make one of her own. If so, then I think it will be Rey training with Anakins, and Luke wields his green lightsaber.

If Ben ends up with the blue lightsaber, I think it will actively try to influence him back to the light side.

 

I think this idea sounds awesome. It would be a simple but ultimately big plot twist.

 

but then any other saber would have done the job, like an old lightsaber from Obi-Wan. But instead it is the Skywalker family lightsaber, that belonged to Luke and his father before him. Now it belongs to you Rey Sky....

 

Not actually. If Crystals themselves need to be restored frequently and Luke lost that saber decades ago, I'll be not surprise if someone used it before.
That lightsaber never called Luke, but called to Rey [and Ezra was attracted to Kanan's lightsaber, the crystals can call someone who has no connection with the previous owner]

"Kyber crystals choose Force users and present themselves to their desired owner"

Spoiler: Ahsoka book

the new Ahsoka's Crystals belonged to an inquisitor but she can have a bond with this and the red color leaves them and they become white.

 

Well said Jeff.

 

that's an interesting theory, but I wonder why Rey needs to construct a new one if the Bespin saber is not lost in a fight? And how does it end up with Leia? Is it lost, or given to Leia?

 

Great drawing!!!

 

Rey will use it. It's the handing down of Excalibur. It wouldn't make sense for the hero of this trilogy not to have that weapon.
Throughout TFA we are shown that the Skywalker saber calls to her.
Finn uses it but gets beat both times and it falls from his possession.
Kylo tries to grab it but it goes to Rey instead.

I don't know if something is happening on a Force level there, but it's most certainly symbolic of the fact that Rey is the hero and she must take Excalibur and go on her journey.

I'm not sure about the whole crystals thing. It sure sounds like they're going in that kind of direction when you look at all the new canon stuff. However, I would be cautious not to make Star Wars too mystical. The Force was a very simple idea. Lucas threw out the original idea behind the kyber crystals for a reason. However, i shouldn't condemn it too much before seeing how it plays out. I just think it best to keep it simple and have it that the Force guided Rey to the saber because it is her destiny to find Luke and become a Jedi. Do we need all the stuff about crystals connecting with people?

 

I would really love to see a lightsaber being constructed onscreen. We only got a glimpse of it in the cut scene of Luke from ROTJ. But for this Rey must lose the saber somehow.

 

yeah and this would be nice little surprise if Leia decides to become a Jedi in this trilogy. So a little more into the direction of a Jedi order, the more Jedi the better.

 

Does she have to construct a lightsaber from scratch or just understand the workings of it?
Perhaps Luke deconstructs his old saber and then Rey has to rebuild it?

 

This depends on the things Luke has with him on Ach-to to construct a new one. Maybe they could do it Mac Gyver style and construct one while on a mission or on the run from FO/KoR.

Would be funny if Luke has his saber deconstructed while the KoR arrive.

 

If Ach-To is indeed the planet on which the first Jedi temple was built, I'd think it would probably have a wealth of kyber crystals naturally occurring. Perhaps that's what Luke is truly guarding? If so, we could definitely see Rey build her own. But something tells me that she will keep the blue LS, at least for the majority of episode VIII.

 

Yep the creator which is not me has a great vision of the hopeful future.

 

it also means a new force fx lightsaber. I doubt they will miss it, but it may be for IX, like Luke has his own in ROTJ.

 

But what is the difference between Rey putting together Luke's completely dismantled lightsaber and putting together the pieces and crystal of a completely new one?

 

i know it's just us fans that crave it.. but surely.. at some stage we're gonna see a Jedi constructing their own lightsaber in a live action film?

the fact that Anakin's blue saber 'called' to Rey i very much imagine that she will use it for the time being... but i drool over the prospect of seeing her making her own one as part of training.

you also have to take merchandising into account here. If Rey was to construct her own unique.. say.. double bladed yellow lightsaber it would be win-win for just about everyone.