First, there were only two lightsaber colors. Heroic Jedi used blue blades while those on the Dark Side used red. Then, after Luke Skywalker lost his lightsaber in The Empire Strikes Back, he forged a ...

Where do lightsabers get their color in Star Wars? A lightsaber’s color comes from the kyber crystal within the hilt. The lightsaber’s blade takes on the color of the crystal within. A blue kyber ...

We’ve all wanted to have a lightsaber, no matter what age we are. But with so many colors to choose from, how do we know which one is right? Well, they each have a meaning. If you’ve ever seen or ...

Lightsabers come in all different shapes, colors, and sizes, but at the center of each one is a kyber crystal, which is what powers lightsabers and gives each one its unique glow. Kyber crystals are ...

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Star Wars and lightsabers go hand in hand. They're kind of like the space-weaponry equivalent of an electric guitar. While all lightsabers have the inherent capability to cause massive damage, they ...

Star Wars has one of the most legendary weapons in the lightsaber, but it’s not made of light or as George Lucas said “a laser sword.” But could their color tell us what it really is?

[George Hadley] developed a nice setup to control the color of a replica Lightsaber. A small PCB houses a PIC 18F2221 and three switching transistors for the colors. A powerful LED resides in the tip ...