I have mentioned before that I was a bit disappointed that the Skywalker saber did change at all, really, despite TLJ creating the opportunity for Rey to build a saber of her own. Since we can’t give her a new lightsaber, I thought it would be interesting if broken crystal resulted in some kind of visual effect that paralleled the instability of Kylo Ren’s cracked crystal. But instead of it being fiery and unstable, it could pulsate rhythmically. This is sort of an example of what I was thinking. This first test is really subtle, maybe too subtle, but I think it gives the saber a living, breathing quality to it.
I like the idea of changing the saber, and that’s a nice idea, but unfortunately I think it’s too subtle, in part because it sort of just resembles the OG lightsaber effect.
Something more out there would be nice. I also think it’d be cool if when Rey gives Ben the saber if it goes back to normal.