While you wait for one of the experts to chime in here, there may also be some helpful info re the colours of the lightsabers in the ‘Gadgets & Gizmos’ section under the ‘Original Trilogy Discussions’ part of An Index & Help Thread for Original Trilogy Discussion… - good luck with it, mate.
^ Edit: I’ve added some screenshots - and some other ramblings on the lightsaber colours in the GFFA over time…
The following screenshots are around 5-7mb per image - so I’ll just post the links to them - rather than embed all the images on here.
A few images from 4K77 (v1)…
Kenobi gives Luke the lightsaber: https://i.imgur.com/L8mELeV.jpg
Kenobi in the Cantina: https://i.imgur.com/I1Dv5Bb.jpg
Luke training on the Falcon 1: https://i.imgur.com/QWsI93g.jpg
Luke training on the Falcon 2: https://i.imgur.com/uubyFg8.jpg
Kenobi vs Vader 1: https://i.imgur.com/rp1gqBp.jpg
Kenobi vs Vader 2: https://i.imgur.com/VERJTqd.jpg
Kenobi vs Vader 3: https://i.imgur.com/uSA9rhS.jpg
Kenobi vs Vader 4: https://i.imgur.com/ajqjQRn.jpg
Kenobi vs Vader 5: https://i.imgur.com/ZhFnUeL.jpg
4K80 is still in beta…
tba - hopefully soon - 4K80 is on its 5th beta.
Instead, some screenshots from Harmy’s Despecialized 2.0:-
Luke in the Wampa cave: https://i.imgur.com/DwxoCbk.png
Han ignites Luke’s saber: https://i.imgur.com/xnd4MPX.png
Luke vs Vader on Dagobah: https://i.imgur.com/SDRg1r3.png
Luke in Cloud City cryo chamber: https://i.imgur.com/0TIuR41.png
Luke vs Vader 1: https://i.imgur.com/SPCftgR.png
Luke vs Vader 2: https://i.imgur.com/5cHxL7I.png
Luke vs Vader 3: https://i.imgur.com/q1deUuC.png
Luke vs Vader 4: https://i.imgur.com/UV68fvo.png
Luke defeated vs Vader 5: https://i.imgur.com/ghXvKvP.png
A few images from 4K83 (v1)…
Luke on Jabba Sail Barge 1: https://i.imgur.com/RitV2AM.jpg
Luke on Jabba Sail Barge 1: https://i.imgur.com/V64BiWN.jpg
Luke vs Speeder Bike 1: https://i.imgur.com/pB4bnQb.jpg
Luke vs Speeder Bike 2: https://i.imgur.com/5O0gs8s.jpg
Vader ignites Luke’s saber on Forest Moon of Endor: https://i.imgur.com/kg0tq6c.png
Luke takes and ignites his saber from the Emperor’s chair: https://i.imgur.com/eRZawC3.png
Vader blocks Luke’s attempt to strike down the Emperor: https://i.imgur.com/9PvS4Mk.jpg
Luke vs Vader 1: https://i.imgur.com/AhNvMCF.jpg
Luke vs Vader 2: https://i.imgur.com/zOeXn8l.jpg
Luke vs Vader 3 (Vader defeated): https://i.imgur.com/j6pKOGu.jpg
It may also be worth checking out the 4K97 preservations for examining lightsaber shots (+ other 1997 Special Edition projects).
and doubleofive’s quality Star Wars Visual Comparisons thread, his SWVC twitter account, and the SWVC website too.
A mini-index of this sprawling and waffling ‘info post’ on lightsaber colours…
• Screenshots of lightsabers appearing in the Original Trilogy films (in reply to theprequelsrule’s query - see above)
• Some waffling on about various lightsaber colours used in the OT-era + EU…
• A few decent explanations on the history of lightsaber colours…
• Vader’s blue lightsaber in ‘Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye’ (the 1978 sequel novel to Star Wars, by Alan Dean Foster)
• George Lucas on saber colours (filming AOTC): “Good guys are green and blue, bad guys are red. That’s just the way it works.”
• The High Republic
• Star Wars: Visions
• A few documentaries and specials on lightsabers in Star Wars
• A selection of youtube videos explaining the use of differing colours - and any ‘meaning’ given to them etc…
• Jedi who used red lightsabers…
• Some info and images on the many differing colours of lightsaber used by Leia over the years…
• Sith / ‘evil characters’ / ‘baddies’ / antagonists etc… who didn’t use red lightsabers
• Miscellaneous lightsaber images from the Original Trilogy - that may be of some interest
• A few of the many other lightsaber discussion threads here on the OriginalTrilogy•com
Roger Christian and the Making of Luke’s Lightsaber - 2021 article at Illusion Almanac
‘The two lightsabers used in the film were also built by Christian using found objects. “In this old photography studio, I found a box with a Graflex inside,” recalled Christian. “The Graflex was a press camera from the 1940s. You could bolt a flash on the side; it had a round chromium disc that made the flash really bright, and the handle had a red fire button. And that’s what became the laser sword. I just sat in my office with superglue, stuck a T-strip round the handle, put a D-ring on the end and stuck on bits from a pocket calculator. It was weighty and it looked beautiful. I think I made it for about £8.”’
Some waffling on about various lightsaber colours used in the OT-era + EU…
(Below are just a few examples; me going down a rabbit hole yet once more - and by no means an attempt at creating a complete list)
^ Jedi sabers at the marriage of Luke and Mara Jade, in Michael A. Stackpole’s graphic novel “Star Wars Union” (1999-2000).
Obligatory ‘Star Wars: Union’ wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Union
Luke Skywalker’s Wife Deserves Her Purple Lightsaber MORE than Mace Windu - 2023 ScreenRant article.
^ anyone can have a purple lightsaber, if they want… though despite the ‘X > Y’ title, the article features some some decent info)
Obligatory Mara Jade wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mara_Jade_Skywalker
Obligatory Mace Windu wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mace_Windu/Legends
^ Luke and his yellow lightsaber (now canon; if that type of thing is important to you etc)
• All 3 Of Luke Skywalker’s Canon Lightsabers Explained - ScreenRant article (2021)
• Luke Skywalker’s Yellow Lightsaber Becomes Canon - IGN article (2020)
• Star Wars Reveals What Happened to Luke’s Yellow Lightsaber - CBR article (2023)
Obligatory wookieepedia page on the subject: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Luke_Skywalker's_yellow_lightsaber
^ artwork from ‘Jedi Council: Acts of War 2’. The 2nd issue of the comic series, released 19 July 2000, by Dark Horse Comics.
Obligatory wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jedi_Council:_Acts_of_War_2
^ artwork from ‘Star Wars Tales #5’ (2000). The only blue lightsaber in sight is, ironically, Mace Windu’s.
Obligatory wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Tales_5
^ Plo Koon’s yellow and orange lightsabers (he also used blue and green sabers).
Obligatory wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Plo_Koon's_lightsaber/Legends
^ Corran Horn’s purple and silver lightsaber (a ‘dual-phase’ saber, from Michael A. Stackpole 1998 novel, ‘I, Jedi’).
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Corran_Horn's_lightsaber
^ Yoshi Raph-Elan’s orange lightsaber (in the 1998 comic issue ‘Star Wars 27’).
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yoshi_Raph-Elan
^ Master Bayts’ orange lightsaber (in the 2000 comic issue ‘Jedi Council: Acts of War 2’)
Master Bayts [cough - wink - cough] (Soon Bayts) wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Soon_Bayts
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jedi_Council:_Acts_of_War_2
A few decent explanations on the history of lightsaber colours…
Star Wars Lightsaber Colors Decoded, Following Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Disney Plus Show - a 2022 article at the CNet website.
^ ‘Blue, green, red, white, black, and more. Here’s your guide to the hues of an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.’
Star Wars: What Do Lightsaber Colors Mean? - a 2023 article at the ComicBook website
Star Wars lightsaber colors, explained - a 2015 article at the Vox website
9 Ways Lightsabers Changed After The Original Star Wars Trilogy - a 2023 article at ScreenRant
No, Lightsaber Colors Don’t Mean Anything & Here’s Why - a 2023 article at Comic Basics website
‘Lightsaber crystals’ wookieepedia page (canon & legends): https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lightsaber_crystal
‘Personal lightsabers’ wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Personal_lightsabers
^ If anyone has any better sources, or clear and concise alternative sources, please post them in here, below! 👍
Personally, I’m an old-timer OT fan who enjoyed much of the early EU content. For me, lightsaber colours have no meaning. The more colours there are in any of the Star Wars stories… and with the differing variants and designs of the lightsaber… the better.
Vader’s blue lightsaber in ‘Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye’ - the 1978 sequel novel to Star Wars, by Alan Dean Foster.
^ a screenshot from https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Splinter_of_the_Mind's_Eye#Vader_with_Blue_Saber?
A screenshot of Page 287 from the ‘Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye’ novel:-
Also from the 1978 novel ‘Splinter of the Mind’s Eye’, is the idea of lightsabers having the option of variable lengths:
^ wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Splinter_of_the_Mind's_Eye
George Lucas on lightsabers (filming AOTC): “Good guys are green and blue, bad guys are red. That’s just the way it works.”
When filming Episode II: Attack Of The Clones (2002) Samuel L Jackson asked George Lucas if he could have a purple lightaber…
Watch the Moment When Samuel L Jackson Asked George Lucas for a Purple Lightsaber in Star Wars - article at ComicBook
https://old.reddit.com/r/PrequelMemes/comments/f0z1i5/the_exact_moment_samuel_l_jackson_asked_george - 20 second video
^ Samuel L. Jackson didn’t ask for a ‘Pulp Fiction’ (BMF) engraving on his Star Wars lightsaber - article at Insider
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mace_Windu/Legends
The High Republic…
It is pleasing to see more varied lightsaber colours once again - in the canon The High Republic content (2020-2025)…
Star Wars: Every New High Republic Lightsaber (and Darksaber) Design, Explained - article at CBR
Star Wars authors explain all the new lightsabers coming to the High Republic - article at Dork Side of the Force
Why Star Wars Eclipse’s Jedi Have Different Lightsabers - article at ScreenRant
Why There Are More Lightsaber Colors in the High Republic - article at Star Wars Latin America
List of High Republic Lightsabers - article at the SaberSourcing website
High Republic lightsaber page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_High_Republic:_The_Lightsaber_Collection
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/High_Republic_Era
In the Young Jedi Averntures animated series, set in the High Republic era, it is good to see the differing colours of lightsaber on screen again too.
Yellow, pink, and purple sabers - as well as the more familiar green and blue sabers used in recent years.
StarWars•com article from 2024 - promoting new episodes for the Young Jedi Adventures series.
Star Wars: Visions…
Some welcome alterations to lightsabers in the Visions animated anthology series…
Is Star Wars: Visions canon? 5 ways it changes the rules of lightsabers - 2021 article at Inverse
Star Wars: Visions’ Imaginative New Lightsabers, Ranked - 2021 article at Gizmodo
Star Wars Visions Reveals A Red & Yellow Double-Bladed Lightsaber (& It’s Great) - 2023 article at ScreenRant
Star Wars: Visions Season 2 Has One Of The Best Lightsaber Duels In The Saga - 2023 article at SlashFilm
Star Wars Visions Season 1 Used a Frowned-Upon Lightsaber Technique - 2023 article at CBR
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Visions
A few documentaries and specials on lightsabers in Star Wars…
‘Star Wars: The Birth of the Lightsaber’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIefj6dOhnM - a 16 minute video, from the official Star Wars youtube channel.
The blurb: 'Star Wars creator George Lucas, actor Mark Hamill, and sound designer Ben Burtt discuss the concept and creation of the lightsaber.
George Lucas recalls that Star Wars was influenced by pirate and swashbuckling films of the '40s, which showcased the romantic side of fighting, illustrated in characters like Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood. With Jedi, who were heroes in this tradition, the director needed a weapon that would match their ideals. In a clip from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the lightsaber is introduced by Obi-Wan Kenobi, who says it’s “not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.” Thus, the lightsaber also became a symbol for more peaceful, honorable times, representing what the galaxy was like before the Empire. Originally, Lucas says, Jedi were meant to fight with just swords. But to give the weapon a technological edge, they became “laser swords,” able to deflect incoming fire – which made sense, character-wise, as Jedi were not meant to be warlike, aggressive fighters.
The choreography and duels started simple, but became more emotional and complex as the series went on. Mark Hamill states that Lucas originally envisioned lightsaber hilts as being very, very heavy, always requiring two hands. But with a desire to make the sword fighting faster and more intense, they slowly moved away from the two-handed form. The technology used to create the glowing blade of lightsabers also changed as the series progressed.
In rare behind-the-scenes footage from Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker battles Darth Vader, and Hamill explains that metal poles were required so that the actors could have a realistic battle. Otherwise, one wouldn’t know where to stop their hands and finish a strike.
Ben Burtt says that the lightsaber was the first sound he created for the film. Upon hearing the hum of an old film projector idling, he felt it was the perfect, saying it was “musical, in a way. ‘That’s probably what a lightsaber would sound like.’” Burtt wanted another element – the iconic whooshing sound – which he accidentally created through electronic feedback.’
'Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vGjNnZhJFI - a 23 minute video, from the ѪคD̷ ÐเǤꓨΣя youtube channel.
The blurb: ‘Hosted by Mark Hamill on December 15th, 2015’.
‘Star Wars: ‘Designing The Lightsaber’ Bonus Clip | Official HD’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZTZRGjjJJY - 68 second video from the official Star Wars Singapore youtube channel.
The blurb: ‘Roger Christian discusses how a Graflex handle (flashguns from vintage 1940s camera) became the inspiration behind the iconic Lightsaber. Watch more bonus extras in the Star Wars Digital Movie Collection!’.
'Dragon Con 2017: Shedding Light on Lightsabers - RetroBlasting Panel:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TB9BgeT04 - a 47 minute video, from the RetroBlasting youtube channel.
The blurb: ‘RetroBlasting teams up with Star Wars at DragonCon track once again to deliver a presentation about the history of the lightsaber within the Star Wars saga. We’re going across the galaxy to shed light on lightsabers in this DragonCon 2017 panel!’
^ Some quality information and insights into lightsabers in the Star Wars films and tv series (though mainly in the OT).
‘Star Wars Characters That Survived Brutal Lightsaber Wounds’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy_aDOrlnXM - a 3+ minute video, from SlashFilm.
The blurb: ‘Not as clumsy or random as a blaster, lightsabers are incredibly deadly … sometimes. Other times, getting sliced with a lightsaber is only a little more inconvenient than the world’s worst paper cut’.
(Poor Qui-Gon; whereas Maul, the Grand Inquisitor, Reva, and now Sabine - all survive being impaled by lightsaber - and recover even without the help of Rey using ‘Force Heal’ skills on Ben Solo. ‘Barely an inconvenience’…)
‘How to make a Lightsaber ( for Star Wars Day ) | I Like To Make Stuff’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0d-wT6YS4w - a 14 minute video, from I Like To Make Stuff.
The blurb: ‘I’m a huge Star Wars nerd, and so to “celebrate” May 4th, I buckled down and completed my lightsaber project. This project has been in progress for almost 2 years (on and off) and it was finally time to finish it up. It uses a Teensy microcontroller and a prop shield to play sounds, handle motion detection and drive a LOT of LEDs to create the blade. The lights animate up and down with button presses and the sounds react to on, off and swinging the saber.’
^ Also worth a look at - from the same youtube channel: ‘Can I Recreate the Original Star Wars Lightsaber?’ - a 13 minute video.
‘Adam Savage Builds His Own Lightsaber!’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=axiYo61XRRw - 86 minute video, from Adam Savage’s Tested.
The blurb: ‘Adam makes a lightsaber of his own design, machining a beautiful hilt of aluminum to encase around a neopixel-based Pixel Core electronics kit. From the ornate emitter shroud to the painstakingly knurled hand grip, this project is both a labor of love for Star Wars and also a milestone in Adam’s machining journey. The finished hilt is magnificent!’
A selection of youtube videos explaining the use of differing colours - and any ‘meaning’ given to them etc…
Anakin Skywalker’s Lightsaber was PINK in the Original Star Wars Comics - 6 minute youtube video; from Star Wars Comics
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Marvel_Comics
EVERY SINGLE Lightsaber Type And Variant Explained [Canon + Legends] - 24 minute youtube video; from Vader’s Fortress 2
All 14 Lightsaber Color Meanings Explained + [Legends + Canon] - 24 minute youtube video; from Vader’s Fortress 2
EVERY SINGLE Lightsaber Crystal Explained [Canon + Legends] - 34 minute youtube video; from Vader’s Fortress 2
EVERY SINGLE Lightsaber Type/Variant Explained! - 14 minute youtube video, from Red Five
Star Wars Lightsaber Commercial (Kenner, 1978) - 30 second youtube video, from Sinjin Django
Best Kenner Star Wars Action Figure & Toy Collection Catalog Guide! - 28 minute youtube video, from GQ Jedi. (inc saber info)
The Complete History of Kenner’s Star Wars Figures - 35 minute youtube video, from Carbon Scoring. (inc saber info)
The First Lightsabers - Star Wars Canon vs Legends - 5 minute youtube video, from Star Wars Explained
The Origins of Lightsabers That Could Change Color - 48 second youtube video, from Star Wars Explained
Was Luke’s lightsaber originally BLUE in Return of the Jedi? - 3 minute youtube video, from HelloGreedo
Why There Are More Lightsaber Colors in The High Republic - 20 second youtube video, from Star Wars Explained
What Are The Rarest Lightsaber Colors? - 50 second video, from Star Wars Insider
Why Were PINK Lightsabers So Rare And What Was Their Meaning? - 1 minute youtube video, from Vader’s Fortress 2
Why Palpatine Feared Jedi with Yellow Lightsabers (Sentinels) - 50 second video, from The Stupendous Wave
Why Palpatine FEARED Jedi With Yellow Lightsabers The Most - 7 minute video, from The Stupendous Wave
Why Jedi Temple Guards Use YELLOW Lightsabers! - 40 second video, from Red 5 Star Wars
Why Were Orange Lightsabers So RARE? - 4 minute youtube video, from Vaders Order
Dave Filoni just explained the Orange Lightsabers… - 71 second youtube video, from EcksClips
Imperial Knights (Legends) - Star Wars Minute - 80 second youtube video, from Star Wars Explained
All Lightsaber Fights from Visions (season 1) - 10 minute youtube video, from Eddys Scene Gallery
Lightwhips and Electro-Whips in Star Wars Canon and Legends - 3 minute youtube video, from Star Wars Explained
Did You Know the Darksaber Almost Didn’t Exist - 35 second youtube video, from Star Wars Explained
Star Wars Explained’s youtube playlist for ‘lightsaber colors + meanings’
^ There are countless lightsaber youtube videos out there; hopefully the above may be some of the more ‘clear & concise’ watches.
Jedi who used red lightsabers…
• Did Any Jedi Use A RED Lightsaber? - 40 second youtube video, from Vader’s Fortress 2
• Which Jedi Knights Used Red Lightsabers? - 2020 article from May 4 Be With You.
• an image gallery of ‘Jedi who used red lightsabers’: https://imgur.com/gallery/7LuDIrF
In the 2014 comic “The Star Wars”, based on George Lucas’ original 1974 draft for Star Wars, the featured Jedi used red sabers:-
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Star_Wars
^ A’Sharad Hett and his father, Sharad Hett, both used red lightsabers.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Escape_of_A'Sharad_Hett
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Sharad_Hett
^ Depa Billaba also used a red lightsaber (among other colours).
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Depa_Billaba/Legends
^ Adi Gallia also used a red saber as well, although it was not her primary saber.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Adi_Gallia/Legends
^ Aayla Secura using a red lightsaber.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Aayla_Secura/Legends
^ Even Piell also used a red lightsaber at times.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Even_Piell/Legends
^ Yaddle using a red lightsaber (vs an Akk Dog).
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yaddle/Legends
Luke’s Secret Red Lightsaber - a 50 second youtube video, from EckClips
^ Luke wielded a red shoto (a short lightsaber), along with his regular green saber. Leia wielded red lighsabers too on occasion.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Luke_Skywalker's_shoto
(see below for Leia wielding lightsabers)
Some info and images on the many differing colours of lightsaber used by Leia over the years…
https://starwars.fandom.com/ru/wiki/Световые_мечи_Леи_Органы-Соло (red, blue, green, yellow, + more…)
^ Tsuyoshi Nagano’s portrayal of Han and Leia’s in the Japanese cover for NJO: ‘Star by Star’, part 1.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_New_Jedi_Order:_Star_by_Star
^ The ‘Ruby Blade’ became Leia’s main lightsaber in the Yuuzhan Vong War.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yuuzhan_Vong_War
^ the red lightsaber Luke gave Leia in the Corellian Trilogy books.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Corellian_Trilogy
^ the yellow lightsaber Leia used in the Callista Trilogy of books.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Callista_trilogy
^ the green lightsaber Leia used in Dark Empire.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Dark_Empire
^ the blue lightsaber Leia used in The Rise Of Skywalker (Leia also used blue sabers in Dark Empire, and The Swarm War).
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_IX_The_Rise_of_Skywalker
^ Early concept art for The Rise Of Skywalker film had Leia wielding a purple lightsaber.
ScreenRant article: https://screenrant.com/star-wars-rise-skywalker-art-leia-purple-lightsaber
'Carrie Fisher recently did an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in order to promote her new book The Princess Diarist. When asked about what type of lightsaber she’d like, she revealed the following: “Purple. That’s in the book, too.” - 2016 CinemaBlend article
Just a related titbit…
^ In Star Wars Volume 2, issue 12 (2015) - ‘Luke Skywalker vs Tusken Raiders’… Han, Chewbacca and Leia all wield sabers.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_(2015)_12
Sith / ‘evil characters’ / ‘baddies’ / antagonists etc who didn’t use red lightsabers…
^ Exar Kun and his blue double-bladed lightsaber (“I was the greatest Dark Lord of the Sith. I am Exar Kun”)…
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Exar_Kun/Legends
^ Lumiya and her yellow lightwhip.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lumiya
^ Ulic Qel-Droma and his yellow saber.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ulic_Qel-Droma/Legends
^ Grievous - with the lightsabers of fallen Jedi that he added to his collection…
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Grievous
^ Freedon Nadd’s short orange lightsaber.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Freedon_Nadd
^ Galen “Starkiller” Marek in The Force Unleashed videogame (I & II, plus books, comics and assorted merchandise).
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Galen_Marek
more info on the ‘The Force Unleashed’ video game story being considered canon + part of the main saga by George Lucas himself:-
The Force Unleashed | Lucasfilm’s 2007-2010 EU multimedia project - OT•com info thread
^ Ajunta Pall double-bladed sword.
^ Ajunta Pall dual orange sabers.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ajunta_Pall
^ Karness Muur and his yellow lightsaber.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Karness_Muur
XoXaan and her yellow saber (pictured left).
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/XoXaan
^ Darth Krayt and his green and red sabers.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Darth_Krayt
^ Celeste Morne and her yellow lightsaber.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Second_duel_on_unidentified_desert_moon (Rebellion #16 - 2008 comic)
^ Asajj Ventress and her yellow lightsaber.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Asajj_Ventress/Legends
^ Revan with purple lightsaber.
wookieepedia page 1: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Revan's_lightsaber
wookieepedia page 2: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Revan's_Sith_lightsaber
^ Darth Sidious used a blue lightsaber in Dark Empire (1992) - when fighting Luke and Luke’s red lightsaber.
wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Palpatine's_blue-bladed_lightsaber
^ Aayla Secura duelling Aurra Sing on Devaron.
Obligatory wookieepedia page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Aayla_Secura/Legends#Mission_to_Devaron
An honorary mention to Palpatine in Revenge Of The Sith - using “your Jedi weapon”…
As a few other members on here have posted over time, given Palpatine’s obvious disdain for the Jedi lightsaber in Return Of The Jedi… is was quite the surprise to him wield one, his own saber, and then easily taking out 3 Jedi with it, in ROTS:-
^ Personally, I find it a pity it was red. I felt that, like Grievous did, Sheev would have used the lightsaber of a fallen Jedi he’d previously slain - rather than a random generic red lightsaber of his own.
Miscellaneous lightsaber images from the Original Trilogy - that may be of some interest…
^ Luke’s lightsaber in Return of the Jedi being blue (changed to green as blue was difficult to see against the blue sky)
^ Return of the Jedi - Deleted Scene: Luke’s Lightsaber - constructing his green saber; 2 minute youtube video.
^ Luke and Vader spa off in Return Of The Jedi (pre-Special Effects)
^ Luke and Vader spa off in Empire Strikes Back (pre-Special Effects)
Note: in the novelisation of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, on Page 145, where Luke enters the cave on Dagobah, the description is…
“Out of the darkness, a light appeared — the blue flame of a just-ignited laser sword.” - Vader’s lightsaber is blue.
^ Dave Prowse and Alec Guinness on-set filming their on-screen duel, in 1976.
^ Dave Prowse and Alec Guinness practice for their on-screen duel, in 1976.
^ Star Wars lightsaber concept art - by Ralph McQuarrie (1975; Deak Starkiller duels with Darth Vader)
^ Star Wars lightsaber concept art - by Ralph McQuarrie (‘stormtrooper lightsaber’; in early drafts non-Force users had sabers too)
Personally, no more of this - below. Please…
…and more imagination, emotion, weight and resonance, to scenes featuring a lightsaber being used. Though, that’s just me.
The creatives of the various Visions animated anthology stories managed to accomplish that - surely modern live-action SW can, too?
A few of the many other lightsaber discussion threads here on the OriginalTrilogy•com…
• What methods were used in coming up with the choreography of the lightsaber duels? (2020 thread)
• another example of Lucas changing things to appeal to a new generation - lightsaber dueling styles of OT vs PT (2010 thread)
• Original Trilogy: Luke’s lightsaber color (2015 thread)
• Confused about O-OT Lightsaber Colors (2012 thread)
• OT lightsaber colours (2019 thread; and some waffling on about the various colours used across the OT & Expanded Universe etc)
• Original colour of Luke and Obiwan’s lightsabres (2011 thread)
• what is the real blue color of the lightsabers cyan or dark blue? (2017 thread)
• The Curse of the Blue Lightsaber (2004 thread)
• Multiple Lightsaber Colour Appreciation Thread! (2012 thread; with images for many differing saber colours over time)
• Best (and worst) lightsaber colour? (2016 thread)
• Best (and worst) lightsaber design? (2016 thread)
• the lightsaber (2018 thread)
• lightsaber ambient light (2011 thread)
• Lightsaber Goofs… (2006 thread)
^ There are likely more lightsaber discussion threads in the Lightsabers category, of the ‘Gadgets & Gizmos’ section, in An Index Thread for Original Trilogy Discussion.
As well the topic of lightsabers likely occurring in the ‘Jedi’ category, of the ‘The Jedi & Sith; The Force - Light & Dark Side, in between, and the mystery…’ section, in An Index Thread for Original Trilogy Discussion and An Index Thread for General Star Wars Discussion, and the ‘Life & Lore in the Star Wars universe…’ section, in An Index for General Star Wars Discussion.
