Kanan's lightsaber

"Look, I know you're not gonna believe me, but it's like this thing wanted me to take it." "You're right, I don't believe you. Now hand me the lightsaber."

- Ezra Bridger and Kanan Jarrus

Kanan's lightsaber was a two-piece lightsaber owned by Kanan Jarrus, a Padawan who survived the destruction of the Jedi Order. After the execution of Order 66, Jarrus&mdash;who was born Caleb Dume&mdash;went into hiding and kept his lightsaber hidden so he would not be identified as a Jedi and killed. He nonetheless secretly carried it with him everywhere he went, including on the planet Gorse and its moon, Cynda, during the conflict on Gorse.

Fourteen years after the fall of the Jedi, the lightsaber was discovered hidden on the Ghost by Ezra Bridger, an orphan from Lothal who was taken in by Jarrus and the crew of the Ghost. During the crew's mission to rescue Wookiee slaves from the spice mines of Kessel, Jarrus used his lightsaber and revealed himself as a Jedi to Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau, thereby giving the crew and the Wookiees a chance to escape Kessel. This action drew the attention of the Jedi hunter known as the Inquisitor.

The weapon has a blade length adjustment control. Rather than hang it on his belt by the belt ring, which would easily identify him as a Jedi, Jarrus stored it directly on his belt as two separate pieces, with the main body and grip of the hilt at the small of his back, and the top portion that produced the blade on his left side. Jarrus merely needed to insert the top portion into the main body and twist to lock them together.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Kanan
 * A New Dawn
 * Sabine's Art Attack
 * Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
 * The Rebellion Begins
 * Droids in Distress book
 * Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike