Obi-Wan Kenobi's first lightsaber/Legends

Obi-Wan Kenobi's first lightsaber was the weapon Obi-wan Kenobi wielded during his time as a Padawan learner under his master Qui-Gon Jinn and as a Jedi Knight up until his capture on Geonosis were it was ordered to be destroyed by Count Dooku

Specifications
Relativley a simple weapon design based off his master's lightsaber and that of his friend's Quinlan Vos, Kenobi's weapon featured a solid hilt with acception of the cut out for the handgrip surrounding the Diatium power cell. The emitter barrel had all of the controls mounted on to it which included the activator, blade lenght and intensity control, and blade power adjust (on the rebuild), as well as the weapon's radiator grooves. This was separated from the body of the weapon by a cut-back, portion which also held the internal Adegan crystal. Immediately below was the main body with the ridged handgrip, which thickened near the bottom of the section where the charging port was,concealed by the belt clip. The pommel was a black sphere and housed the power cell reserve cap which had six evenly spaced protrusions around the pommel.

History


Created by Obi-wan Kenobi during his time as a Padawan learner that resembled his teacher's weapon as a mark of respect to his Master Qui-gon Jinn. and stayed at his side until his capture on Geonosis

Padawan years


It is possible that Obi-wan carried this lightsaber through most of his apprentice-ship to Qui-gon Jinn possibly as far back as the Stark Hyperspace War, However since Obi-wan carried another lightsaber that was given to him by the order in his days as a youngling at the temple, and that he used in his earlier missions with his master including duelling another of Jinn's pupils Xanatos on Bandomeer, it is unknown when this lightsaber was lost or destroyed so it is also unknown when Obi-wan created his first lightsaber before 32 BBY. It is known that the weapon was at his during the Invasion of Naboo, and used it to defend himself from, and destroy a squad of Battle Droids on the Saak'ak before being overwhelmed by droidekas. later in Naboo's swamp lands Obi-wan's saber burnt out on him when it made contact with the swamp's murky water while he was under attack by a pair of STAPs, when he reunited with Qui-gon, his master destroyed the flying troops and examined his student's lightsaber, he concluded it would soon be usable again and returned it to Obi-wan. After recieving transprort to Theed from the gungans, Qui-gon and Obi-wan saved Queen Padmé Amidala by jumping from a balcony to surprise attack her Battle Droid captures. After the discovery of Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine, and recieving orders from the Jedi High Council, Obi-wan and Qui-gon escorted Amidala back to Naboo and participated in the Second Battle of Theed, entering the hangar and destroying all the droids inside. When the group went to leave for the throne room, they found Darth Maul in the door way, the two Jedi instantly engaged the Sith Lord in a duel. Maul dominanted the battle, continually gaving ground to lead the two Jedi into a labyrinth of catwalks, where Maul had the chance to kick Obi-wan off the ledge making him fall several layers below and forcing him to drop his lightsaber, and by the time Obi-Wan caught up to the two combatants, he was imprisoned by laser barriers. This left Qui-Gon to deal with Maul on his own. When the lasers finally released Obi-wan managed to be one laser wall away when Qui-gon was impaled through the chest by Maul to Obi-wan's horror. when the fields deactivated again the Padawan, in a sea of hatred used a a voilant surge of strikes and blows, cutting Maul's lightstaff in two, while in a saber lock Maul Force pushed the enraged Obi-wan into the melting pit, grabbing a power node Obi-wan looked in despiration as the Sith Lord kicked his lightsaber down the endless shaft destroying it, and taunting him by striking the rim of the pit repeatedley. Obi-wan calmed homself though and used his master's light saber to destroy Maul.

Weapon of a Jedi Knight


After being promoted to Jedi Knight by the High Council, Obi-wan decided to rebuild his lightsaber after it was destroyed by Darth Maul, this lightsaber was almost exactly the same to the original except for a few minor detailes such as the blade power adjust controlled by a gold knob, also this Weapon would suit a different purpose instead of the the deadly weapon of Form IV: Ataru practices this Lightsaber would serve as a defensive tool of Form III: Soresu. This model stayed at Obi-wan's side for ten years and saw action during the Mission to Zonama Sekot, the Outbound Flight Project, the mssion to Mawan were yaddle sacrificed herself, his hunt for Zan Arbor and his mission to Ansion. Shortly after returning from Ansion, Obi-Wan and Anakin were to protect Padmé Amidala from assassins, after an attempt on her life. Through a ruse the Clawdite assassin, named Zam Wesell, was soon uncovered. Obi-Wan pursued her through the streets of Coruscant, finally trapping her inside the Outlander Club, Obi-wan "went for a drink" his apparent relaxation flushed Zam out who attempted to shoot him with her blaster, however efore she could pull the trigger he swung around and disarmed her by cutting her arm off. Unfortunately for the Jedi and for Wesell, the Clawdite soon became a victim herself, falling to the poisoned dart of a mysterious hunter in Mandalorian armor. The only clue to his identity was the dart that killed Wesell, a weapon of Kaminoan design.

When Obi-wan travelled to Kamino he was given landing permission at Tipoca City and warmly welcomed by Taun We and stated that the Prime Minister, Lama Su was expecting him. During the meating with the Kaminoan to Obi-wan's surprise master Sifo-Dyas had commisioned an army of clones to be created for the republic. After many enquiries about the clones Obi-wan discovered that the genetic template for the army was a Bounty hunter named Jango Fett. after a Brief meeting with the hunter it was revealed that Sifo-Dyas hadn't hired him at all, instead a man called Dooku had offered the job for him. After recieving orders from Jedi Masters Yoda and Mace Windu to arrest Fett for questioning, however the mandolorian had no intention of coming quietly, upon seeing Kenobi fett drew his WESTAR-34 blaster pistols and launched a devastating volley of blaster bolts that the Jedi narowly managed to deflect or dodge as the Bounty hunter fired up his jetpack, when Obi-wan rolled out of the way of some incoming shots, Jango retreated behind a near-by lighting pillar, leaving Obi-wan little idea of his where-abouts. Fett used his hiding place to his advantage firing a missile on the unsuspecting Jedi, causing Obi-wan to lose his grip on his lightsaber. Jango's son Boba Fett was in Slave 1's cockpit and used the ship's laser canons to attack Kenobi the shots missed, however the force of the explosions was enough to throw Kenobi across the landing pad. Jango reemerged from the tower and flew towards the Jedi, Obi-wan jump-kicked the mandolorian to the floor, disarming Fett of his pistols in the process. The two men now both weaponless engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the fist fight ended when Fett head-butted Kenobi, forcing him to the floor. Spotting his Lightsaber nearby Obi-wan used the force to regain his weapon, but Fett again activated his jetpack and launched a whipcord to bind Obi-wan's wrists together, and dragging him around the platform. Finally getting to his feet Kenobi wrapped the cord around an illumination tower causing Jango to be pulled out of the sky, grabbing for one of his near by pistols Fett fired at Obi-wan kicked him off the platform completely, realizing soon after that he was still tied to Fett (who had dropped his blaster)and was pulled off the platform too. Fett acted quickly, using his wrist blades to dig into the platform to slow his descent and allowing Obi-wan to slide off the edge. Still slidng, Fett disconnected the whipcord letting the Jedi free fall to his apparent death, in actuallity Obi-wan had flipped on to a nearby ramp and was now heading back for the landing pad while Jango boarded Slave 1. Kenobi arrived to see the ship taking off, finally rerieving his lightsaber, Obi-wan hurled a homing device at Slave 1 which immediatley attached itself to the ships hull, once the bounty hunter escaped, Kenobi deactivated his saber and left Kamino to track Fett. Obi-wan tracked Fett to Geonosis where he was captured by Geonosians and Battle droids, who confiscated his lightsaber. During the Battle of Geonosis he used a blue-bladed lightsaber that had been given to him by Nicanas Tassu. It is uncertain if Obi-wan recovered his lightsaber from the Geonosian catacombs after the battle or if he simply built another of the same design, but he would use this design of lightsaber until his promoion to Jedi Master.

Behind the scenes
There have been debates about Kenobi's lightsaber during Revenge of the Sith due to his appearance in the Clone Wars animated series. Some say he wields the same lightsaber in Episode III as he wielded in Episodes II and I. Kenobi constructed his final lightsaber during the Clone Wars; however, there are quite a few scenes in the Clone Wars animated series that show his lightsaber quite clearly, and the lightsaber is the same one he wielded during The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. It can be speculated that Kenobi lost that lightsaber during his imprisonment on Rattatak. Although some companies that make replicas, such as Master Replicas, use Kenobi's "final" design for the Revenge of the Sith model, other lightsaber replica makers claim that he wielded the same lightsaber in Episode III as in I and II. During the Revenge of the Sith movie, there are several scenes that show his lightsaber clearly, all of them showing his lightsaber resembling his final lightsaber, and there are no shots that show the same lightsaber he wielded in Episodes I and II. The lightsaber had exactly the same parts so they worked the same.