Glowrod/Legends



"What’s the difference between a lightsaber and a glowrod? A lightsaber impresses girls!"

- Jacen Solo

The glowrod (also referred to as a glowtube, glowlamp, light stick, chemlight or glow stick ) was a device utilized for the purpose of producing light. Glowrods created a beam of light illuminating up to 10 meters. There were two varieties: those that produced light using chemical phosphorescents and those that used a portable power cell. The latter could be hooked up to a generator for indefinite light generation. The standard glowrod weighed roughly 1 kilogram and cost 10 credits.

It was a standard issue item given to stormtroopers. They also came in versions that could be switched to ultraviolet.

A glowrod could be modified so that it flickered instead of emitting a constant light so that it would resemble the flickering of torchlight.

The Chemlight was activated by breaking the stick in half, providing two lights.

The Glo-Long company was widely considered the finest manufacturer of glow sticks in the galaxy.

Behind the scenes
Glowrods seem to be Star Wars Universe-adaptations to real-world flashlights and glow-sticks.