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Anakin Skywalker's first lightsaber

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This article is about Anakin Skywalker's first lightsaber. You may be looking for his second lightsaber, or the lightsaber he later used as Darth Vader.
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There are two conflicting sources for this article: Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know and Obi-Wan and Anakin 2.

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"This weapon is your life."
―Obi-Wan Kenobi[1]

Anakin Skywalker's first lightsaber was the first lightsaber owned and built by Anakin Skywalker. It had a blue plasma blade, chunky controls, and thick ridges on the handle.[6] While Skywalker was fighting his way through Poggle the Lesser's battle droid foundries on Geonosis, his lightsaber was destroyed by a mechanical cutting arm. Shortly thereafter, the First Battle of Geonosis occurred, effectively starting the Clone Wars.[1] Sometime prior to the Battle of Christophsis, Skywalker built himself a new lightsaber.[7]

History[]

Construction[]

Sometime prior to 29 BBY,[2] Padawan Anakin Skywalker would travel to Ilum where he would construct his very first lightsaber.[3]

Training sessions[]

"He may be good with a lightsaber, but that doesn't mean he'll make a good Jedi."
―A Duros Jedi[2]

Following the construction of his lightsaber, Skywalker would return back to Coruscant where he would participate in saber training sessions. In one particular session, Skywalker would alter the appearance of a Jedi training droid to mimic the appearance of Darth Maul and his double-bladed lightsaber. Utilizing all his skills, Skywalker would emerge victorious by bisecting the droid in half with his lightsaber.[8]

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Behind the scenes[]

Anakin Skywalker's first lightsaber first appeared in the 2002 canon Star Wars film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.[1]

Sources are inconsistent regarding when Skywalker first built his lightsaber. He used his first lightsaber throughout the Marvel comic mini-series Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin, when he was twelve years old.[9] However, both Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know and its updated edition state that he built the lightsaber on Ilum at age fourteen.[10][3]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide states that Anakin Skywalker was born 41 years before the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 0 BBY, meaning he was born in 41 BBY. Since Skywalker's earliest known use of Obi-Wan and Anakin 1, in which he was 12 years old according to Obi-Wan and Anakin 2, he had to have created it by 29 BBY.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Lightsabers: A Guide to Weapons of the Force
  5. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII.png Kyber Crystal (Lightsaber Crystal) in the Databank (backup link) ("At the heart of every Jedi lightsaber is a kyber crystal...")
  6. ↑ Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
  7. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
  8. ↑ Obi-Wan & Anakin 1
  9. ↑ Obi-Wan and Anakin 2
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
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