Bleeding

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Bleeding was the process that a dark side adept used by way of the Force to bend a kyber crystal to their will. Any kyber crystal could be bled by a Force user, including one's own (for example, if they were a former light side practitioner and kept their lightsaber). However, some Sith believed that the proper method was to take a kyber crystal from a Jedi's lightsaber and bleed it.^[4]

The process was accomplished by the individual pouring rage, hate, fear and pain into the crystal via the Force until the crystal changed, resulting in the crimson-bladed lightsabers associated almost exclusively with dark side adepts. Since kyber crystals were inherently aligned with the light side of the Force, they usually attempted to resist the forced corruption; when Darth Vader first attempted to bleed the green crystal within Jedi Master Kirak Infil'a's lightsaber, he experienced intense light side Force visions which nearly drove him insane.^[3] Vader later traveled to Galen Erso's Office on Coruscant, where he found a stash of kyber crystals left behind by Galen Walton Erso, and bled them.^[5]

It was possible to "heal" the effects of bleeding on a kyber crystal by using the light side of the Force, thus changing the crystal's color again^[6]. Ahsoka Tano performed this on the Sixth Brother's lightsaber during an encounter with him, and in this case turning the crystals white.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

In Star Wars Legends, Jaden Korr changed a red synthetic lightsaber crystal into a yellow one; the process was called cleansing.^[7]

AppearancesEdit

• Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 1 (Mentioned only)
• Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 2 (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
• Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 3 (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
• Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 5 (First appearance)
• "Darth Vader and the Weapon of a Sith"—Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection (Indirect mention only)
• Darth Vader Annual 2
• Ahsoka (First mentioned)
• "Gaze of Stone"—Myths & Fables (Mentioned only) (Appears in flashback(s))

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
• Star Wars Lightsabers: A Guide to Weapons of the Force (First identified as Bleeding)
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
•  The Force in the Databank (backup link)

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