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After discovering she was Force-sensitive, Leia Organa Solo utilized several lightsabers through her career as a Jedi of the New Jedi Order.
History[]
Thrawn campaign[]
Her first lightsaber was created by herself while she was taught under her twin brother, Luke Skywalker.[1] During the Thrawn campaign in 9 ABY, it was used by Mara Jade to kill both Luuke Skywalker and Joruus C'baoth.[6] This lightsaber had a green blade.[2]
Dark Empire campaign[]
During Operation Shadow Hand in 10 ABY, Leia briefly used a 10,000 year old lightsaber that she got from an old Jedi Knight named Vima-Da-Boda.[7][8][9] On Byss, Leia used it to slice the hand off of an Imperial Sentinel before the resurrected Emperor Palpatine made it explode.[8] Aboard the Eclipse, Leia used a lightsaber of unknown origins to duel Luke, who had been mentally tormented into becoming the apprentice of Palpatine, until she convinced him to renounce the dark side.[10]
Duel with Beldorion[]
The color briefly became pale blue when she dueled and killed the fallen Hutt Jedi Beldorion with it on Nam Chorios in 13 ABY.[5]
Red lightsaber[]
In 18 ABY, Luke gifted her a second lightsaber that had a ruby-red blade that he built from scratch. The lightsaber is described as smaller than her previous one.[3]
Later career[]
While training under Saba Sebatyne, Leia's previous lightsabers were taken by her new Jedi Master, who told her that they did not reflect her skills anymore, and that it was time that she build a new lightsaber, one fit for a fully-fledged Jedi Knight. Leia had built a blue-bladed lightsaber that she used throughout the Swarm War and thereafter.[4]
Inconsistencies[]
While the text of Dark Force Rising specifically calls Leia's first lightsaber "green-white" in Chapter 24, as does the text of The Last Command in Chapter 27, and it appears as green in the fifth issue of the comic adaptation of Dark Force Rising and on the cover of The Last Command, it was depicted as blue in the sixth issue of the comic adaptation of The Last Command and is described as blue in Planet of Twilight.
Behind the scenes[]
When asked about what type of lightsaber she would like during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert when promoting her new book The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher said she liked the color purple.[11]
Appearances[]
- Heir to the Empire (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
"Leia's Lightsaber" — Heir to the Empire Sourcebook (also reprinted in The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook)- Dark Force Rising (and unabridged audiobook)
- Dark Force Rising 5
- The Last Command (and unabridged audiobook)
- The Last Command 6
- Dark Empire 6
- Planet of Twilight
- Ambush at Corellia
- Assault at Selonia
- The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught (Mentioned only)
- The New Jedi Order: Balance Point
- The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
- The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
- Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (Cover only)
- ° Star Wars: Legacy of the Force
- ° Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Heir to the Empire Sourcebook ("Leia's Lightsaber")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Dark Force Rising
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Ambush at Corellia
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Planet of Twilight
- ↑ The Last Command
- ↑ Dark Empire 3
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dark Empire 4
- ↑ Dark Empire endnotes (4th issue)
- ↑ Dark Empire 6
- ↑ Star Wars: What Color Lightsaber Leia Should Have, According To Carrie Fisher by Corey Chichizola on www.cinemablend.com (November 22, 2016) (backup link archived on November 22, 2016)