Rey's lightsaber

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Rey's lightsaber was a yellow-bladed lightsaber that was constructed as a personal weapon by the Jedi Rey Skywalker during the First Order–Resistance war.

Description[edit | edit source]

Rey's lightsaber was built of salvaged materials from the maker's quarterstaff and a cloth handgrip. The weapon^[2] had a kyber crystal at its heart,^[4] and emitted a yellow-colored^[5] plasma blade when ignited. The emitter matrix on Rey's weapon featured a rotating gear-like mechanism, which caused the emitter of the lightsaber to open up and allow the plasma blade through.^[2]

History[edit | edit source]

During the First Order–Resistance war, Rey began to construct her own lightsaber with parts from her quarterstaff in her quarters at the base on Ajan Kloss. She was considering a hinged design with an emitter at either end, but decided against it after facing a dark vision of herself in the wreckage of the second Death Star.^[1] In the lead-up to the Battle of Exegol, the hand-made droid D-O rustled through Rey's workbench, almost disturbing the lightsaber, before being chastised by Rey's friend and fellow Resistance member, Finn.^[5]

After the Battle of Exegol, Rey traveled to the planet Tatooine. There, Rey unveiled her finished,^[2] single-bladed^[1] weapon after burying the two lightsabers of her mentors, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, at the ruins of the^[2] Lars homestead—the former place of residence of the Skywalker family.^[5] Shortly thereafter, she was approached by an old woman who queried her identity. With the blessing of Luke and Leia's spirits, the Jedi declared herself "Rey Skywalker."^[2] The lightsaber which she had created would honor the Skywalker legacy.^[5]