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- "I'm not a good teacher today. And besides, you should go back to the younglings. Give them another session with the training blades."
- ―Luke Skywalker, to Ben Solo
Training lightsabers, also known as youngling lightsabers, practice sabers, or training blades, were non-lethal training implements[7] used to practice lightsaber combat. Training lightsabers of various kinds were most often used by Jedi younglings[1] in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant[2] before they underwent the Gathering[8] and built a weapon of their own.[1] These range from very simple wooden swords[5] to small lightsabers of limited power and thus limited danger.[1] It was also possible for normal lightsabers to be tuned down so they could be used in this fashion.[9] The Jedi training droids had training lightsabers for lightsaber combat.[10][11]
During the High Republic Era, training sabers were used in conjunction with training tunics for Jedi Padawans to practice dueling. Training sabers were sufficiently low-powered so as not to be lethal or risk dismemberment, but still powerful enough to cause pain if a sentient was struck with one. The training tunics were white and sensitive to heat, and direct hits from a training saber would show up as a scorch mark.[12]
During the Age of the Empire, some lightsabers like Kanan Jarrus' lightsaber and Ezra Bridger's lightsaber had a low-power setting to avoid injuring sparring partners during practice. In this setting, the blade had a different shade of blue, and the weapon vibrated at a slightly higher pitch.[13]
With the restoration of the Jedi Order during the New Republic Era, training lightsabers were reintroduced at the Jedi Temple of Luke Skywalker on Ossus.[3] Padawans Ben Solo and Voe trained with wooden swords during the early days of their apprenticeship under Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.[14] By 21 ABY,[15] Skywalker had delegated the task of supervising younglings, who trained with practice sabers, to his senior pupils including Solo.[3]
Appearances[]
Sources[]
Jedi Order in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) (First identified as training lightsaber)- Lightsaber in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 5 Databank A-Z: Barada–Depa Billaba (Picture only)
- Star Wars Expert Guide (First identified as youngling lightsaber)
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- Star Wars Lightsabers: A Guide to Weapons of the Force
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 72 Helmets: Pilot/Training Helmet (First identified as training blade)
- Rise of the Separatists
- Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
- Star Wars: The Mini Book of Lightsabers
- Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection
- Jedi Temple Location Gallery in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Jedi Order in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Shadow of the Sith
- ↑ Rise of the Separatists
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Star Wars Rebels — "Trials of the Darksaber"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Star Wars Lightsabers: A Guide to Weapons of the Force
- ↑ The High Republic: Convergence
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Gathering"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "The Mystery of Chopper Base"
- ↑ Obi-Wan and Anakin 1
- ↑ Darth Vader (2017) 3
- ↑ The High Republic: Out of the Shadows
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "The Mystery of Chopper Base"
- ↑ The Rise of Kylo Ren 3
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Shadow of the Sith to 21 ABY.