Hi everyone!

I have one canon questions about lightsabers.

I always though that lighsaber color comes from the crystal, but, since the canon revision I found something interesting in SW main webpage. They eliminated all non canon entries (only wookieepedia links remains).

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I wouldn't read too much into it.. So kyber crystals color is now chosen by the player when they build the saber. Don't see how that's bad in any way. As for bonuses from specific crystals, you're gonna have to wait for f&d. We don't even know if crystals can be changed or what they'll do.

I like this idea for a plot moment in a SWRP game. It would allow the GM to have the player chose its color.

Mechanically, lightsaber color can be a very trivial thing, but letting the player pick a cool color would go an easy way to make that player happy and have the character feel more special to him/her.

Not sure but this reminds me those "karma/aura" stones that suposadely reflects peple soul XD

Jedi tend to be blue, green and yellow because they are alligned to light side. This is only applied at the creation, if a Jedi like Anakin falls in the Dark Side the saber doesn't revert to red automatically, probably he have to create another one to resintonize his/her new "aura". Of course there is a wide variety of tones and pigmentations between those ones.

When Anakin as Vader created his new one, probably the blade was red.

And if do you ask about Windu's lightsaber... there are two possibilities: the "warrior/belicist" attitude make him a mixture between blue and red (purple). The second one is that Samuel L. Jackson asked George Lucas if he can wear a cool purple lightsaber XDDD http://screencrush.com/star-wars-samuel-l-jackson-purple-lightsaber/

All this theories are based on canon + speculations.

Opinions?

Ideally the Crystals should give the color. But before AotC there was only three colors until Samuel Jackson wanted a funky purple lightsaber.

But really, let the player choose whatever normal color they want, try to stick with simple primary or secondary colors (ROYGBIV)

Yep, I always though that color come from crystal but, after reading the Star Wars Encyclopedia, it seems than colour comes from attuning, because previously it has no color A lightsaber crystal is colorless until first attuned and connected to a Jedi -- at which times it glows either blue or green, or in some rare instances, another shade.

As I commented, maybe an "aura thing"?

Ilum or Adegan crystals as they were referred to in my old Guide to the star wars universe which was what we had before Wookieepedia (third edition for those of you who are curious) does not mention blade color at all. However, don't disregard the announcement as per Disney a week or two ago about the Legend line of everything post RotJ. This means that the Clone Wars is still viable and that in turn should mean the DH comics done in regards to the Clone Wars and everything before Episode 1. They also said they were supporting the video games which include the current SW:TOR where you can get crystals of almost any color and variety of boosts from the crystal to help in that game. So I am thinking that FFG is going to stick with that instead of the above. Though this may change since we do not really witness the construction of a lightsaber in the movies. They may introduce it from 7 on.

I kind of like the idea of this and perhaps it is a matter of perception. If you think about it by the time of the Clone Wars with the exception of Mace everyone had either a blue or green blade. Maybe because of the way they were raised and taught about the force influenced this color choice. However, if I go back to CW cartoon there is the Darkblade which is a lightsaber with a black blade no matter who is wielding it. So this leads me to the question of how long does the attunement last? Does it ever go away? As I said I think they are going to stay with the color crystal = color blade. That does not mean that if your player wants you deny them you just make them work for it. Jacen Solo's blade is from a crystal that was scooped out of the Yavin gas giant, Luke's was a synthetic, Obi-wan's was probably an Ilum, and Corran Horn had at one point and time a diamond in his multiblade lengthed lightsaber.

You don't need a jedi to beat a jedi, you need the right tools, a solid plan, and a little luck.

However, don't disregard the announcement as per Disney a week or two ago about the Legend line of everything post RotJ. This means that the Clone Wars is still viable and that in turn should mean the DH comics done in regards to the Clone Wars and everything before Episode 1. They also said they were supporting the video games which include the current SW:TOR where you can get crystals of almost any color and variety of boosts from the crystal to help in that game.

Actually, everything EU has been temporarily axed from the current canon - even TOR. The only things that presently remain (until something from Legends/EU get referenced somewhere) are the 6 main movies and Clone Wars.

The the true answer to fighting a Jedi is to nuke it from orbit. It is the only way to be sure.

The the true answer to fighting a Jedi is to nuke it from orbit. It is the only way to be sure.

Funny, the Battle of Geonosis in Ep II showed us that incompetent droid blaster fire did the job pretty well en masse.

As far as determining the color of a lightsaber, unless a source notes that it's specifically from the movies or the Clone Wars TV series, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in it as being the "official" answer.

Personally, I'm sticking with the notion that for most Jedi, it's blue or green because that's what the caves at Ilum produce. The Sith get red because they use synthetic crystals, though Luke also used a synthetic crystal and got a green blade. Mace either did a synthetic crystal himself to get a purple blade, or else used a non-Ilum crystal (I believe he used a hurrikan crystal according to a Clone Wars comic that as produced well before the TV series). The yellow crystals that were tied to Sentinels in the KOTOR games were probably Adegan crystals, which I think could be of just about any color.

With Ezra of the Star Wars: Rebels series undoubtedly going down the path of the Jedi, I'm sure there's room for discussion about why a lightsaber blade has a given color.

As far as determining the color of a lightsaber, unless a source notes that it's specifically from the movies or the Clone Wars TV series, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in it as being the "official" answer.

Personally, I'm sticking with the notion that for most Jedi, it's blue or green because that's what the caves at Ilum produce. The Sith get red because they use synthetic crystals, though Luke also used a synthetic crystal and got a green blade. Mace either did a synthetic crystal himself to get a purple blade, or else used a non-Ilum crystal (I believe he used a hurrikan crystal according to a Clone Wars comic that as produced well before the TV series). The yellow crystals that were tied to Sentinels in the KOTOR games were probably Adegan crystals, which I think could be of just about any color.

With Ezra of the Star Wars: Rebels series undoubtedly going down the path of the Jedi, I'm sure there's room for discussion about why a lightsaber blade has a given color.

Been thinking about this. The whole crystal color is what the Jedi wants is from starwars.com though. I'm guessing its referring to that episode of clone wars where the younglings have to find a crystal. In that episode the crystals are clear (one kid thinks an ice crystal is his crystal until it melts) but when they finally make their sabers they are blue and green.

Looks like this one is probably canon.

As far as determining the color of a lightsaber, unless a source notes that it's specifically from the movies or the Clone Wars TV series, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in it as being the "official" answer.

Personally, I'm sticking with the notion that for most Jedi, it's blue or green because that's what the caves at Ilum produce. The Sith get red because they use synthetic crystals, though Luke also used a synthetic crystal and got a green blade. Mace either did a synthetic crystal himself to get a purple blade, or else used a non-Ilum crystal (I believe he used a hurrikan crystal according to a Clone Wars comic that as produced well before the TV series). The yellow crystals that were tied to Sentinels in the KOTOR games were probably Adegan crystals, which I think could be of just about any color.

With Ezra of the Star Wars: Rebels series undoubtedly going down the path of the Jedi, I'm sure there's room for discussion about why a lightsaber blade has a given color.

Been thinking about this. The whole crystal color is what the Jedi wants is from starwars.com though. I'm guessing its referring to that episode of clone wars where the younglings have to find a crystal. In that episode the crystals are clear (one kid thinks an ice crystal is his crystal until it melts) but when they finally make their sabers they are blue and green.

Looks like this one is probably canon.

I just watched that episode last night, and to me all the crystals had color until the crystal was harvested then it became clearish. It seemed more to me when light was striking it, there was color when it was flat against your hand and light really wasn't going through it it was clear. Sort of like a prism effect. The episode also seemed to imply the crystal was attuned to the jedi in advance of finding them, as two jedi younglings could be looking in the same spot and only one would see the crystal to others it was just the ice in the cave.

I kind of prefer the color and potential abilities being part of the crystal as it can lead to quests for specific crystals.