A protosaber is a corded, archaic, single-bladed lightsaber design from Star Wars Legends. Protosabers, which are used during the Old Republic era, are the first known lightsabers. Like later lightsabers, the protosaber contains a kyber crystal inside the hilt and the hilt emits a plasma blade. Unlike later lightsabers, the protosaber requires the use of … Read more
Blade flicker is a visual effect that simulates a flame-like unsteady flare or lively glimmer in a lightsaber blade. Unstable blades, like the blades on the Kylo Ren lightsaber or the Dark Rey folding lightsaber, exhibit blade flicker. A flicker may range in speed and depth. For example, a flicker could appear fast and chaotic … Read more
An accent LED is a supplemental, decorative LED that animates and enhances the appearance of a lightsaber hilt. Common examples of accent LEDs include:• an illuminated AV switch• crystal chamber• small lights on an activation box or touch switch• small lights inside a reveal lightsaber Accent LEDs are a popular, optional garnish to a lightsaber … Read more
An electroluminescent blade, often called EL blade for short, is a lightsaber blade type utilizing an electroluminescent (EL) sheet or wire that runs the length of the blade. The EL sheet or wire is housed in a diffuser tube inside a polycarbonate blade tube. The EL sheet or wire illuminates the lightsaber blade. An EL … Read more
Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge kyber crystals are small, plastic crystal-shaped pieces equipped with an RFID chip. The kyber crystal RFID chip determines a Savi’s Workshop lightsaber blade color and unlocks character dialogue in a Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Jedi Holocron and Sith Holocron. Each kyber crystal only unlocks one blade color and one set of … Read more
Icons Authentic Replicas, Inc (ICONS) was a California based company that produced high-end Star Wars prop replica lightsabers and miniatures from 1996 to 1998. The Star Wars props and miniatures were officially licensed by Lucasfilm. In total, ICONS produced three different designs of 1:1 scale lightsaber prop replicas: Darth Vader (ANH), Obi-Wan Kenobi (ANH), Skywalker … Read more
A curved-hilt lightsaber is a lightsaber hilt with a slight bend in its design, allowing the wielder to maneuver with a high level of precision and finesse during lightsaber combat. Since the hilt design lends itself to lightsaber combat, the curved-hilt lightsaber is sometimes referred to as a dueling lightsaber. Due to the bend in … Read more
An Inquisitor lightsaber is a specialized double-bladed spinning lightsaber used by Inquisitorius, a group of Jedi-hunting dark side adepts that serve the Empire. The Grand Inquisitor, along with other members of Inquisitorius, are the only known users of the double-bladed spinning lightsaber. A wielder could activate an Inquisitor lightsaber as a single-bladed lightsaber (called crescent … Read more
An aux switch, or auxiliary switch, is a secondary switch on some custom lightsabers that activates an audio or visual effect. By comparison, the activation switch, or main switch on the lightsaber, turns on and turns off the lightsaber. The aux switch is commonly located below the activation switch on a lightsaber, but may be … Read more
Disney released startling promotional footage of a seemingly Dark Side Rey wielding a double-bladed collapsible hilt lightsaber in August 2019. Two months later in October 2019, Hasbro has yet to release a Dark Rey collapsible hilt lightsaber or even a Dark Rey action figure. Here’s why toy giant Hasbro may NEVER release a Dark Side … Read more
