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Star Warsreveals that lightsabers could be easily sabotaged in the Galax urceolata far , far away . As see in the canonic comics issue by Marvel , Luke Skywalker meets with a kyber watch crystal expert inbetweenEmpire Strike BackandReturn of the Jedi , commit the young Jedi on the way of life to progress his very own green - bladed lightsaber as seen in the final original trilogy picture . However , Luke also learned how erratic lightsabers can be if handled wrongly .
After misplace both his hand and his Church Father ’s lightsaber inEmpire Strikes Back , Luke Skywalker eventually finds a yellow - bladed lightsaberthat once belonged to a Jedi Temple sentry duty . However , it began malfunctioning after Luke ’s lightsaber abide some damage . Although the inexperienced Jedi tried to repair it himself , it was only with the assistance of Doctor Cuata thatLuke Skywalker gained key perceptivity about lightsaber construction(and just how near he was to blowing himself up in theStar Warstimeline ) .
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It’s Easy To Sabotage A Lightsaber… If You Know How
One Simple Change Can Turn Lightsabers Into Secret Bombs
consort to Doctor Cuata , a kyber specialist who worked on theDeath Star projection with Galen Erso , the quasi - eccentric Pantoran reveals that Luke ’s tampering with his temporary lightsaber could have stimulate some tangible damage . plainly , it ’s quite gentle to reverse a lightsaber ’s emitter matrix by mistake . This one slip could end up turning a lightsaber from an elegant blade symbolizing peace and security to a underground and incredibly destructive dud in the work force of the unaware .
In Luke ’s defensive structure , the unseasoned Jedi was never educate in the finer points of lightsaber construction . After all , most of his education in between film was self - taught thanks to Jedi text and a holocron he ’d manage to recover . This is why Doctor Cuata is such an invaluable bearing during Luke ’s ongoing journey to becoming a Jedi , offering critical guidance and even thegreen kyber vitreous silica Skywalker will finally useto work up his new lightsaber onwards ofReturn of the Jedi .
This Would Surely Be A Trick The Sith Would Love
The Sith Only Wielded Lightsabers To Mock The Jedi
That being said , one can imagine that the aforementioned inversion mistake would be a lightsaber trick the Dark Lords of the Sith would greatly enjoy , particularly Emperor Palpatine . After all , Palpatine was of the mind that theSith had grown beyond the motivation for lightsabers , the only reason they cover handle them coming from a desire to bemock the Jedi with the kyber they ’d debase and bled , often coming from the lightsabers of Jedi they ’d slain in battle .
Seeing as how Palpatine had agents embed within the Jedi Temple itself before fiat 66 , one can imagine that it would have been easy to have the emitter matrices of multiple Jedi lightsabers reverse , turning them into secret turkey to blow up and presumptively wipe out their wielders once activated on the front lines of the Clone Wars . While it would have in all likelihood resulted in Palpatine ’s plans being compromised , the hypothetical use of this obscure trick in theStar Warscanon is still intrigue all the same .
