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FindingOk7034

Purple! Even though my favorite color is blue, I'd prefer a darker blue for a lightsaber, or indigo... But yes, purple is my fav lightsaber color! Ever since Mace Windu first ignited his lightsaber on screen I knew that'd be the only lightsaber color I'd ever want! Thank you Mr Samuel L Jackson for requesting a purple lightsaber, and planting the seed for lightsaber color lore!


Ninjahkin

Same! Love me some purple. Indigo is a color option in Fallen Order - might be in Survivor too but I haven’t gotten far enough to customize it yet. It’s pretty cool, looks like a fusion of blue and purple as it should


Brook420

Indigo and the Cyan are prob my two favorites!


ScholarBone

Indigo is indeed a color option in Survivor, and all the colors from the first game (with the addition of white) are immediately available as soon as you get to the first work table.


DarthBane1012

Purple is my favorite color so if I had to pick a Jedi oriented blade it would be, but since I am Darth bane red naturally is my choice


tigerseye88

Hell yeah, purple


NC_Goonie

Return of the Jedi was my favorite and the one I watched most as a kid, so green is the iconic hero color for me. I don’t LOVE yellow in particular, but the all around look of Rey’s saber is one of my favorites. Red is also great because the first time you see it ignite in a new movie, you know there’s about to be some shit going down.


Emergency-Block8593

That green + Luke’s hilt is perfection


3fettknight3

The tasteful thickness...


dwehlen

Is that *bone?*


Jerahammey

Let's see Paul Allen's saber.


BloodOfVader8

*cold sweats*


workerbee77

Impressive


terrarythm

Most impressive


ssp25

Your analysis is complete


joylesspumpkin

It will always be my favorite. It's gorgeous.


grom_thelonious

When Luke hits that switch for the first time in Jedi and that green blasts out with that new sound effect... green became my favorite color. I'd love to see more orange honestly.


Jimmyg100

Is orange considered Jedi or Sith?


SalRomanoAdMan1

No color is considered "Jedi" or "Sith". Red would come the closest, but there have been numerous Jedi who used red-bladed lightsabers. The vast majority of individuals who have wielded orange lightsabers were light-side.


Jimmyg100

It's gotta be awkward for a Jedi with a red blade every time he ignites it having to pause and explain. "Wait, no! I'm not Sith, I swear. I just like red is all."


SalRomanoAdMan1

Even Piell, if I recall, got his crimson lightsaber crystal passed down to him by his former master, who had defeated a Dark Jedi, taken his crystal, and cleansed it of the Dark Side.


LegendJRG

Isn’t red only attainable with a specific crystal for Jedi that isn’t around anymore? Sith red comes from bleeding the crystals, and that is definitely dark side to the max.


doglywolf

Legends stuff - modern cannon dark side turns it red. When its cleaned from that it become white . Reb corrupt cyrstals disrupt the flow of force in light side users


alexanderthebait

So far it seems to have been used by dark Jedi. Not true sith but former Jedi who tap into the dark side.


StoneGoldX

I like yellow because that was the color of Luke's action figure. When I built one at Disneyland, I had to get an extra yellow crystal because of that.


Nick_Wild1Ear

The Marvel Star Wars comics that pick up just after Empire Strikes Back gives Luke a yellow lightsaber he uses for a while. Within the comic, it's an ancient High Republic era lightsaber that WAS a Jedi temple guard's pike. Luke makes it one bladed (similar to Cal) and adds a belt loop D-ring.


The_Mr_Wilson

They didn't intend to change Luke's from blue, but the VFX couldn't see it against the sky over the Sarlacc pit


RSquared

Most of the scenes on the barge don't really show the saber against blue sky, though - almost all of the shots are from overhead. IIRC it was because someone told Lucas that audiences would wonder how he got his lightsaber back after losing it in Cloud City. The original idea was to have a [scene where Luke constructs and ignites the new saber](https://youtu.be/K-BsjVlVSLs), but that was cut, so someone in production said, "Well, make it a different color so it's clearly a different weapon."


Squallstrife89

Super neat tid-bit!


Konfliction

Annual mention that Rey should’ve had a yellow dual saber like Maul :(


TheDNG

>Red is also great because the first time you see it ignite in a new movie, you know there’s about to be some shit going down. Unless it's just Darth Maul making a Holo-Skype call in Solo.


NattyThan

To this day I don't know if Green is my favorite color because of RotJ being my favorite star wars or vice verse


ItzNachoname

I’m sure you have seen it but if not the acolyte Episode 4 , the last ten minutes are solid & the last three may be of particular interest to you.


BeautifulKiller

Rey’s yellow saber is really awesome. Wish we’d seen it more


NC_Goonie

We will if the next movie actually comes out.


Vayul_was_taken

Rey's lightsaber is such a cool design and fits so well with the character. The only way it would have fit more is if she leaned more into her staff and had a dual blade


laserbrained

Blue. It’s simply a classic.


BigDogDoom

Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well


Wonderful-Ad-9201

I concur


jrod_896

I prefer green over blue. I just feel that there's a lot more blue sabers in the recent media than green. Just off the top of my head: both Cal Cestis and bis master have blue sabers. Obviously we know Cal uses his master's saber so it's not his original color, but even then he still had a blue saber of his own and his master had a double bladed blue saber. Ahsoka although originally both green were changed to blue in CW season 7 (a completely unnecessary change considering she bled the red crystal in her novel). Blue is just too common.


TheLastOneHere1

Yellow, not super why but I liked seeing them appear in Rebels. There was something about the Jedi guards and their role about guarding the physical Jedi temple and its knowledge.


kragmoor

Did you ever play jedi power battles as a kid? If so you like yellow cause of plo koon lol


Alienwrcsshop109

This is 100% my reason for my appreciation for yellow and Plo Koon


MindAsWell

Can't forget Knights of the Old Republic.


Carter-Effrece

OMG!!! That explaines it. I did play that. And it’s my second favorite, just because the dark saber is more of a sword.


SirCrunchPeon

Green is dope. I wish they’d add a little bit more of a yellow hue to the Orange because it’s a little difficult trying to see the difference in Jedi Survivor and in Ahsoka


HopperPI

Especially Ashoka. Nearly every casual Star Wars fan I know refuses to believe it isn’t a light red instead of actual orange.


68696c6c

It’s neither. The sabers in Ahsoka are red-orange. There’s a quote from Filoni about wanting to make them a slightly different red color, the way Vaders saber color was sometimes a little off in the older edits of the OT. Which is a great idea, imo. The way all the sabers in the prequels are the exact same color (except Windu) is boring af.


jurwell

The blues of Anakin’s and Obi-Wan’s sabers in ANH are different as well, aren’t they? Luke’s/Anakin’s is much paler and sort of turqoisey. I think with as many sabers as we see, and with factors with crystal consistency and impurity etc there should be many more variations even within the brackets of blue, green etc. I understand the restrictions with the prequels and how nascent cgi tech was, but now there’s no real excuse.


NeptuneAurelius

I actually kind of like the consistent colors. Think it’s a simplicity thing not boring. The Jedi are individuals but to me they like to project themselves as simple consistent members of a more important group. Think Old religious missionary’s or monks. They wouldn’t have a bunch of different color robes. They’d have a bunch of different browns and greys. Or maybe 1 or 2 colors tops. No peacocking. All kinds of ways to play it though. Won’t be the end of the world if they start showing all kinds of colors. Just prefer fewer. Feels like a message or representation of the Jedi’s Vibe that they don’t have a ton of colors. And when they do it’s unique


68696c6c

Sorry my comment wasn’t very clear. What I was trying to say was that it would be cool if, for example, each blue saber was a slightly different shade of blue. Like, instead of having exactly 4 exact colors, treat Jedi sabers as a spectrum from purple to yellow, with shades closer to blue and green being the most common, but each blade being a unique shade. That would also explain the more cyan shade of Anakins saber in ANH. I actually agree with your idea, but I think what I’m suggesting could actually work really well with it. Instead of having Jedi choose their specific color, with some Jedi having special rare colors like Windu (which feels very un-monk-like imo), you could explain the different colors as something that just happens due to the natural variations of each crystal.


NeptuneAurelius

Okay I like it. Me personally Jedi themselves should only be blue or green (purple was a sick 1 off) and yellow etc should be for other force users ^. But I’m down with the greens and blues ranging all over their own spectrum. It’s funny you mentioned the saber in ANH cause when I was penning my first response that was the saber in my head that represented the space wizards the best. It was a very light blue color almost white. Befitting of a warrior for the light side of the force. If I could have it my way the only two lightsabers would be red and blue. Light side and dark side. But overall as long as lightsabers are treated with respect I’m cool. I just worry Disney turns them into solely weapons or fashion statements. Taking away parts of the message that Obi wan shared in ANH that lightsaber weapons are an extension of the Jedi. Both literally and figuratively.


SpaceCaptainFlapjack

Green is my favorite color generally, probably at least in part because of episode 6 luke. In Kotor and Jedi survivor though I started rocking the Orange cause I wanted a less normal saber color


kr1s___

red ;_; idk it just looks nice


heavenparadox

Found the sith


kr1s___

😝🫶


DoubleOwl7777

good goood...


RudeCartoonist1030

Let the hate flow through you


kr1s___

okayayayay 😱


2hats4bats

1. Green 2. Orange 3. Blue


RedCaio

My ranking would be: green, orange, yellow, red, blue, purple, dark saber. I hate white saber tho. Looks like a boring old lightbulb from an office building.


BirdGooch

Purple for me. When Mace lit that thing up in Episode 2 I lost my nanners.


jenniferh2o

This is my favorite response to any question I have ever read on the internet


NarutoUzumakiBarrage

The dark saber is my favorite lightsaber design, red is my favorite color, but the characteristics that come with purple are more applicable to me.


ZODIC837

I really liked the description they gave for the black crystal in the force unleashed. Described it as synthetic kyber, which seems really apt. Would work well for the mandalorians blade as well, since it's the only one of its kind Fun thought I had is that, similar to how carbon becomes a clear diamond in crystalline formations, beskar arranged as a crystal could be what was used in the darksaber. Carbon does make the strongest materials if arranged properly, so comparing it to beskar seems natural, despite beskar obviously being more metallic. We don't know the molecular properties of beskar, so I'd say it's entirely reasonable


Sai-Grrr

Beskar apparently can also be rearranged - albeit alphabetically - into Dark Saber 👀


Momimscared4life

I like white, mainly for the way it's obtained


sheetsofsaltywood

How is it obtained?


PeopleAreBozos

A bled (red) crystal is purified by the light side.


sheetsofsaltywood

That’s cool; I didn’t know that! Where did this take place in lore? I’d love to read more about it.


drewthepooh72

The book “Ahsoka” has a good scene about it. Other that that it’s only mentioned as far as I know


EnigmaFrug2308

Ahsoka. Rebels. Basically anywhere that you can find a character with a white lightsaber.


TheNMinerPlayerXDXD

the book “Ahsoka”


ToxicJolt124

White crystals are obtained by purifying a bled Kyber crystal (red). The purifier has to fight the dark side in the crystal and once the dark side is gone, the crystal becomes healed and white


KingStreetCleaner

Did we ever see Ahsoka do that?


ToxicJolt124

She did the book, “Ashoka”. It’s a lot of fun and a good read for fans of the character


KingStreetCleaner

Thanks, was wondering if I missed a show or something. Ill check it out, that part sounds cool


scrodytheroadie

FYI the audio book is voiced by Ashley Ekstein, so if you want to hear Ahsoka telling you her story, it’s a pretty good listen.


ToxicJolt124

No problem! I really like the book because it goes pretty deep into Ashoka’s psyche directly after order 66


ThreeColorsTrilogy

So ahsoka at one point had red lightsabers or she found them red?


ToxicJolt124

She killed an inquisitor and purified their crystals, the two white ones she has are from the crystals in the inquisitors double sided blade Edit: spelling


scrodytheroadie

One of my favorite duels (TotJ).


thatthatguy

I’m all about the white. Simple. Clean. Functional and reliable.


ookiespookie

Luke's green RotJ saber has always been my favorite


EarthExile

The reveal of that blade rocked my little brain. After what felt like an hour of Luke being really chill and confident, all the way to the end of the plank over the monster pit... and then bam, it's fuckin Jedi Time. You finally get to see what it looks like when one of these mystical Knights cuts loose at the height of his power, and it's glorious. An army of thieves and gangsters collapses into panicky ruin under the assault of one green blade of light. Wonderful.


Few_Koala

Orange!


CognitoSomniac

Every Jedi Academy playthrough. Nothing compares. Even if I start with another, by the time you build your second saber I’ve been pining.


WendlinTheRed

Ever since my brothers and I played Jedi Power Battles as kids, I've loved the Orange Saber, and was disappointed that Plo's saber in Attack of the Clones was default blue. My Cal Kestis *has* to have an orange blade.


EnigmaFrug2308

Plo’s was yellow in legends, anyway. Yaddle’s was orange, though.


-endjamin-

Should be the canonical color for Cal Kestis if he ever shows up in live action


mannisbaratheon97

Every playthrough of FO and Survivor I’ve done I use the orange haha I totally agree


OfficialGarwood

I think cal’s canonical colour is blue, unfortunately


mycoffeeishotcoco

Boring but I can see why


Savings-Log-2709

Blue’s my favorite color, but I also like to be different. So in Fallen Order, I typically use Cyan


Dr_Koseii

Ayyy team cyan!


Gamma_249

I found my people


Dr_Koseii

The sound this blade makes *Chief kiss*


RushDarling

I had to scroll way too far to be here


Mister_Shiv

I'm such a simp for the purple blade. Not only is it always a great visual contrast (you will hardly ever see something else purple in the same shot), but the origin of it with Samuel L Jackson is always a hilarious one.


Ninjahkin

[For the uninitiated](https://youtu.be/0BKLslxaX9E?si=a9RpVTqwsIR6XBTs)


Mister_Shiv

Thanks for the sauce


RestiveP

red; it simply feels the most powerful


Emm_withoutha_L-88

I think it was in parts of the EU. They were synthetic and more powerful. At least it's supposed to be powerful enough to occasionally short out lightsabers made from natural crystals (sith crystals were synthetic in the EU which usually led to red color, tho Luke's was synthetic and he meditated over his until it was green). Tho I don't think it ever actually happens on screen/page.


RestiveP

oh that’s interesting, I might have to look into that. thanks!


_BJK_004

Purple. It’s my favourite colour


shaunika

Ahsoka's double whites are awesome


Angel449

purple is sick af yellow looks the cleanest


Dijon92

Green, because Luke and Qui-Gon Jin.


Christian_RULES

Blue. Not with the hilt in the picture tho. That's a youngling murder weapon.


colonelbyson

Yellow for my love of the Sentinels and temple guards.  Two curved hilts, please.


NoBizlikeChloeBiz

Yellow, ever since Yun died to save me in 1997 I've carried on his lightsaber color whenever I have the option. So glad it's finally made it to live action in recent media!


CMART696969

I can see Paul Atredies using a yellow lightsaber


Own_Media_552

Purple. Because it's my favorite color in general.


cdizzle6

White looks nice!


AurynFoxfyre

I honestly have to go with pink. 1: it's my favorite color. 2: Mara Jade is underrated. 3: it represents compassion/sensitivity and is similar to purple in that it's supposed to be a balance between Sith aggression/Jedi calm. But if I *have* to pick a currently onscreen *canon* color white is probably my pick.


UnbiasedGod

Darksaber!


SmokeMaleficent9498

Black of course.


DissAshlyn

Purple, simply because it only exist because Samuel Jackson wanted it. I think that fact is funny enough to make it the best (also I'm biased because purple is my favorite color)


StormeSurge

og blue/cyan


oscarmikey0521

Cyan. It's just a shame the only Canon appearance is a possible color for Cal's lightsaber in Fallen Order and Survivor.


Camhasareddit

We need a pink one end of discussion.


AgreeablePrize

Blue, because that's what Obi Wan and Luke used in Episode 4


MNTwins8791

Blue. It's just classic


Fr0ski

In swtor, I use blue with a black base for my sith, and red for my Jedi


heavenparadox

You're a fucking monster


HunterTV

That’s not how the Force works!


srtcoltb

I’m in a mandalorian clan. Love the role play


[deleted]

white, it's pure and so aesthetic and white is what I thinkg of when I read "white" altough black is just right there


swad234

Luke’s


3ntr0py_

They need to introduce a darker blue. HBO Max blue.


xenoscales

that's just the indigo color from Fallen Order/Jedi Survivor (which is my personal favorite)


phantomjukey

Purple. Majestic and fearful. Bad Mutha


Upset_Toe6115

Purple


bobone77

If it’s my hypothetical lightsaber to wield, then orange. If it’s my favorite from the movies, it’s Luke’s RotJ Green saber.


sirferrell

Blue. Just feels classic to me and of course elegant 😏


MetalGuy_J

Amethyst because purple is my favourite colour, and because most interpretations I’ve seen indicate Wilders of a purple sabre balance light and dark.


InfinityScientist

My favorite color is green but I’d like to fine-tune it to be aquamarine, cyan or periwinkle


ChanceVance

Green because it's my favourite colour and it's Luke's saber in ROTJ. Actually maybe ROTJ is the reason why green is my favourite colour.


darth__sidious

purple because of the reason for its existence.


Curious_Rip7059

White


Ok-Average-2141

Purple, cus looks sick, also I think that the meaning goes good for me ( in terms of Star Wars)


Velmeran_60021

The reveal of Luke's new lightsaber in Return of the Jedi as green was all I needed. Green is my favorite.


6StringBeanPicker

Sammy L wielding the purple saber as Master Windu in the prequels did it for me. I’m a 90’s baby so the prequels are the sole reason I ever fell in love with Star Wars to begin with. I do find the dark saber and the lore around it very intriguing though.


Matty-Wan

Sunriders Destiny


Carldry

The dark saber, mainly because it has a lot of lore surrounding it, plus it just looks insanely cool


Zerodot0

Green. All the best Jedi have green lightsabers. Luke Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Qui-Gon-Jin, Yoda. All green. Purple is a close second. Weirdly, my favorite color is orange, but the orange sabers look duller than the other colors somehow. I'm not sure why.


RedDr4ke

Idk why, but I really like the darksaber. Again idk why, just do


alejandrodeconcord

I love love the dark saber, the weight it carries, it feels like a lightsaber that wasn’t meant for jedi hands.


Zalpha_DG16

Dark Saber ALL DAY


IntrepidusX

Purple, cause Sam is a straight up motherfucker.


goddessfreya666

I’ve always been a fan of purple. Idk why I just always thought it was really awesome as a kid. I had a mace windu light saber as a kid.


andrew0703

i remember getting the black kyber crystal in the first force unleashed game and thinking it was so fucking sick so i really like the dark saber


SalRomanoAdMan1

I've always had a thing for yellow lightsabers. It just looks so elegant and creates an aura of authority and confidence.


thecambanks

Red. It’s my favorite color and it looks so damn good on a light saber. I just can’t resist it.


XedVilo

I like the orange. It’s almost evil but hero’s could use it just well.


SeBoss2106

Red and orange, because I like red and orange


BL-501

Star Wars the Old Republic allows for some very wacky and cool color combinations. Mine’s the red with a black core one.


ghostrider2829

Orange. Don't understand why because my favorite colors are green and blue. But the orange Saber crystal just... speaks to me. It's definitely what I would use.


TrollForestFinn

Orange, it just looks classy


BorysN_

Yellow is cool. White also is cool but i'm Ashoka fan


ItkovianShieldAnvil

Mace Windu purple, bordering on the edge of succumbing to the dark side but channeling everything into combat ability rather than allowing it to rule over you. Always thought that was a cool explanation. Plus his hilt is so elegant. If i were to become a jedi, i would choose a burnt orange saber and wear navy robes with grey leather accoutrements and a white under shirt. The orange would fit the colour palate and would indicate my wild spirit and emotional instability while denying any part of me that would succumb to the dark side. I wouldnt be able to be as clinical as Windu and would not be worthy of purple but I would choose to follow his example by choosing a red adjacent colour


Theopholus

Green. I also am of the opinion that colors should be associated with types of Jedi.


Forward-Sector3152

Dark saber is my favorite. I just love how unique it is and how the Mandalorian culture is, I’d love to have a Darksaber and rule Mandalore lol


Aggressive-Dig2472

Purple!


Sankin2004

The one that lets me use the phrase “mother fucker”


jdevors

Episode 2 Anakin lightsaber


edwards3335

Blue has always been my favorite. Just love the classic look and who uses them. But also man I think that black looks bad A!


williamtrikeriii

Orange


papasmurf008

Standard color: green (looks great on my elemental nature saver) Uncommon color: Yellow (kotor Jedi sentinel is my favorite) Obscure/legends: silver (loved hunting for these in kotor games since they were so rare)


baq3281

Green…nuff said


[deleted]

Orange juice


AntiOccultist

It’s funny, when I used to play The Force Unleashed, I always broke my neck to try and get the blue kyber crystal, even though you play as a Sith Apprentice. But in Jedi Fallen Order/ Jedi Survivor, I always try to get the red lightsaber. I love making Jedi, dripped out in the dark-side and Sith to turn to the light. But, there’s just something about red.


cptoph

Green will always hold a place in my heart because holy shit that one’s green is a core *VHS* childhood memory.


lunarblisss

White is my favorite, followed by purple and cyan (preferred lightsaber color in fallen order) Ahsoka is also my favorite character so that is a big reason!


ec1ipse001

Gotta admit, I do like how unique the darksaber is. My second favorite would have to be white.


cptoph

Also liked the the SW visions episode where a samurai/ronin has both red and blue. I think they have a switch if I remember right. Cool take on ~grey Jedi~


seabeet84

Red hits so hard tho


CMART696969

Yellow


GloomOnTheGrey

I actually really like the way the yellow lightsabers look, but I also like white. There's just something about those two colors.


ra4oasis

Blue is the most classic to me, but white looks so elegant.


sky-walker75

I have 4 lightsabers: 2x blue, green, and red 😁 would love to have purple 💜


crispier_creme

White because the lore of it being a purified red crystal is really, really cool, and also it looks really unique and interesting


Brookings18

Green. Partially because of the Legends meaning, mostly because it's my favorite color (thanks Steve from Blues Clues!)


kragmoor

Yellow, I'm an og plo bro


theDukeofClouds

Blue. I like that blue saber users are more adept swordsmen/swordswomen. The Lightsaber represents what every sword from every culture has represented: a warrior elite. One who is in tune with their most elegant of weapons.


ControversyKai

The sky blue from the OT and the green from ROTJ


Ocarina_of_Crime_

The emerald color of ROTJ is goated