Ahsoka’s two lightsabers in Rebels and The Mandalorian are powered by healed Inquisitor crystals, resulting in distinctive white blades. “Bled” Kyber crystals can be “healed” with the Force, resulting in white crystals. To stabilize his weapon, Kylo vented the crystal’s excess energy, giving his lightsaber a distinctive crossguard. Kylo Ren notably damaged his Kyber in the process of bleeding it, cracking the crystal, and leaving it unstable. The Imperial Inquisitors, former Jedi who were corrupted to the dark side by the Sith, bleed their crystals, as do the leaders of the Knights of Ren. Kyber crystals never bond with dark side users, so Sith torture them into working through a process called “bleeding.” A dark side user pours their unnatural power into the crystal, turning it red in the process. Related: Why Rogue One Had To Address Lightsaber Crystals (Without Having Jedi) In The Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker refurbished Ahsoka Tano’s lightsabers, turning their green and green-yellow crystals blue like his weapon. Kyber crystals can change color if they bond with another Force-user. In most cases, a Kyber turns blue or green, but on rare occasions, they become colors like purple or yellow.
When a Force-user bonds with a Kyber, it changes into a specific color that will determine its lightsaber blade color. Kyber crystals can be found on a variety of planets, but they're all initially clear in color. Unlike Legends, canon only has one type of lightsaber crystal: Kyber crystals. Much of the lore surrounding lightsaber construction in canon comes from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. Nearly all members of Luke’s New Jedi Order used Synth-crystals in their lightsabers, and though their blade colors were more varied than the old Jedi Order, red was still a rarity among them. Luke created it with the Force, rather than the dark side, which resulted in a green crystal and blade. During the reign of the Empire, one of nine factions in the Skywalker Saga, nearly every natural source of lightsaber crystals was destroyed, leading Luke to make a Synth-crystal when constructing his lightsaber. Synth-crystals were nearly always red when created by Sith, making red-bladed lightsabers their traditional weapons. Red lightsaber crystals are rare in Legends, and Sith typically use Synthetic lightsaber crystals, which they create using machinery and the dark side of the Force. Mace Windu uses a unique crystal that he found on the planet Hurrikaine, which gives his weapon its distinctive purple blade. Other colors are rare, but not unheard of. Adegan crystals are blue or green, which is why most Jedi in the films use those blade colors. In Legends, lightsaber crystals glow in a specific color, which is what the lightsaber blade will be once the weapon is built. There are numerous types of lightsaber crystals found throughout the galaxy, but the most popular among Jedi, especially the prequel-era Jedi Order, were the Adegan crystals found on Ilum. In the Legends continuity, all lightsabers are powered by Force-imbued crystals. In Canon, the Guardians of the Whills fight with powerful long-range Lightbows (and Force-imbued staffs), while the dark side-using Knights of Ren use a variety of scavenged weapons (and their leaders use red-bladed lightsabers). In Legends, the Baran Do of Dorin use wooden staffs for self-defense, as they’re less inclined to fight than the Jedi Order with their code. The Prophets of the Dark Side is a splinter religion from the Sith, and they use lightsabers with atypical blade colors for dark side users, such as blue, yellow, and purple. Canon and Legends reveal that other groups exist, and they each wield their unique signature weapons to differentiate themselves from Jedi and Sith. While Jedi and Sith are the most famous Force-using religions in Star Wars, they’re far from the only ones. Related: Clone Wars Showed A Key Part Of Lightsabers The Star Wars Movies Ignored
Various Legends-era materials created even more blade colors, such as purple and yellow, which made their cinematic debuts in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, respectively. Initially, the only blade colors were blue (for heroes) and red (for villains), but Lucas made green an additional “hero” blade color in Return of the Jedi for better visuals during daytime fight scenes. George Lucas added an element of swashbuckling romantic heroism to the Star Wars franchise through lightsabers and their association with the ancient Jedi and Sith orders. The concept of the lightsaber originates from various “glowing magic swords” found in science fiction serials and literature, such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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